Far Cry and SM3.0

[jim1976]

I just installed DX9.0c and Far Cry patch 1.2,though I know it's been recalled for bugs
The game is working fine but when I bench it I don't see any difference neither in perf nor in visuals
What do I have to do?
In control panel now I have one more tab "more 3d" I think. Should I enable/disable anything there for SM3.0 support?
Also in game I changed the render to "improved" (I think there wasn't an option like that until patch 1.1

Can someone help me out with this?

PS : (GF 6800GT)

 

[JBT]

you need to put this in the target: section of the Icon to launch Far Cry -DEVMODE "r_sm30path 1" It will enable SM3.0 Now you won't see any difference in the visuals but it may be 1-3 FPS faster. Not much but any performance helps I suppose.

 

[jim1976]

Thanks JBT. You've been very helpful all these dayz :beer:

Is there anything else that I should change in the control panel in that new "more 3d" tab?

 

[JBT]

nope nothing in there that should need changing. If you enable it correctly you should see like "SM3.0 Beta path" or something like that on the top left corner the entire time Far Cry is launched.

 

[jim1976]

Originally posted by: JBT
nope nothing in there that should need changing. If you enable it correctly you should see like "SM3.0 Beta path" or something like that on the top left corner the entire time Car Cry is launched.

Yep I got it. Thankz again. The prob is that you have to stick with it al the time.
I just benched Research and Volcano and I'm amazed by the speed of it.