Anti Aliasing causes FFXI tu run unacceptable slow and causes graphics glitches.

[Mirage]

Well I was able to duplicate the massive drop in performance when shadows set to high. It's not FFXI's fault it's clearly the stupid Catalyst application. I found some other interesting issues with trying to invoke FSAA via the "Catalyst Control Center." The screenshots below we're taking with the "Wide Tent" FSAA filter.

Screenshot 1 - Shadows OFF
Screenshot 1 - Shadows NORMAL
Screenshot 1 - Shadows HIGH

ALWAYS leave the "Catalyst Control Center" settings set to default. Better yet remove the stupid thing since it's completely unnecessary. Can't believe AMD/NVidia include this type of software with their "drivers". They usually don't do ANYTHING. They're just included to let you *think* you can improve the way things look. They often do nothing at all for most things. In order for them it to work they have to modify the kernel mode drivers to include detection of the game and what to hook onto in order to produce an effect. Ugh.

Anyhow everything works as it should in FFXI as long as "Use Application Settings" are checked.

That's way too much jpeg compression to give a good example of how your game looks. Well, except that it looks super blurry.