Aliasing and anti-aliasing

Aliasing is the visual stair-stepping of edges that occurs in an image when the resolution is too low. Anti-aliasing is the smoothing of jagged edges in digital images by averaging the colors of the pixels at a boundary.

1. Is anti-aliasing better?
2. What is aliasing?
3. What do you mean by anti-aliasing?
4. Does anti-aliasing reduce fps?

Is anti-aliasing better?

Among all of the graphics settings you need to tweak in PC games, anti-aliasing is one of the most important. It can tank your performance or make your game look terrible if harnessed incorrectly. But with a little guidance on what anti-aliasing settings to use, you can optimize any game in seconds.

What is aliasing?

Aliasing occurs when an oscilloscope does not sample the signal fast enough to construct an accurate waveform record. The signal frequency is misidentified, and the waveforms displayed on an oscilloscope become indistinguishable. Aliasing is basically a form of undersampling.

What do you mean by anti-aliasing?

: a procedure used in digital graphics processing for smoothing lines and removing visual distortions.

Does anti-aliasing reduce fps?

well, it depends. anti aliasing just makes textures smoother, but at the cost of computing power. But, it does alter the smoothness of your graphics for the 'optimal' experience. However, if your 'machine' has low end specs and can't really run anything, the FPS will drop a lot.