DX8.1 to DX9.0C

[AphexT]

A quick question. I noticed while running the game in DX8.1 (P4 3.2GHz, gig of ram, radeon 9200 pro 128mb), that the water on the coast for example, has a very rough transition to the land. In DX9.0 is this difference smoothened out?

 

[pr0nking]

Yea, but I don't think your caard can handle DX9 anywayz

 

[AphexT]

I know I'm upgrading to a Gigabyte X800 XT. Will have in 18 days. :cheers:

 

[WhiteZero]

I'll assume that this looks alot better:
http://www.ilrpg.com/~whitezero/d2_coast_010000.jpg

 

[Shodan]

wow, that looks amazing.

 

[AphexT]

Wow, that looks much better. Thanks guys.

 

[AphexT]

Sorry to double post but does DX9 also further the draw distance in the game?

 

[WhiteZero]

Sorry to double post but does DX9 also further the draw distance in the game?

Uhhh... do you mean how far you can see? Or how far detailed textures stay untill they blur out?

 

[Vegeta897]

Sorry to double post but does DX9 also further the draw distance in the game?

Draw distance is determined by the map maker, and is not limited by your video card power. (Although too far will lag ofcourse)

That water blending is HOT!! :O

 

[AphexT]

Ah ok. White Zero, could you post some more screenies of that content plz?

 

[WhiteZero]

Ah ok. White Zero, could you post some more screenies of that content plz?

Well, I thought you meant by draw distance that when the scenary totaly dissapears. Is that correct? I'm just a little confused.
Or if you were refering to the detail bias, where the textures become lower quality as you get further away from them (to improve performance).

 

[AphexT]

Sorry, I should of been more clear. I meant where the scenery disappears completely but, vegeta seemed to have answered my question. Yeah, but I meant screens of the water/land difference.

 

[[Matt]]

I'll assume that this looks alot better:
http://www.ilrpg.com/~whitezero/d2_coast_010000.jpg

can you get a closer much lower down pic of that???

 

[AphexT]

Ok, I took some pics of my water. When you get close to it, it looks very distorted or something. Also I resized them a bit from 1280x1024.

http://img125.exs.cx/img125/479/m4awater1.jpg
http://img125.exs.cx/img125/3041/s1iwater2.jpg
http://img125.exs.cx/img125/8314/f5qwater3.jpg

 

[[Matt]]

Ok, I took some pics of my water. When you get close to it, it looks very distorted or something. Also I resized them a bit from 1280x1024.

http://img125.exs.cx/img125/479/m4awater1.jpg
http://img125.exs.cx/img125/3041/s1iwater2.jpg
http://img125.exs.cx/img125/8314/f5qwater3.jpg

Sorry i meant i want pics of DX9.... i have a ti4600 myself. Anyone care to enlighten me?

 

[Mountain Man]

Some comparison screenies between 8.x and 9.0 would be nice.

 

[jameth]

dx8 dx9 comparison. huge files on the second bunch

http://royal.customer.netspace.net.au/reflection-dx81.jpg 270k
http://royal.customer.netspace.net.au/reflection-dx9.jpg 119k

http://royal.customer.netspace.net.au/overview-dx81.jpg 397k
http://royal.customer.netspace.net.au/overview-dx9.jpg 885k ( )

http://royal.customer.netspace.net.au/perrty.jpg 168k

this one because i like it

top four pictures taken at 1280x960, 6xAA, 16xAF, everything on max. sorry about that 800k one.

 

[AphexT]

Jameth, what's your specs and what kind of fps do you get with those settings?

 

[jameth]

x800xt
p4 3.2ghz
asus p4c800-e deluxe
1gb geil ram

i get around 30fps(heavy fire fights) - 100 fps

depends really. definately playable though.

 

[AphexT]

Great. I'll have about the same specs soon.