ATI Technologies 9500 SERIES specifications This allows you to emphasize what kind

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	This allows you to emphasize what kind of
	application experience you’d like to have. Moving
Main Settings	the slider to the left will maximize application
	performance, while moving the slider to the right
slider
	will provide excellent 3D image quality. Moving this
	slider from one position to the next changes the
	individual Custom Settings sliders found below.
	When Custom Settings is checked, the Main
	Settings slider is disabled, allowing you to move
Custom	each individual slider in the Custom Settings
Settings	section below. Setting the individual sliders gives
checkbox	you complete control over your application
	experience. Using Custom Settings is
	recommended for advanced users only.
	SmoothVision II (Anti-Aliasing) improves image
	quality by removing jagged edges from 3D
SMOOTH	images, resulting in smoother, more natural-
VISION II	looking objects. Selecting Application
checkbox	Preference will result in high quality images, with
	negligible reduction in the application’s
	performance.
	SmoothVision II (Anti-Aliasing) can be applied
SMOOTH	using different sample patterns and sample points
VISION II	such as 2X, 4X, or 6X. Moving this slider to the
slider	right increases sampling to provide the most
	realistic 3D image.
SMOOTH	Anisotropic filtering uses a texture filtering
VISION II	technique that blends multiple texture samples
Anisotropic	together. Selecting Application Preference will
Filtering	result in high quality textures, with a negligible
checkbox	reduction in the application’s performance.
	The number of samples taken when anisotropic
SMOOTH	filtering is performed can vary. By moving this
	slider to the right, as the number of samples taken
VISION II
	increases, the quality of the final image increases
Anisotropic
	significantly. 16X provides extremely detailed,
Filtering slider
	crisp-looking images as a result of the largest
	number of texture samples possible.