{"id":787,"date":"2008-10-30T03:00:30","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T03:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alienbabeltech.com\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2013-04-26T06:38:34","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T05:38:34","slug":"farcry2-new-hotfix-vs-old-hot-fix-benchmarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/farcry2-new-hotfix-vs-old-hot-fix-benchmarks\/","title":{"rendered":"FarCry2 New Hotfix vs. Old Hotfix Benchmarks"},"content":{"rendered":"


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We originally reported that AMD\/ATI’s hotfix drivers for FarCry2<\/em> were broken http:\/\/www.alienbabeltech.com\/?p=890<\/a>.\u00a0 Although performance with the hotfix drivers noticeably\u00a0increased frame rates over the regular 8-10 Catalyst drivers, a bug appeared\u00a0in certain areas that would show up as missing or transparent textures.\u00a0 Well, AMD’s driver team responded in record time with a brand new hotfix driver to replace their first one;\u00a0beginning with a promise to do it quickly,\u00a0as our follow-up article reported yesterday\u00a0– then as we updated\u00a0this morning at http:\/\/www.alienbabeltech.com\/?p=995<\/a>,\u00a0a brand new hotfix download!<\/p>\n

We decided to\u00a0test\u00a0the new driver\u00a0out and although we are very happy to report that the DX10 visual\u00a0irregularities appear to be fixed, playing with a HD4870\/1GB is still very annoying – contrasted with its big brother the 4870×2, or a GTX280.\u00a0 Hitching is still\u00a0irritating in DX10 mode even though the frame rates would otherwise appear\u00a0be adequate for a smooth experience.\u00a0 Fortunately, this console command is very effective\u00a0in smoothing the\u00a0frame rates: gfx_maxfps 25<\/p>\n

We used the same\u00a0PC as we used in our first test – nothing has changed except for the new hotfix driver replacing the old one.\u00a0 We continue to test using FarCry2’s<\/em> built-in short Ranch<\/em> demo run at overall ultra settings, varying the AA settings in-game and forcing 16xAF in the control panel.\u00a0 We can see the performance of the new hotfix drivers sits slightly ahead of the regular Cat 8-10\u00a0but\u00a0behind the first hotfix drivers.\u00a0 Here are our results:<\/p>\n

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We are also glad to report that the scenes with the missing and transparent textures are fixed.\u00a0 Both\u00a0images are at 1920×1200 resolution, 4xAA\/16xAF, with\u00a0overall ultra settings.<\/p>\n

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Our\u00a0thanks go\u00a0to AMD’s Catalyst Driver team for responding so quickly to our plea!\u00a0 We will continue to follow FarCry2<\/em> performance as patches are released for it and drivers are updated.\u00a0 Stay tuned.<\/p>\n

-Mark Poppin<\/p>\n

ABT Editor<\/p>\n


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