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Hacking Batman:AA to get ATI video cards AA functionality
- Thread starter alcoholbob
- Start date
BFG10K
Lifer
Nice find, and it confirms AA quality is the same on the Radeon after the hack is applied, proving there?s nothing special about the AA implementation that inherently ties it to nVidia.
Also if I read it correctly, patch 1.1 disables the hack. Another example of vendor-lock at it?s finest. :disgust:
Also if I read it correctly, patch 1.1 disables the hack. Another example of vendor-lock at it?s finest. :disgust:
Forgive me my ignorance, but does not the Xbox 360 have EDRAM for its graphics chip almost specifically for enabling AA in games?
And if it has such RAM, then it makes sense (AFAIK) for most developers to use AA in their games to cheaply (performance hit wise) to improve graphics quality.
Now if such supposition is true, would it not make sense for Batman: AA to have such a feature implemented in the Xbox 360 version, and since the Xbox 360 GPU is ATI based, does this mean either they didn't bother with AA at all in the 360 version, or they used this "special" NV code for AA in the Xbox version but disabled it for the PC, or they do have some form of AA that they decided not to/couldn't use in the PC version, or they just went with basic MSAA rather than something more efficient?
And if it has such RAM, then it makes sense (AFAIK) for most developers to use AA in their games to cheaply (performance hit wise) to improve graphics quality.
Now if such supposition is true, would it not make sense for Batman: AA to have such a feature implemented in the Xbox 360 version, and since the Xbox 360 GPU is ATI based, does this mean either they didn't bother with AA at all in the 360 version, or they used this "special" NV code for AA in the Xbox version but disabled it for the PC, or they do have some form of AA that they decided not to/couldn't use in the PC version, or they just went with basic MSAA rather than something more efficient?
dflynchimp
Senior member
actually ATI is as reluctant to hop on the PhysX boat as Nvidia is reluctant to let them on. Both companies are pushing their prefered variant of gpu physics in yet another gamble to oust the others in the market. In these situations, we the customer are the losers since we can't all have our cake and eat it too.
Nvidia is just as good/bad as ATI, no matter which issue you're standing on.
i was gonna get this game but i got a 4850 so no AA, what the heck, they purposely locked out ati cards but lied and say that it was because of some special nvidia routine that can't be duplicated to ati cards, liers!! i say ati owners boycott this game. vendor lock-in is shitty for gaming industries like the SecuRom DRM that installs rootkits. boycott!
dflynchimp
Senior member
no, Intel bought Havok
imported_Equinox
Member
You can actually load the latest drivers, and still have physx work by replacing the .dll. TK did a service to all of us by offering that information. I can't provide a link or anything further, because it seems the original thread got locked. Apologies.
Why would u say POS nv card? I can understand all this shady BS that is going on right now with nvidia, but the cards themselves (in my opinion) have a lot less problems than ATI driver side. Dual video drivers with xp/7 is awesome because i can use my 7800gtx when my 4890 is masturbating, and i can use my 4890 when it works (95% of the time)
fffblackmage
Platinum Member
darn, i just finished batman in all its jagged glory.
now if there's hack to make resident evil 5 work on a x1950xt....
now if there's hack to make resident evil 5 work on a x1950xt....
MarcVenice
Moderator Emeritus <br>
You bother hacking because forcing through ATI CCC forces FSAA, which gives a far bigger performance hit when hacking and using the games 'smart' AA, which means AA only gets applied where and when it makes a difference.
MarcVenice
Moderator Emeritus <br>
It's not like anybody should give a shit though, because pretty much any ati card from the HD 4870 and up can play Batmang satisfactory with 4xAA forced through ATI CCC At 1920*1200. And when you start pushing 8xAA some ati-cards will flatout beat their nvidia-competitors.
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