Farcry HDR+AA on X1800, patch preview with lots of screenies! (56K nogo)

[Kaotik]

afaik SS2 uses floating point buffers, dunno about CRC2005

SS2 HDR (+AA) works with older Radeons too, so it doesn't use FP blending, that's for sure.

 

[zidane1strife]

hot

 

[Reverend]

Nice. This very much proves that HDR and AA together are very possible, very very possible.

HDR + AA doesn't need any "proofing".

[edit] BTW, I don't see the benefits of HDR in the images.

 

[Pete]

I think AoE3's HDR works the same way as FC's, in that only ATI's X1K can AA it.

 

[Skrying]

HDR + AA doesn't need any "proofing".

[edit] BTW, I don't see the benefits of HDR in the images.

Uhh, I think you totally missed my point.

Proof, as in performance is good enough to play with. Not as in its possible.

And, you must not be looking at the correct pictures, because HDR is indeed on. Though it being a "benefit" is questionable.

 

[suryad]

Wow those screenies are eye wateringly beautiful.

 

[Rys]

Just a quick post to say that the Far Cry patch will eventually make it out (yay!), but not this year (I know there's bugger all days left really anyway ). Feb 06 is likely.

 

[Apple740]

Just a quick post to say that the Far Cry patch will eventually make it out (yay!), but not this year (I know there's bugger all days left really anyway ). Feb 06 is likely.

Are they waiting for Nvidia? (in case G71 can do AA+HDR too)

I don't understand why X1K owners have to wait this long. I've seen no issue's with the beta patch, it seems to work fine, and performance @1280/4xAA is very acceptable.

 

[tEd]

While i'm not a fan of farcry one thing i'm impressed with crytek that they try to support the newest hardware feature for a game which is released for quite some time.

Optimized shader path SM3.0
Optimized shader path SM2.0b
GI (also on non SM3.0 cards if supported)
HDR
Normal map compression(3dc,dxt5 optimized)
AA support for HDR

 

[Jawed]

The cynics would say that's because they're trying to sell their engine.

Jawed

 

[Rys]

Are they waiting for Nvidia? (in case G71 can do AA+HDR too)

I don't understand why X1K owners have to wait this long. I've seen no issue's with the beta patch, it seems to work fine, and performance @1280/4xAA is very acceptable.

If you've used the patch you know how horrible it is to use and configure, to get their HDR path and AA to work together on X1K. There's UI work to be done to let users turn it on and off without the hoops you have to jump through currently, and it needs to go through Ubisoft's QA after that.

The patch, as some have access to just now, is in no fit state for public release.

 

[Apple740]

If you've used the patch you know how horrible it is to use and configure, to get their HDR path and AA to work together on X1K. There's UI work to be done to let users turn it on and off without the hoops you have to jump through currently, and it needs to go through Ubisoft's QA after that.

The patch, as some have access to just now, is in no fit state for public release.

The "patch" I have is very easy to use. Set your desired FSAA in the Farcry videomenu, then open console and type "\r_fsaa 2" and "\r_hdrrendering 1-11".

It's more or less the same way how GF6&7 owners always did it. (except the r_fsaa thing)

 

[Razor1]

The "patch" I have is very easy to use. Set your desired FSAA in the Farcry videomenu, then open console and type "\r_fsaa 2" and "\r_hdrrendering 1-11".

It's more or less the same way how GF6&7 owners always did it. (except the r_fsaa thing)

Easy for everyone here and other hardware forums, not really for the common joe . They like a nice user interface sliding bar or check box.

 

[Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.]

The "patch" I have is very easy to use. Set your desired FSAA in the Farcry videomenu, then open console and type "\r_fsaa 2" and "\r_hdrrendering 1-11".

It's more or less the same way how GF6&7 owners always did it. (except the r_fsaa thing)

Yes, that's so much simpler than say, selecting a "HDR" checkbox in the graphics settings for the game.

 

[Apple740]

Easy for everyone here and other hardware forums, not really for the common joe . They like a nice user interface sliding bar or check box.

May i ask you how you enabled HDR on your Geforce card when patch 1.3 arrived?

I'm pretty sure that Common Joe with his X1800XT doesn't want to wait another 2 months for a checkbox.

 

[Rys]

Even if it was fit for release in that way (which it's not), it still needs to pass through a QA system at a publisher that no longer 'owns' the developer, for a game that's making little money on PC now, for a set of boards that have barely started selling.

 

[neliz]

Easy for everyone here and other hardware forums, not really for the common joe . They like a nice user interface sliding bar or check box.

The common joe doesn't have a graphics card to power HDR+AA and lacks the carpenter eye needed to distinguish the AA at high resolutions..

 

[Razor1]

The common joe doesn't have a graphics card to power HDR+AA and lacks the carpenter eye needed to distinguish the AA at high resolutions..

Well thats true can't ague with that

May i ask you how you enabled HDR on your Geforce card when patch 1.3 arrived?

I'm pretty sure that Common Joe with his X1800XT doesn't want to wait another 2 months for a checkbox.

Of course I used the console. Most people don't even know the console commands to begin with at least the engine functionality commands.

But I have a reason to, we already put the HDR checkbox in our game with a slider that you can choose what type of HDR too. There is a good chance it might be on default for certain cards depending on quality settings. Far Cry wasn't really made for HDR, and this does cause alot of over exposure areas, I don't think Crytek or Ubisoft will want to put easily accessible options for it as it might detract from gameplay in this game, it might actually irrate people who don't really know the technical side of things, even for people who know what is going on it sometimes gets to be an eye strain.

 

[neliz]

Well, you can do a function check for HDR.. grey/gray it out and put a nice banner in there "want the HDR m4XXX0rs? buy a Geforce7800"

 

[RobertR1]

Thanks to Apple740:

"Look what i found on usenet:

FC1.4prereleasepatch


D'o a search in a.b.boneless. Grab it and enjoy you X1K owners"

If someone would be willing to dl and host it, that'd be great!