heatlesssun
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I was kinda bummed that Crysis didn't have many DX10 features that actually made a difference in the game.
I thought the reason the E3 demos we all drooled over looked so good was because it made extensive use of DX10.
However, DX10 seems to only have a negative impact on performance and almost no visual improvements.
Maybe future patches will bring in more DX10 goodies?
I know I don't have DX10 hardware yet (waiting for the [H] reviews) but I wish the leap to DX10 hardware would have meant a double bonus of new speed and new eye candy available with DX10 features. But that doesn't seem to be the case.
Crysis is really a DX9 game. That's been well known through its development. DX10 to this point is only offering minor visual enhancements in the games its been utilized, and yes, it does tend to hit peformance pretty hard.
But this is just the begining o DX10, with first gen hardware and games. We're probably going to see hardware next year that takes DX10 performance to a level we're only dreaming of now. That along with better drivers and games being built from the ground up with DX10 in mind, and I think we'll see some pretty intresting stuff in the next year.
Nonetheless, even in DX9 Crysis is beautiful!. It is a landmark game and no doubt the CryTek2 engine will be enhanced to better support DX10. Far Cry 2 should be a real treat!