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    New Crysis 2 DX11 video

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Phistachio, Jun 3, 2011.

  1. Phistachio

    Phistachio A. Scriabin

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    Well... Apparently, they only worked on DX11 features, they didn't work on texture quality... I hope they allow me to ONLY turn on tesselation and disable all those post processing.

    <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CRKLB_3qFWE?version=3&amp;hl=pt_PT"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CRKLB_3qFWE?version=3&amp;hl=pt_PT" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width='560' height="349" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>
     
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  2. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Sadly i dont see any major improvements in that vid. D:
    Just a bunch of "vaseline on the screen" type effects and crap motion blur.

    I do like tesselation though.
     
    DEagleson, Jun 4, 2011
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  3. daranik

    daranik Notebook Deity

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    DX11 doesn't show much improvment until its properly used, and basically used as the base for the game, not a converted DX9/10 game with features of DX11. As far as im concerned, we are still in the same graphics generationg of 2005/06 and tesselation isn't the answer to take graphics to the next step.
     
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    Texanman Master of all things Cake

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    To be honest I have seen some great tessellation work mainly with the Dirt series 2/3... but months after a release and their really only doing a minor graphic patch that is not going to cut it... its like up converting a dvd to HD... its still a dvd movie
     
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    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Awesome comparison. :3
     
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    SomeRandomDude Notebook Evangelist

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    Game's dead anyway. No DX11 is gonna save it.
     
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  7. daranik

    daranik Notebook Deity

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    It was more a demo to show what you could do as a developer with cryengine 3, it was a sales pitch, and to make a bit of money back they made a game with it. Kinda like Id does with doom and rage and quake and unreal, all sales pitches to show developers the features and products you could make with it. Doesn't excuse it for being bad though.
     
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    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Its just that ID Software actually cares about their games. xD
    I am looking forward to see how Rage plays when it hits PC.
     
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  9. daranik

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    Theres already some lovely footage at gametrailers. The Id tech 5 engine scales wonderfully on any product, so the end result for rage will probably be the same across the board with pc just getting AA and higher resolution will be my guess.
     
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    fantabulicius Notebook Consultant

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    LOL! What the demo pretended to show is that the robot-head merging was all done by adding tessellation. The lighting effects are gorgeous!
     
    Phistachio, Jun 4, 2011
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    Very awesome demo, but again shown on 2 cards, and it still looks like a game though, I want to see that breaking point, were your shocked its soo real you know?
     
    daranik, Jun 4, 2011
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