Company of Heroes directx10 patch released

[schneiderguy]

Text or Text (you'll want to download 1.7) or you can just go into the game and it'll autoupdate when you connect to Relic Online

DX10 Features

- Edges of particles are softened where intersecting 3D objects.

- Thousands of additional ?litter? objects in the world.

- Improved user control over anti aliasing settings.

- Alpha to coverage anti aliasing to improve quality of alpha test objects such as shrubs.

- Lighting quality has improved by moving all calculations per pixel.

- More precise point light calculations.

- Point lights can now cast shadows.

- 3D short grass on the terrain.

- Vertical refresh synchronization is enabled by default to improve visual quality by preventing tearing of the display image, use ?-novsync? to disable.

- Hardware PCF for improved shadow quality.

edit: people at the Relicnews forums are reporting a massive performance hit with DX10 compared to DX9

 

[tuteja1986]

I expect benchmark in 2hrs : )

Get to work people !!

find me the benchmark or do them... Brain needs satisfaction !!

 

[Nightmare225]

Strange, 1.7 is not on the official site anymore...

 

[Nightmare225]

Originally posted by: schneiderguy


edit: people at the Relicnews forums are reporting a massive performance hit with DX10 compared to DX9

Relic reports there?s a bug in the 158.18 drivers that prevents display of effects, and also those drivers have performance optimizations for DX10.

It's not supposed to be like that, Relic says. I'm hoping they'll be fixed next driver release...

 

[s1rwilliam]

there are beta drivers on nvidias website that include better performance for dx10 in coh. Havent tried em personally but i have heard that performance is still bad. 8800gts and core 2 with beta 158.18 brought performance down to a crawl in dx10 mode. usually i get around 100 fps average in dx9 maxed out! gotta try the drivers but i hope optimizations continue to be patched. I believe we cant judge dx10 performance on this patch because the game code is dx9 at heart. We'll have to wait for crysis

 

[Don66]

Well COH brought my system to a crawl...

QX6700
8800GTX 158.45 Beta drivers
4GB XMS2
Vista Ultimate64
Res 1920X1200
Dell 2707WFP

Average frame rate 32.9

Maximum frame rate 60.9

Minimum frame rate 8.7

Graphic settings for the game maxed out except for AA

 

[Kromis]

I knew it....this was a POS patch...

Also brought my system to its knees...

 

[schneiderguy]

Originally posted by: Kromis
I knew it....this was a POS patch...

Also brought my system to its knees...

either that or nvidia's dx10 drivers suck :Q

anyone with a 2900 willing to try it?

 

[Kromis]

Originally posted by: schneiderguy

Originally posted by: Kromis
I knew it....this was a POS patch...

Also brought my system to its knees...

either that or nvidia's dx10 drivers suck :Q

anyone with a 2900 willing to try it?

Ahh yes...I forgot all about Nvidia's driver!

 

[imported_Finny]

Apparently, the X2900XT is faring a bit better.

http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=150461&page=2&pp=15

 

[Sylvanas]

Brings my system to It's knees aswell- Forceware 158.45, sigh...lets hope for some new drivers from Nvidia soon

 

[Sylvanas]

Lets get some X2900XT results going!

 

[yacoub]

Originally posted by: schneiderguy
edit: people at the Relicnews forums are reporting a massive performance hit with DX10 compared to DX9

wtf did you expect given the list of graphical improvements you just posted? having a DX10 capable card doesn't make those improvements 'free', it just means you can actually display those improvements. it doesn't guarantee they'll be at playable fps.

 

[kreacher]

Maybe they overdid the enhancements

 

[mazeroth]

How much better does the DX10 version look? Can anyone take screenshots? Thanks!

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: Finny
Apparently, the X2900XT is faring a bit better.

http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=150461&page=2&pp=15

Hmm...might have to pick up a 2900XT if performance can't be fixed for 8800 cards. I really hope it CAN be fixed.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Of course it can be fixed. DX 10 SLi doesnt work, but it seems like noAA performance = 16xAA performance on G80 cards. Look at nvnews, since they are using all sorts of drivers to see how it affects performance.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

LMAO@the guys suggesting nV driver immaturity as the reason the AMD card does better :laugh: Same asshats lambasting AMD for their drivers not being rock solid@release since the card hit so much later than the 8800 series, no doubt. If the 8800 series proves unbalanced in DX10 performance, and the 2900 can provide significantly better min FPS in the same titles, it'll be the FX debacle all over again. Then things will get interesting again. :evil:

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
LMAO@the guys suggesting nV driver immaturity as the reason the AMD card does better :laugh: Same asshats lambasting AMD for their drivers not being rock solid@release since the card hit so much later than the 8800 series, no doubt. If the 8800 series proves unbalanced in DX10 performance, and the 2900 can provide significantly better min FPS in the same titles, it'll be the FX debacle all over again. Then things will get interesting again. :evil:

Exactly. Claiming driver immaturity is ridiculous because the 8800 has been out for how long now? And isn't COH a TWIMTBP title? If it is then nVidia should have had a chance to work on DX10 issues already.

 

[Genx87]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
LMAO@the guys suggesting nV driver immaturity as the reason the AMD card does better :laugh: Same asshats lambasting AMD for their drivers not being rock solid@release since the card hit so much later than the 8800 series, no doubt. If the 8800 series proves unbalanced in DX10 performance, and the 2900 can provide significantly better min FPS in the same titles, it'll be the FX debacle all over again. Then things will get interesting again. :evil:

Have faith brother! Maybe someday that 2900 will look like the gold egg it was supposed to be.

FX debacle is a real stretch, a real stretch considering the 2900 doesnt beat the 8800 series in DX9 titles, is hotter, bigger, and louder.

The wishful thinking of some is amusing.

 

[Noema]

Originally posted by: yacoub

Originally posted by: schneiderguy
edit: people at the Relicnews forums are reporting a massive performance hit with DX10 compared to DX9

wtf did you expect given the list of graphical improvements you just posted? having a DX10 capable card doesn't make those improvements 'free', it just means you can actually display those improvements. it doesn't guarantee they'll be at playable fps.

Yeah, but remember that one of DX10's selling points was to allow developers to optimize games more thoroughly, delivering better visuals without taking massive fps hits.

True, CoH is not a 'true' DX10; DX10 has rather kinda been tacked on, like in Lost Planet, but so far results are dissapointing

 

[LittleNemoNES]

PLEASE post screen shots of DX9/10
Come on, guys

 

[Chadder007]

Originally posted by: Finny
Apparently, the X2900XT is faring a bit better.

http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=150461&page=2&pp=15

But the drivers that actually enable DX10 for ATIs X2900 were released late yesterday. Maybe they had the release drivers and the game was just running through as DX9 instead of DX10.

 

[schneiderguy]

Originally posted by: yacoub

Originally posted by: schneiderguy
edit: people at the Relicnews forums are reporting a massive performance hit with DX10 compared to DX9

wtf did you expect given the list of graphical improvements you just posted? having a DX10 capable card doesn't make those improvements 'free', it just means you can actually display those improvements. it doesn't guarantee they'll be at playable fps.

slightly better lighting and short grass on the terrain = 50% performance hit?

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

LOL! This gets more interesting by the day

So now, either the HD2900XT just plain has a better architecture for DX10, or the 8800 is the one lacking drivers... Priceless!

How about we just call it a draw, then everyone can be happy