Radeon X1950 Pro (High Quality AF)
GeForce 8800GTS
At 1x and 2x AF, the Radeon X1950 Pro has the more conservative MIP boundaries, while the GeForce 7950GT and 8800 are practically the same. At 4x AF, the three started to differ - the Radeon X1950 Pro is more aggressive here, the GeForce 8800 is most conservative while the GeForce 7950GT is somewhere in between. We can already see the tell tale signs of angle optimizations on both the Radeon X1950 Pro and GeForce 7950GT but not on the GeForce 8800. At 8xAF, the GeForce 8800 definitely offers the best in regards to image quality filtering wise. The Radeon X1950 Pro and GeForce 7950GT differs slightly. On the upper parts of the tunnel, the GeForce 7950GT is more conservative. 16x AF shots of these two cards are not that different from 8x AF.
Now let's focus on the Radeon X1950 Pro HQ AF and GeForce 8800 AF shots. At 1x, 2x and 4x AF, the Radeon X1950 Pro still uses more conservative MIP boundaries, but we can also see there's already signs of some angle optimizations in effect. Not much, but it's there. At 8x and 16x AF, the Radeon X1950 Pro HQ AF basically 'switched' to using more aggressive MIP boundaries for the upper parts of the tunnel.
Judging by these shots, the GeForce 8800 should offer much higher image quality - filtering wise - when compared to the Radeon X1950 Pro default AF and GeForce 7950GT. The Radeon X1950 Pro put up a good fight with HQ AF enabled, the difference should be very hard to notice in real word situations. Or is it?
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