Far Cry 3 GPU and CPU benchmarks [PCGH.de]

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  1. BD231

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    Wonder how much drivers will improve performance on these new titles coming out that are killing Kepler and the 7000 series. MSAA, HBAO, ect, all useless features with current hardware.
     
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  2. DrBoss

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    SSAO and HBAO both result in dark halo's around the profile of object (when they are in the foreground). HDAO to a large degree does not suffer from this.

    If you are looking to gain a decent fps boost, turn off Ambient Occlusion completely and set Alpha to Converge to "enhanced". A2C does a good job smoothing foliage in the foreground. Add 2 or 4x MSAA to further smooth the image.

    HDAO looks good, but comes with a large performance hit.
     
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  3. Deders

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    Agreed, HDAO seems to be the best balance, also FXAA seems to be implemented within the post processing so MSAA isn't necessary.
     
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  4. DrBoss

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    hmm interesting redundancy. I will dump MSAA tonight and compare image quality.

    As a side note. all the ##AA stuff is getting confusing. HDAO HBAO SSAO MSAA FXAA A2C blah blah blah... headache
    gone are the days when all we had to do was choose our level of AA
     
    #129 DrBoss, Nov 30, 2012
  5. SirPauly

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    Indeed!
     
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  6. boxleitnerb

    boxleitnerb Platinum Member

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    Without MSAA, A2C doesn't work afaik. And that it sorely needed.
     
    #131 boxleitnerb, Nov 30, 2012
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    I am a bit confused as people have talked about playing the game yet it is not even released yet.
     
    #132 toyota, Dec 1, 2012
  8. mablo

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    It's released in Europe the rest of the world the 29th.
     
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  9. aaksheytalwar

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    I am confused. Which is the best looks wise for a 7000 series card?
    Hdao
    Hbao
    Ssao
     
    #134 aaksheytalwar, Dec 1, 2012
  10. toyota

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    oh so Europe has it now. btw it says Dec 4 for me here in the USA.
     
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  11. (sic)Klown12

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    HDAO is the best in terms of visuals, but comes with such a high performance hit that most don't think it's worth it. The next best would be HBAO followed by SSAO.
     
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  12. aaksheytalwar

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    For me that most taxing is HBAO then HDAO then SSAO.

    And visually ya HDAO is the best but I still avg in 50s and 60s at 1080p max (but no AA) in FC3 with it.
     
    #137 aaksheytalwar, Dec 1, 2012
  13. Deders

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    It's often the other way around
     
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  14. VulgarDisplay

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    Does anyone know if 12.11 Beta 8 is the performance driver for far cry 3 that Guru3D referenced on 11/30/2012 in their Far Cry 3 review?

    They said that AMD will be releasing a performance driver on Monday or Tuesday for the game, and I wasn't sure if Beta 8 was that driver and if the pending driver was just WHQL?

    Anyone heard anything? I'd love a 10-20% increase in frames that's for sure lol.
     
    #139 VulgarDisplay, Dec 3, 2012
  15. raghu78

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    the performance driver for farcry 3 is the next driver after beta 8 due monday or tuesday. its mostly a beta driver.
     
    #140 raghu78, Dec 3, 2012
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    This is an AMD evolved title and it doesn't have an optimized driver out already?
     
    #141 tviceman, Dec 3, 2012
  17. mablo

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    Weird that they are set to launch the performance driver at the US launch when the game was released 5 days prior in the rest of the world.
     
    #142 mablo, Dec 3, 2012
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    Well, AMD is based in North America. Not that it means anything, but They probably have some reason for their release timeframe.
     
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    Of course, I'm not complaining. Actually I think it plays really well on my 7950 as it is, but any increase in performance is welcomed.
     
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    The release notes for 12.11 Beta 8 showed Far Cry 3 enhancements. This upcoming driver is supposed to give more on top of that.
     
    #145 VulgarDisplay, Dec 3, 2012
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    Weird that it plays better on max settings for me than optimal.
     
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  22. DiogoDX

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    12.11 BETA 11

    http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/AMD_Catalyst_12.11_Beta11.exe
    http://www2.ati.com/drivers/hotfix/catalyst_application_profiles/AMD_Catalyst_12.11_CAP2.exe

    Release notes: http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst1211betadriver.aspx
     
    #147 DiogoDX, Dec 3, 2012
  23. cmdrdredd

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    I think by the time I get around to being able to play it (after x-mas) performance will largely have been fixed. That's my hope anyway.

    I just have too much else to play at the moment so I'm going to set this one under the tree, in a manner of speaking since it's on steam.
     
    #148 cmdrdredd, Dec 3, 2012
  24. StrangerGuy

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    "Let's just put in visual features that look different instead of better that incur a sizeable performance hit so you can justify a new card. Hey look NV gets 1% more fps here!" Wooooo.

    Unimpressed by technical quality of graphics for a looooooooong time since Crysis 1.
     
    #149 StrangerGuy, Dec 3, 2012
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    AMD press release: TechPowerUp


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