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SM3 and FarCry

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Look, everyone seems to have their panties in a bunch over Farcry and patch 1.2 and its SM3 shaders.
Ya the Nvidia card runs better on farcry 1.2, but then again (can you really tell the differnce of a few FPS?), dont I see a sponsored by nvidia logo around this game? So what do you expect? Nvidia obviousy talked to the devs to add this funtionality to this game, so their product would run it better. So what, I say.
This is ONLY one game of many many thousands of games. This by no ways illistrates the way the gaming industry is going. Even if more games take use of SM3, it will not be overnight. By the time it is used by more then a SINGLE game, ATI will most likly also have its own SM3 card out.
Now I wil not get into the whole "SM3 is worthless" ect. arguemtn. I could care less. I think Nvidia just wanted to have some new tech to lure customers back. I think it is a waist. Games have hardly even started to make use of all of DX9's functionalitys.

So why make such drastic claims on a single game, that all in all, is not that good.
 
There are games in the near future that will use Sm3.0. It is a step forward, and it did lure a lot of people back because of the great job Nvidia did this time around. The 2 top dogs are both exceptional cards, to bash one or the other is absolutely ludicrous.
 
Stalker, Battle for Middle Earth, HL2, Far Cry

The first 3 are enough for me, but I am easy :)
 
kcthebrewer said:
Stalker, Battle for Middle Earth, HL2, Far Cry

The first 3 are enough for me, but I am easy :)
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Stalker?

HL2?

Battle for Middle Earth?

are you sure

the three I was thinking of are

FarCry
Splinter Cell X
Medal of Honor Pacific Assault
 
What does it hurt to have ps 3.0 capabilities now? Even if only a handful of games were to use it this year, it's still better than nothing. Who's to say they won't implement some 3.0 effects that can't be reproduced in 2.0b effectively? It's all speculation, but I'd rather have it than not. People are just going to justify their purchase regardless. ATI folks will state that 3.0 is not needed right now, and nV folks will state that 3.0 is the second-coming. Oh right, my post is as useful as this thread.

For the record, I have an XT-PE in my rig right now, and I'm loving it. (Though I have a BFG 6800U on its way as well - whenever it ships that is.) So I still haven't decided which card will stay.


Anyhow, FarCry is in the spotlight, because it's the game right now.

edit: Actually, my main concern with ps 3.0 is if devs start using it with no fallback to 2.0...

- D.
 
SM 3.0 support has been announced for the following games this year already.

Lord of the Rings, Battle for Middle-earth
STALKER: Shadows of Chernobyl
Vampire: Bloodlines
Splinter Cell 3
Tiger Woods 2005
Madden 2005
Driver 3
Grafan
Metal of Honor: Pacific Assault
Unreal Engine 3
Painkiller
Far Cry
Half Life 2

You can see images of the games here:

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=30736#goto_threadtools
 
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