YES, Far Cry 2 is DirectX 10.1

[rangers]

"A new driver to support it

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 prevent the developer to put the DirectX 10.1 support.


ATI will shortly release a hotfix driver that should boost the performance of this game of Radeon HD 4870 X2 significantly and we 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 of Friday in Europe while some of the press already got their hands on this savanna 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 GT200 family"

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9992&Itemid=1

good news for the ones that went with the 4870/4850

 

[rawsteel]

Ha, lets see what will all nVidia fanboys now tell when they are against an ATI optimized game

I am eagerly awaiting tuesday

 

[cyber_jockey]

Does that include me with my hd 4670 ?

 

[vochtige]

does it only count for 4870x2 or also for the 3650 mobility?

good news for ATI ( they finaly get what they ask for, dx 10.1)

 

[rangers]

yes and yes to the above two posts

 

[hairycat101]

Does that include me with my hd 4670 ?

All ati cards that are HD 2XXX or newer. So yes. your 4670 is DX 10.1 compliant

 

[spuddyt]

actually, is it not the 3XXX or newer?

 

[hairycat101]

actually, is it not the 3XXX or newer?

yea.... sry

 

[alvine]

w00t
well I have oced 4850 and q6600@3.4ghz
I wonder if ati cards will get better fps than nvidia ones since they dont have 10.1

Maybe farcry2=ati crysis=nvidia

 

[zenmaster]

Its nice to see NVIDIA lose this one.

There is no doubt NVIDIA has been pressuring companies to not provide 10.1 Support.

Make a better product, don't ask software companies to intentionally make their software worse.

 

[Kari]

and it'll look nicer too!

 

[emp]

Only one thing for me to say... Excellent news.

 

[HTDuro]

ok ok ok ati fanboy lololol

well i got both Nv and ati card ... so not a fanboy .. but before talking about the game .. why you not wait to see if DX10.1 really change something ingame ... image quality and perf ... ya it will support DX10.1 .. but .... we will see

 

[one-shot]

So it comes out on Tuesday. I was supposed to get my Antec P182 today. I hope I get it before Far Cry 2 is released and hopefully be here by the 22nd. I'll just have to dream about Far Cry 2 until then..

 

[Annisman]

so, pretty much free antialiasing for the masses, that is of course the ATI masses.

 

[alvine]

how much aa? 4x 8x? msaa?

 

[4745454b]

ok ok ok ati fanboy lololol

well i got both Nv and ati card ... so not a fanboy .. but before talking about the game .. why you not wait to see if DX10.1 really change something ingame ... image quality and perf ... ya it will support DX10.1 .. but .... we will see

I think most of us are basing our opinion on the DX10.1 patch that existed for a short time for Assassins Creed. When AC came out, AMD cards didn't run it as well as the comparable Nvidia cards. When the 10.1 patch came out, performance went up quite a bit. (didn't pass Nvidia as I recall, but the cards became equals.) Nvidia didn't like this, and the patch magically got pulled.

Seeing as Nvidia doesn't support 10.1, AMD is the only one who can benefit from this. If the 4850 and the 9800GTX+ are close, support for 10.1 might put the 4850 on top.

so, pretty much free antialiasing for the masses, that is of course the ATI masses.

I don't follow this at all. 10.1 doesn't support "free" AA. (at least as I know it.)

 

[rangers]

this news will only put more pressure on nvidia, not unless they get it removed with the first patch al-ah Assassins Creed, way to hold back game development

 

[rangers]

I think most of us are basing our opinion on the DX10.1 patch that existed for a short time for Assassins Creed. When AC came out, AMD cards didn't run it as well as the comparable Nvidia cards. When the 10.1 patch came out, performance went up quite a bit. (didn't pass Nvidia as I recall, but the cards became equals.) Nvidia didn't like this, and the patch magically got pulled.

Seeing as Nvidia doesn't support 10.1, AMD is the only one who can benefit from this. If the 4850 and the 9800GTX+ are close, support for 10.1 might put the 4850 on top.

so, pretty much free antialiasing for the masses, that is of course the ATI masses.

I don't follow this at all. 10.1 doesn't support "free" AA. (at least as I know it.)

get ur facts right first Assassins Creed came out it was dx10.1 and the patch removed it

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

All I can say is... Roh Roh

 

[Annisman]

What i mean by free AA is the rumored 'free 4Xaa' associated with DX10.1, which I beleive either lets there be no hit for 4xaa, or very litte at all. I am sure there are other benefits of 10.1 as well tho.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

So, the next person who says DX10.1 doesnt matter........ No matter how hard you try, progess wont and shouldnt be held back. Now... on to tessellation and DX11. Its never wise to back up older ways and to put down new ways, without really considering them. I suspect there ll a bump over these numbers http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,663817/Reviews/Far_Cry_2_GPU_and_CPU_benchmarks/?page=3 And, for those that cant wait http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,663985/News/Far_Cry_2_Direct_X_101_and_better_HD_4870_X2_performance_with_hotfix_driver/ The new hotfix will available soon.

 

[rangers]

conflicting information from pcgameshardware

 

[olkki]

Dunno about anti aliasing, but in Assassin's Creed dx 10.1 had a major impact on performance due to the reduced drawing passes. It was able to do various post processing effects in one pass where for example dx 10 or 9 needed several passes to get same effects done. If this is the case with Far Cry 2 as well, then ati owners should be in for a treat!

 

[jaguarskx]

Meh,

I'll pass on Far Cry 2 since the DRM install limit is 5.

Yes!!! Another win for the legitimate gaming consumer!!! [/sarcasm]