For this test, I'm going to use the following games:

• Quake3 v1.30
• Team Fortress, a popular Half-Life mod. (v1.1.8.0)

Here's the setup:

• Windows 2000
• FIC AD11 w/ 512 MB PC2100
• Athlon T-Bird @ 1.36 GHz.
• SB Live 5.1
• VisionTek GF3 (250/560) 23.10 Det4 Drivers

Also, this article will use the following convention in order to differentiate between the 2 AA methods:

• SSAA = Super-Sampling Anti Aliasing (hack)
• MSAA = Multi-Sampling Anti-Aliasing (native)

Furthermore, unless otherwise noted, NO anisotropic filtering will be utilized. I will show the effect of enabling this feature towards the end of the article, but it will be documented.

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