Farcry HDR+AA on X1800, patch preview with lots of screenies! - [H]ard|Forum

Apple740 · #1 12-09-2005, 03:36 PM

The patch ain't out yet, so remember this is a preview.

Performance was better than i expected. 1280x1024/4xAA/8xHQAF, HDR rendering 7 was perfectly playable. I can't remember any situation where i went below 30fps, even not in heavy firefights. Well, look at the fps numbers on the screenies, they speak for themself.
Screenies are taken with HDR rendering 7. With rendering 2, which looks almost as nice as 7, you can expect ~20% better fps.

Farcry HDR+AA beta patch, X1800XT @ 690/800, Catalyst 5.12, 1280x1024/4xAA/8xHQAF, in-game everything max., HDR rendering 7.

Click here for original 1280 size

**SPARTAN VI** · #2 12-09-2005, 03:39 PM

As expected. FarCry with HDR + AA isn't playable anyway. Looks nice, though.

**John Reynolds** · #3 12-09-2005, 03:40 PM

Some of those shots are just flat-out beautiful.

Edit: Spartan, what's unplayable about frame rates in the 40s and 50s? Only one shot shows a fps lower than 40, which for singleplayer action is more than enough for me.

Edit 2: Heh, I can't count. OK, two shots show a frame rate of 38.

**Chris_B** · #4 12-09-2005, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by SPARTAN VI

As expected. FarCry with HDR + AA isn't playable anyway. Looks nice, though.

But oddly enough when 6800's were running at those frame rates last year with just hdr it was perfectly playable, conveniently..

**quadnad** · #5 12-09-2005, 03:45 PM

that looks really nice.....i've always liked farcry's color scheme and the lighting just enhances it...pity i didn't really like the story or game itself

**Lazy_Moron** · #6 12-09-2005, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by SPARTAN VI

As expected. FarCry with HDR + AA isn't playable anyway. Looks nice, though.

It is, you just need a Crossfire setup

Those screenshots are very very nice looking. God the Far Cry engine is so nice, even for being 2 years old.

How did you get Far Cry to do AA and HDR at the same time? Are you beta testing the patch or something?

**Netrat33** · #7 12-09-2005, 04:12 PM

those look great.

Plus i'm sure if you really wanted to be picky (give me a break spartan) you can lower it from 4xAA to 2xAA

**fallguy** · #8 12-09-2005, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Lazy_Moron

It is, you just need a Crossfire setup

I hope you are right. But SLI doesnt speed up HDR at all in Farcry. Which I think is pretty ironic because they pimped both technologies, yet ommited that little fact.

**Digital Viper-X-** · #9 12-09-2005, 04:32 PM

I take it spartan has never played fear?

**retardedchicken** · #10 12-09-2005, 04:32 PM

It's too bad no other big games are using this engine

I personally enjoyed it just as much as the other big ones, if not more.

**Netrat33** · #11 12-09-2005, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by retardedchicken

It's too bad no other big games are using this engine

I personally enjoyed it just as much as the other big ones, if not more.

Supposedly some company did license it to make their game (turtle something)
but never heard from them. *shrug*

**gtx4u** · #12 12-09-2005, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by SPARTAN VI

As expected. FarCry with HDR + AA isn't playable anyway. Looks nice, though.

wtf? how is 30fps not playable? thaz really how much the human eyes can see or maybe 35 fps high.

**gtx4u** · #13 12-09-2005, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Apple740

The patch ain't out yet, so remember this is a preview.

Performance was better than i expected. 1280x1024/4xAA/8xHQAF, HDR rendering 7 was perfectly playable. I can't remember any situation where i went below 30fps, even not in heavy firefights. Well, look at the fps numbers on the screenies, they speak for themself.
Screenies are taken with HDR rendering 7. With rendering 2, which looks almost as nice as 7, you can expect ~20% better fps.

Farcry HDR+AA beta patch, X1800XT @ 690/800, Catalyst 5.12, 1280x1024/4xAA/8xHQAF, in-game eveything max., HDR rendering 7.

Click here voor original 1280 size

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WHere is the screenshots?... and where the hell did u get this patch?

**gtx4u** · #14 12-09-2005, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by fallguy

I hope you are right. But SLI doesnt speed up HDR at all in Farcry. Which I think is pretty ironic because they pimped both technologies, yet ommited that little fact.

SLI's way of rendering in DX games is not the same as Crossfire. So we'll just see. But one of anandtech.com's articles did say that Crossfire is better than SLI's performance

Apple740 · #15 12-09-2005, 05:56 PM

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WHere is the screenshots?... and where the hell did u get this patch?

Fixed.

About how i did get the patch; sorry, no comment.

**tornadotsunamilife** · #16 12-09-2005, 06:07 PM

Not bad for a beta patch, seems to be in the same position as the 6800's were last year with HDR though - ok performance at lower resolutions but go any higher and it's a slideshow, hopefully crossfire or R580 will sort this out

**Shadow27** · #17 12-09-2005, 06:35 PM

Thats very very nice, and looks perfectly playable at those fps. My monitor only goes up to 1280x1024. Now I want that patch and an x1800xt to go with it

**ClearM4** · #18 12-09-2005, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by tornadotsunamilife

Not bad for a beta patch, seems to be in the same position as the 6800's were last year with HDR though - ok performance at lower resolutions but go any higher and it's a slideshow, hopefully crossfire or R580 will sort this out

Wtf how are you comparing HDR + AA to ANYTHING nvidia has when it can't even be done on nvidia cards. And how is 38fps or more not playable? Just dumb comments IMO.

PS. Beautiful screenshots. Anyone with Serious Sam 2 and an x1800 want to post some screenshots of HDR + AA. New SS2 patch fixed HDR problem.

**Netrat33** · #19 12-09-2005, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ClearM4

Wtf how are you comparing HDR + AA to ANYTHING nvidia has when it can't even be done on nvidia cards. And how is 38fps or more not playable? Just dumb comments IMO.

PS. Beautiful screenshots. Anyone with Serious Sam 2 and an x1800 want to post some screenshots of HDR + AA. New SS2 patch fixed HDR problem.

yea I don't get it. it's HDR+AA at HIGHER resolutions...AND it's 4xAA which is a pretty beefy in itself.

**gtx4u** · #20 12-09-2005, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Netrat33

yea I don't get it. it's HDR+AA at HIGHER resolutions...AND it's 4xAA which is a pretty beefy in itself.

Welcome to the next-gen of graphic cards, please sell all obsolete hardware and buy new ones and stop asking why, how.

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