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Originally posted by: homercles337
Originally posted by: Trevelyan
Originally posted by: naruto1988
so i won't get HDR with my 9800 pro? =( this card used to be 1337
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YES you do get HDR... just got finished playing it on my 9800 pro... looks GREAT
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No you dont. You need SM3.
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Seriously, you DONT need sm3.

Unless someone snuck in and magically gave it to my 9700pro cos I've got it (hdr that is not sm3)
 
Originally posted by: homercles337
Originally posted by: Trevelyan
Originally posted by: naruto1988
so i won't get HDR with my 9800 pro? =( this card used to be 1337
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YES you do get HDR... just got finished playing it on my 9800 pro... looks GREAT
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No you dont. You need SM3.
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DOH!!!!

Read the quote from the link above:
HDR is the latest feature in the quest for greater rendering fidelity: Crytek have already added it to Far Cry as part of their 1.3 Patch and it is integral to Epic's Unreal Engine 3.0. Valve recently revealed that they are working on a special HDR showcase for Half Life 2 titled Lost Coast. Whilst Far Cry only implemented HDR via Shader Model 3.0, hence only working on Nvidia's latest-generation cards, Lost Coast will implement it via Shader Model 2.0, allowing for it to work on ATI's current generation.
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any comments on what the heck was up with this? 🙂 i have the game saved, every time i load to that point, there are a bunch of floating Combines everywhere. pretty funky!
 
Originally posted by: meltdown75
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any comments on what the heck was up with this? 🙂 i have the game saved, every time i load to that point, there are a bunch of floating Combines everywhere. pretty funky!
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They're the dead combines you killed. 🙂
 
i got that crazy stuttering (sound skip and framerate <1 fps) again.. anyone get this? I'm running the newest forceware drivers on a 6800..

 
Originally posted by: meltdown75
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any comments on what the heck was up with this? 🙂 i have the game saved, every time i load to that point, there are a bunch of floating Combines everywhere. pretty funky!
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Their weapons are not loaded, that is what the doll does if it is weaponless.
 
I've taken some high-res screenshots and posted them RAW at my site:


View Half Life 2: Lost Coast screens (NOT 56K friendly!)


I have all video settings on high. Game runs quite smoothly. ;-)

It'd be even more amazing with a higher end video card, but mine is plenty fine.

The demo itself is visually great, but very short and leaves you empty. But it's just a tech demo..
 
Originally posted by: igowerf
Oy. I can't run it in 1280x1024 without turning the settings way down... Time to upgrade I suppose.
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Whats your current VC? I wouldn't go out and upgrade just for Lost Coast personally 😛
 
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