So I just bought a 2GB HD 6870 for my modest gaming rig and was all set to stick with it for a good while (hence I bought the 2GB version), now in the last few days I've found a problem.
Seems the 6870 is poor at tessellation. This sort of annoys me as Crysis 2 is one of the main games I'd like to max.
However, I understand the 6870 is better at low tessellation factors, and that one can cap the tessellation factor in AMD drivers. Say if I were to cap it at 8 (this seems to be the sweet spot for 6870 based on this graph http://images.anandtech.com/doci/3987/Tess.png) how much visual quality degradation would I see over "full" tessellation in various games? Anybody have any clue about this or links?
If I cant get a good answer on this I'll probably return it and wait for 7800 series with good tessellation.
Seems the 6870 is poor at tessellation. This sort of annoys me as Crysis 2 is one of the main games I'd like to max.
However, I understand the 6870 is better at low tessellation factors, and that one can cap the tessellation factor in AMD drivers. Say if I were to cap it at 8 (this seems to be the sweet spot for 6870 based on this graph http://images.anandtech.com/doci/3987/Tess.png) how much visual quality degradation would I see over "full" tessellation in various games? Anybody have any clue about this or links?
If I cant get a good answer on this I'll probably return it and wait for 7800 series with good tessellation.