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FarCry 2 Will be DX 10.1..AMD releases hotfix

12 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/farcry-2-will-be-dx-10-1-amd-releases-hotfix.100087/

amitash
amitash Original post #1
Oct 18, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Our sources have just confirmed that Far Cry 2 will be a DirectX 10.1 game. We know that Nvidia has its eye on this game and that it likes it as much as it liked the original Crysis back in October 2007, but they couldn't convince the developer to add the DirectX 10.1 support.
ATI will shortly release a hotfix driver that should boost the performance of this game on Radeon HD 4870 X2 significantly, and our sources are confident that this driver should be enough to beat Geforce GTX 280 in this game.

The game should launch on Tuesday in North America and on Friday in Europe, although some of the press already got their hands on this savannah shooter. DirectX 10.1 support in such a significant title is a great victory for ATI and we wonder if this implementation will give ATI some additional performance over Nvidia’s DirectX 10 supporting the GT200 family.
Source: *www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9992&Itemid=1

EDIT: The new Hotfix drivers for DX 10.1 and farcry 2 are out...download them here
*support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=38664
H
Oct 19, 2008 at 1:25 AM
seems like i just got my 4870 in the nick of time.
wud love to see how my all AMD_ATi rig performs with this game.
naveen_reloaded
Oct 19, 2008 at 8:44 AM
seems nvidia is having tougher days ....

Nvidia wake up //// !!!
comp@ddict
Oct 19, 2008 at 1:08 PM
DX 10.1 boasts of improved Frame rates and better image quality
amitash
amitash #5
Oct 19, 2008 at 6:29 PM
Apparantly crossfire receives a huge bonus...I wonder how it will perform on mine
H
Oct 19, 2008 at 6:48 PM
Disappointment for me and even bigger problem that i had to rma my motherboard just when this game was supposed to release.
comp@ddict
Oct 19, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Yes, 3870X2 shud be performing better.
Really good for you there
H
Oct 21, 2008 at 1:10 PM
also this driver has enabled manual fan speed control under ATi Overdrive.
Ethan_Hunt
Oct 21, 2008 at 2:38 PM
^It was enabled in Catalyst 8.10 itself. So no biggie. For the people who have installed this, do we have to remove the Catalyst 8.10 driver first & then apply this or just run the setup & allow a overwrite?
ultimategpu
Oct 21, 2008 at 2:45 PM
^It was enabled in Catalyst 8.10 itself. So no biggie. For the people who have installed this, do we have to remove the Catalyst 8.10 driver first & then apply this or just run the setup & allow a overwrite?

i just installed catalyst 8.10 to an update of 8.6 , but i didnot remove the 8.6 driver completely , when i play crysis warhead the error message appears , that because , the catalyst 8.10 is bug???

i just heard that , farcry2 is not a crytek engine & farcry 2 is not much as graphics than crysis ???

is it true:D
comp@ddict
Oct 21, 2008 at 4:18 PM
Lookie here, more DX 10.1 titles, although names not disclosed:::

*www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10027&Itemid=1
amitash
amitash #12
Oct 22, 2008 at 1:34 PM
i just heard that , farcry2 is not a crytek engine & farcry 2 is not much as graphics than crysis ???
Farcry 2 is supposed to have better graphics and A much wider (50sq.km) terrain AFAIK..ant it uses the DUNIA engine

i just installed catalyst 8.10 to an update of 8.6 , but i didnot remove the 8.6 driver completely , when i play crysis warhead the error message appears , that because , the catalyst 8.1

Use Driver cleaner pro to completely remove all graphics drivers and then reinstall