Threat Interactive Video 29 discusses the 2013 deferred MSAA pipeline of Crysis 3 to show the biggest performance & memory hits can be mitigated in a modern deferred renderer. 
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Chapters
Analysis Beginning(Mostly Geometry): 0:40
SSDO & Lighting Pass: 4:15
Post Lighting Resolve: 7:49
Anti-Aliasing Resolve: 8:51
What Could Be Better? : 10:02
Modern Effects Are Incompetent: 11:39
Crysis 3 Performance With More Optimized Settings: 12:54 

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https://media.steampowered.com/apps/valve/2015/Alex_Vlachos_Advanced_VR_Rendering_GDC2015.pdf
https://gdcvault.com/play/1017626/Advanced-Visual-Effects-with-DirectX
https://jcgt.org/published/0001/01/02/
http://tesseract.gg/
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/conservative-morphological-anti-aliasing-20.html
https://www.iryoku.com/smaa/downloads/SMAA-Enhanced-Subpixel-Morphological-Antialiasing.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20121003055536/http://techreport.com/review/6672/ati-radeon-x800-graphics-processors/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nef6yWYu0-I
https://advances.realtimerendering.com/s2017/DecimaSiggraph2017.pdf
https://www.shadertoy.com/view/lljBWG
Understanding Uncanny AA edges:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDByyuwT7Q4
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/51951811/cryengine-3-graphics-gems-crytek/5
https://www.iryoku.com/aacourse/downloads/13-Anti-Aliasing-Methods-in-CryENGINE-3.pdf

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Deep technical analysis of Crysis 3's rendering pipeline, examining frame-by-frame GPU operations including shadow cascades, MSAA implementation, deferred rendering passes, and lighting systems. Identifies performance bottlenecks and compares optimization techniques with other engines like Fox Engine and Days Gone, demonstrating how 20% optimization of key outliers could yield significant performance gains. Critiques modern rendering inefficiencies and advocates for better optimization practices in game development.

An Entire Breakdown Of Crysis 3's Rendering