Mirror's Edge Anti-Aliasing Problem! Help me!

[Mr. Velvet Voice]

Ok, so every other option in my options menu is changeable. Oh, and to those that are experiencing major lag, just turn off PhysX. Anyway, for me, Anti-aliasing is turned off, and it's greyed out, so I can't change it. Now everytime I play, the edges of objects are all uneven. Quickly responding with an answer will be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks.

[Mr. Velvet Voice]

Bump.

[Mr. Velvet Voice]

Bump!

[Mr. Velvet Voice]

MOTHER F*CKIN BUMP!

[lowl1fe]

What video card do you have? If you have an nVidia card you can set an option (at the control panel) to let the application decide..or you could just force anti-aliasing for this game only, via the nvidia drivers.

[Mr. Velvet Voice]

Adapter Type: Intel(R) G45/G43 Express Chipset (Microsoft Corportation - WDDM 1.1)

Chip Type: Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
DAC Type: Internal
Adapter String: Intel(R) GMA X4500
Bios Information: Intel Video Bios

I'm not good with all this hardware stuff, and I'm pretty sure this isn't an nVidia card. Also, I've been trying to force anti-aliasing on in Libraries > Documents > EA Games > Mirror's Edge > TdGame > Config > TdEngine.ini, but I couldn't find an option for it, even after carefully inspecting every line and understanding it's meaning. Any help will be appreciated. Respond back fast.

[Mr. Velvet Voice]

BUMP!

[Aespa Enthusiast]

http://www.iryoku.com/smaa/ Try. Works in most games. Enable steam overlay hack in .ini file. Read instructions, very easy. I use it in Skyrim and Guild Wars 2.

[Mr. Velvet Voice]

Alright, but I need specific instructions. First of all, which download is it? It gives me a bunch of things. Also, which .ini file? The TdEngine one or another .ini file? Also, what do I do to install this thing? Thanks for answering though. Once again, I need instructions.

[merchantmudcrab]

The Intel GMA X4500 does not offer Anti-Aliasing at all. No chance. It is an integrated graphics chip on Intel motherboards from 2008 and therefore pretty weak compared to a "real" graphics card from AMD or NVIDIA.

As of today such mobos with integrated graphics are not produced anymore btw.

You need to buy a recent PCI-E graphics card from AMD (Radeon HD 7000 series) or NVIDIA (Geforce 600 series) and stick it on to your motherboard (there should be a PCI-E slot where put in the card and maybe connect the card to your power supply) if you want more graphics power.

[Mr. Velvet Voice]

But it offered Anti-Aliasing for me on other games and series such as the Portal series, the Half-Life series, and the Team Fortress series. I don't understand why not Mirror's Edge.

[merchantmudcrab]

Mmh, I am a bit surprised that this GMA can even run Mirrors Edge, lol. You must be using a very low resolution.
1. Portal, Half-Life and TF are all based on the same Source-Engine by Valve while Mirrors Edge is completely different (Unreal engine 3). Could be that the Source Engine is more friendly to Intel GMA.
2. If you enable Anti-Aliasing in Portal and Co. – is there really a visual difference? Maybe you can choose it in the options but does is really change anything in-game?
3. Can you download a little tool called GPU-Z.
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/2252/techpowerup-gpu-z-v0-7-2/
Run it (no installiation necessary) and post what it shows. I just want to be sure about your graphics.

[Mr. Velvet Voice]

Crap, I need administrator privileges to download it.

[merchantmudcrab]

I just want to be sure that you just have these integrated graphics and no extra graphics card that somehow is not detected correctly by Mirrors Edge and therefore it uses the Intel graphics instead.

I mean, you could open the side of your case and take a look at the motherboard if there is a graphics card plugged in...

However, press Ctrl+Alt+F12. This should open the Intel Graphics Options.
http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-022130.htm

Look if there is an option to force AA - if not than it is definitly not possible with GMA X4500.