The "chuck" patch:
1. Permit High Dynamic Lighting (HDR) concurrently with Anti-Aliasing (AA)
2. AFR mode for CrossFire (2 GPU’s)
Chuck Patch also supports AFR Crossfire mode giving gains up to 80%
http://support.ati.com/ics/support/d...estionID=21960
Pretty cool =)
(News found at Elitebastards.com)
yea finally
Topic Title Edited to get the word out alittle faster... ATI doing HDR and AA in the toughest game of the year :woot:
I just switched out my 7900 GTX and gave this a shot, and I'll be damned if this didn't bring the biggest smile to my face.
not only is this running HDR and AA... it seems like it's taken almost no performance hit.
the game for me is completly playable outdoors, at 1440 x 900, AA 2X, AF at 4X, Vsync On... and HDR :clap:
Nice to see atleast one of the Major Companies can pull this off :)
your looking at the floor though, what FPS do you get when you look into the background?
Looks great Kunaak. The AA really seems to help a lot.
So much for bethesda's impossible-to-do-hdr+AA-on-todays-videocards :rolleyes:
Good job ATI though. Keeping up with demand is never a bad thing.
On Oblivion which is massively graphically demanding, to do HDR + AA with almost no performance hit? I'm a little skeptical, unless Ati pulled out some driver magic.
But still it's pretty sweet.
NICE PULL-OFF! :slobber:
This definitely makes ATI's X1900 series and Cross-Fire even more attractive solutions...! :eek:
dude. I didnt just take that screen shot in 2 seconds then exit the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by OmegaMerc
I played it for a good 20 minutes like this.
this screen shot is one of about 20 so far.
all with AA, all with HDR, all at above 30 FPS, even in the grassy areas. ;)
no setting at low. my ego wont let me play a game at low.
I'm getting an x1900xt.. my 7800GTX has to run the mem 10MHz below stock for it to not black out during the game
looks like they included the x1800gto in the list of supported cards too
the catalyst 6.3's wouldn't install, but this hotfix does
wow excellent improvement for me. a good 30% fps increase
That's nice, I wish I had an ATI! I hope Nvidia comes out with a driver like this as well.
Got any further info? Source? If this driver update also provides +30% FPS, that's one helluva patch. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by One_Hertz
this is bull:banana::banana::banana::banana:, no x850 crossfire? im gonna test and post back
update, this does work for x850 as well, went from 1280x1024 no bloom 2xaa no distant, low shadows etc. to all high 4xaa with bloom and still gained about 10-20 fps
Kunnak, could you post a screenshot with a lot of grass to see what FPS you get? :)
BTW, are you running Oblivion with 1x or 2x x1900s? And is it a XT or XTX? What clock speeds?
Another topic that, proves that G71 sucks baboon arse.
heres the pic.
stats ran.
Single X1900XT with XTX Bios, running game speed of 690/800.
1680 x 1050, 2x AA, 16 AF, Mip maps at quality.
Catalyst AI on.no temporal AA or anything like that.
HDR on.
I went to the gold coast cause I wanted to stress the card as much as possible. for me, the gold grass of the gold coast is by far the most stressful area of the game, cause it's consistantly tough.
so thats where I wanted to go.
Average frame rate was 22-24 frames per second there.
dipped as low as 18 sometimes.
tried to wait around for sunny weather, but it would only rain no matter how long I waited, so I settled for this.
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Originally Posted by physics_geek
Another thread that proves nothing. Flame starter, really.
Now, back on track.
Where is this "Chuck" fellow and why isnt he modding drivers ;)
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Originally Posted by Pinnacle
My thoughts exactly! that is awful impressive...
ahhh, I was waiting for this to happen :toast:
time to update and back to oblivion @ 1920x1200 :D
will follow up if there is a really huge improvement
Yeah! Don't f:banana::banana::banana: with Chuck! incredible, probably the best news of the week for me and my new X1900XT!
Its funny considering that this is something bethseda should have done and not ATI. But ATI likes to impress I guess.
why should Bethesda have done this?Quote:
Originally Posted by ahmad
Yeah they made the game but they said they couldnt do it due to the way they did HDR, seeing ATI eventualy managed todo it means it is possible.
maybe to Bethesda it wasnt possible cause ATI didnt fully wana cooperate with them or whatever.
Damn that looks good.. thats it, i'm buying a x1900xt!
Kunaak, that last screenshot looks insane. It's time I tried that game!
I hope my overclocked card can handle 1680x1050 noAA 8xAF just fine @ max.
ha, i caved in and bought a x1900xt!
Here are a few widescreen pics to add to Kunaak's using the HDR plus AA patch.
Specs:
opty 165 @2853, 2gigs ram
X1900xt flashed to xtx 690/800
1440x900
2x Temporal AA plus HDR
4x anisotropic
Everything in the game maxed out. Plays awesome. This is the reason I go ATI for sure.
Screenshots do not do this game justice...
http://xs75.xs.to/pics/06146/ChorrolSunset.jpg
http://xs75.xs.to/pics/06146/HorseSunset.jpg
http://xs75.xs.to/pics/06146/MeBackgroundSunny.jpg
http://xs75.xs.to/pics/06146/MeSunny.jpg
wow.. i'm itching to go home and play.. even moreso when the x1900xt gets here.