Red Hawk
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- Jan 1, 2011
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Neither TWIMTBP or Gaming Evolved are really helping us. Sure AMD did not pay to cripple its opponents hardware. But they are no angel either. Notice how you need DX11 just to enable high res textures in DA2 or ambient occlusion in BFBC2/ Dirt2. AMD sponsored titles has resorted to artificially imposed restrictions and gimmicks passed off as "DX11 features" to make us upgrade our hardware.
Sure we are now happily rocking Win7 and DX11 hardware so who cares right? But it wont be long before AMD sponsored titles force us to upgrade to Windows 8 and DX12 hardware just to enable certain graphical features artificially locked out on our old hardware. It is funny how Deus EX together with DA2 another AMD's GE title still looks like A$$ despite being DX11 and with full vendor support to implement its cutting edge features.
Seriously I am not impressed by the visuals here. Looks like its made to run on consoles:
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Actually you can use high-res textures just fine in Dragon Age II's DirectX 9 mode. As for Deus Ex's appearance...gee, I wonder why it looks like it was made to run on consoles. :hmm: Texture detail may not be incredibly better but it has effects like tessellation which give it the edge over consoles.