Gaming AA not turning on in Half-Life 2

[Feels Good Man]

I put it to 6x MSAA and it looks like that. AA is on in every other game I play though. Anyone know how to fix this? It works when I turn it on in the control panel but I dont want it use the same AA sample for every game I play.

Here's what it looks like when I turn it on in the control panel:

 

[Athlon-pv]

Some games have AA options ingame.
It depends i think on what (game)engine and what gfx card you use.

 

[Feels Good Man]

^I did turn it on and it looks like the first image.

 

[Rogue_Syst3m]

maybe in the control panel of your gfx card switch it to use application settings?

 

[Feels Good Man]

Did that as well.

 

[Rogue_Syst3m]

i dont see how its using the same settings for every game if you set the settings for just that specific game in the options menu?

 

[Feels Good Man]

I found the problem. ATI seems to have dropped support for 6x MSAA and that's why it wasn't turning on. I wonder why they dropped it though

 

[mkoo]

I found the problem. ATI seems to have dropped support for 6x MSAA and that's why it wasn't turning on. I wonder why they dropped it though

I have hd4850 and 6x MSAA seems to work on me.

 

[Cermage]

a manufacturer doesn't "drop" aa, its a feature thats expected to come with a card.

what card are you running?

 

[Feels Good Man]

That's odd...

I'm using ATI Radeon HD 4650

 

[Cermage]

only thing i can really think of is updating your drivers to 10-2. valve/source engine promotes ati cards. are you running a legit release? played any other games based on the source engine?

 

[playallday]

Reinstall the drivers. Video card drivers are always a pain.