Originally Posted by
End3R
It is and it isn't. AA is subjective and each person will say they need a different amount. Depending on the game, I personally don't ever go over 4 or 8x because the difference past that isn't noticeable enough to me, to warrant the performance hit.
That being said, it sounds like either you have additional AA being forced through your control panel, or you're being bottlenecked by a CPU because my 270x can handle every game out there with 4-8x AA and get smooth FPS (between 30-60), even ones like Shadows of Mordor, Dragon Age, and Watch Dogs on "max" settings (not including AA in the term "max" ie all the other effects are).
So
that being said, I'd assume your 970 should be getting more if you are only using 2x AA or FXAA. Make sure you don't have extra AA being forced via your control panel, and what is your CPU?
And just so nobody misunderstands me, yes, AA is worth it as you get a better image, but, depending on the person and resolution, a game with "max" settings at 4x AA will look 99% the same as if you were using 16x AA, with a higher fps.