Far Cry patch 1.2 now available

Federelli · Jul 22, 2004

Anyone came up with any ideas on how to use SM2.0b?

SOB · Jul 22, 2004

i do not think SM 2.0b

can be used by any other card than the x800 series. would this be correct? http://users.rcn.com/chare/video.htm

Federelli · Jul 22, 2004

I hope not

olefarte · Jul 24, 2004

True or not? From an un-named source. An interesting read none the less, it's not all like this. Read the whole article here.

So what about the juicy gossip? Well to say today has been a dramatic day is an understatement, during our testing period for the last 12 hours or so we have spent alot of time on the phone and in email to many people in the industry, one such person in the industry even stated this:

"Nvidia encouraged Crytek to use partial precision in the shaders wherever possible. This means that many of the shaders will run in 16-bit precision, not the 32-bit precision (a requirement of SM3.0) that they are touting to the press. Ironically, while promoting the 32-bit precision of SM3.0 as a "must have", Nvidia is asking developers to use less precision than was available in SM1.0 - that is, all the way back in DirectX8! Even more ironically, ATI hardware will run most of the FarCry shaders more accurately (ATI hardware runs all shaders in 24-bit precision). Microsoft, the owner of DirectX, defines 24-bit and greater as "full precision" and 16-bit as "partial precision", Nvidia has claimed that ATI paid Crytek to delay the patch and include ATI features (the figure mentioned was $500k!)."

SOB · Jul 25, 2004

So,........that's why they recalled the patch......really.

olefarte · Jul 25, 2004

Federelli, if you click the link I posted above, it says you will at least be able to use some, but not all of the features of SM 2.0b with the next Cat. driver release, if you follow the instuctions they give.

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