Alan Wake’s American Nightmare implement FXAA, has a selectable Vsync

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Remedy has confirmed that their XBLA exclusive Alan Wake’s American Nightmare will implement FXAA instead of the 4x multisampling anti-aliasing implemented in the original. The original Alan Wake on Xbox360 implemented what Remedy calls “Smart Vsync”. American Nightmare will allow players to switch Vsync on and off or to select Smart Vsync.

The original Alan Wake runs with a sub-HD resolution. It seems that Remedy implemented FXAA in order to run American Nightmare on higher resolution than its predecessor (maybe native 720P). FXAA uses less resources than 4XMSAA, but at the same time it won’t look as sharp as 4XMSAA does.

http://www.vgarabia.com/2012/02/16/alan-wakes-american-nightmare-implement-fxaa-has-a-selectable-vsync/