Crysis: get DX10 very high features in DX9

[theteamaqua]

how is the performance difference between xp and vista?

for me both with 169.01 beta at the same clock speed, XP is about 5fps faster (25fps vs 20 = 25% faster), but thats with less effect, and less draw distance = less trees, also the shadows are not as intense as vista ...

so give and take i'd say maybe ~15%/20% difference assuming both displaying the same thing, but ill be running in XP tho, SLI works like crap on vista

DX10 looks amazing though. It may be subtle to some but the differences to me are very apparent. The textures and shadows are much softer and lifelike. The vegetation is out of this world and blends together much better in DX10. Can't wait until DX10 matures. Hopefully some crafty individuals crack DX10 for XP.

u dont need it .... u get all the effects DX10 offers in XP with tweaked cvars .... im sure someone will make DX9 looks same as DX10 very high with mods or more cvar tweaks ....

in many of their ss such as here:
http://www.incrysis.com/index.php?op...sk=view&id=511

difference between high DX9 and very high DX10 was huge, and it wasnt after the tweak