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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 53567

HotHardware.com takes a look at the state of DirectX 11:

We\'ve tested five of the earliest available DirectX 11 titles and we\'re happy to report that the situation this time around is looking quite favorable for early adopters. While we observed performance hits when switching to DirectX 11 from DirectX 9 in all f

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Koogle · Elite Member Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 1362

You sure it ain't Tardhardware for fucking collectivist vis7a fantards?

imbecile comparisons and reviews (I mean who the fuck does image quality comparisons top/bottom... should have been a rollover flipping image - fucking idiots) In any case Directx9 performance was way better than the 'supposed' loss of image quality.

take BF2 a shit game, dx9 has no AA support, so why the fuck didn't they even do a comparison with dx11 with disable AA to match the comparison. I don't fucking play any FPS for extra image quality with sub 60fps shitty framerates. I'll take as much image quality and graphical effects that are built in and can be turned up as high without too much needless framerate decrease.

Even the dirt2 another shit game, but the dx9 framerates way better.. the supposed reason for dx11 being better image quality..right and looking at the shitty screenshots.. all that actually was obviously different between the dx9/11 version was water tessellation a cheap and barely noticeable effect.

At the end of the day not only are those dx11 games shit, but Winshi7e is still a piss poor OS designed for clueless noobtards with dumbest down Explorer core shell there is. Dx11/Directcompute(another Microshite anti open developer lock in API scheme, should be supporting OpenGL and OpenCL -the better direct competitor) Anyway that MS junk would never be enough to entice me, for one reason and that nothing exists to take advantage of those technologies that doesn't already work better on Xpsp3/64 and Dx9. And two I wouldn't give up a better more performant and already better customizable OS platform that doesn't have as many signs of design retardation changes all over it. At this rate of pathetic developments I don't see XP going anywhere until better OS steps up.

eudolus · Contributor Joined: 28 Mar 2010 Posts: 28

you guys say what you will, but koogle may be the only one left on this site that says the truth anymore. otherwise your just one of the many sheep.

nb411 · Elite Member Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 497

Koogle · Elite Member Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 1362

psolord · Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 10:43 am Post subject:

I could agree that the latest Direct X, did not bring anything great. Especially DX10. The only valuable thing I ever saw with DX10, was that .1 that was added later. Yes I am talking about DX 10.1, that brought a large performance increase when AA was used. Other than that, I was never impressed by it.

Now DX11 is more of the same, but there are some undisputed improvements. The article failed to mention on of the better tesselation that can be found in Metro 2033. Have you guys seen the characters with tesselation on/off? There is a big difference.

However, we should not forget, that in action loaded games, you don't have the time to notice most details. At the end of the day, it's the overall feeling that remains as a memory in your brain. You don't get to remember every single detail out of it. Still, some people, like myself, tend to pause for a moment, and marvell of how much things have advanced, from Call of Duty 1 to Bad Company 2 for example. Yes there is a huge improvement being made over the years. We just have to study it at longer intervals.

These longer intervals, have to do with new consoles being launched. The real reason why PC Games don't take off graphics wise, is exactly the gaming consoles. We can expect a bug boost in graphics quallity for the PC, only when the next gen consoles arrive, no matter how many Direct Xs have arrived by then.

Anyway, personally I have played games since the Amstrad 6128. I have followed the market of home gaming and PC gaming through all their transitions. I even had a couple of consoles. All in all, I am pretty happy how things have turned out. It's that everything is so much money driven now, that it loses its romance.

All this technological prowess, would not have been possible if the hardware manufacturing processes, wouldn't advance the way they do. True hardware advancement's, happen every new chip fabrication shrink. People may argue that Metro 2033, although beautiful, is so darn heavy. Well guess what, it will be less heavy on the 28nm cards and so on. Exactly as was the case with Crysis. Still one of the most beautiful games ever.

I don't mean to make everything sound peachy though. Gaming is obviously beyond hardware alone, but hardware is an important factor to unlock the developer's imagination. The real problem comes for companies that want to push one game after another in the market, severely lowering the possible quality.

nb411 · Elite Member Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 497

Koogle · Elite Member Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 1362

"Haha, you know the only real problem I had with what you said was that Dirt 2 was "another shit game"."

yeah I can be be harsh, it was said in a generalized fashion really.. of course its not a shit game afteral it has had developer effort put into the game mechanics, not an amazing game mind but... the point was more about its dx11 usage not really being that enticing.