HDR + AA in HL2 EP1 w/ nvidia hardware?

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NEODARK

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Didn't HL2 Lost coast used some different way of rendering so that both HDR + AA where useable together in NVIDIA based cards?

If so, does EP 1 do the same, or we simply cannot use both unless we have an ATI based card?

maybe I just dreamt it or something :p
 
Actually its the other way around.

Half-Life 2 uses a HDR method which ATI cards can do. Nvidia cards in the 6800 and above generation can do any kind of HDR. ATI cards that are in the X800 generations can only do the HDR HL2 uses. I think its uses the shaders to do it or something like that. If the card can run run HL2 HDR it can do AA with it no matter what.
 
And if it won't work when you select in game, force it in the driver settings.
 
cool, thanks...

I thought it was working, just wasnt sure...

@ Lazy

so if HDR + AA are available to nvidi cards this way and ATi as well.. How come more devs dont do this (aka oblivion?) is it too much of a performance hit?

I thought it had something to do with 16bit precission and 32bit or something like that.
 
It IS truely HDR, it is just a different way of doing it, a different format, nothing is stopping other developers from doing it this way.
 
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