Over the years, whenever I get a new video card, I run various games and benchmarks to try to experience all the features that my new toy has. For the past few years, video cards have supported anti-aliasing and, as with the other features, I run my tests.

I turn 2X, 4X, and even 8X AA on in various programs to see what its like. However, each time I do this, I am disappointed by fuzzy edges, blurry text, and a general haze of the entire image. So, I turn off AA and go to the next higher resolution only to find out the the gameplay looks much better overall than even 8X AA at the lower resolution did.

Given this, I don't understand why many think that AA is worth anything if you can simply up the resolution a notch or two and have higher fidelity at the same performance level, without all the blur.