NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS Direct3D FSAA Update (Detonator 5.22 Drivers)

Game Compatibility

We tested the D3D FSAA provided for by the 5.22 drivers under Need for Speed 5, Test Drive 6, and Expendable. The drivers seemed to enable FSAA in all of those situations.

Final Words

The 5.22 drivers are far from final, and there is still quite a bit of room for NVIDIA to improve in. Currently the GeForce 2 takes an incredible performance hit upon enabling their D3D FSAA settings, making most of the higher quality settings unplayable options. Since the drivers are in beta form, it isn't clear whether or not the image quality and/or performance will improve, but as it stands now (since these drivers will most likely be leaked somewhere) 3dfx's 4 sample FSAA looks very similar if not better than NVIDIA's highest quality FSAA setting. This may change as the drivers approach their final stage, but it looks as if those users that are very into Direct3D games like Need for Speed 5 in which FSAA offers a tangible benefit to your overall gaming experience, the choice is still with the Voodoo5. For everyone else, the fastest performing card and the best overall card is still the GeForce 2 GTS.