those are renders...

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sorry for reviveing this thread..

but i came to this page now and i was so impressed that i want to share it with you!

http://www.winmatrix.com/forum ... ums/lofiversion/index.php

ps: not intended to make advertisment for dx10..

It does not matter.......

1) DX10 games will not be common until Vista is common otherwise companies will not get their investment back.
2) DX10 requires Vista. If you are happy to give ALL control of your computer to MS, RIAA and MPAA then you NEED to read what "trusted computing" actually means. WAKE UP
3) The Halo in game shots looks worse than the detail in Q3 which leads me to believe the others are renders. Halo is a MS game so you would expect that to look stunning but it does not?

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It does not matter.......

1) DX10 games will not be common until Vista is common otherwise companies will not get their investment back.
2) DX10 requires Vista. If you are happy to give ALL control of your computer to MS, RIAA and MPAA then you NEED to read what "trusted computing" actually means. WAKE UP
3) The Halo in game shots looks worse than the detail in Q3 which leads me to believe the others are renders. Halo is a MS game so you would expect that to look stunning but it does not?

We have discussed the pros and cons in the last 5 pages. I hope you understood when i wrote, i dont want to make advertisment of dx10... nor windows or what so ever.
Only to point out the stunning graphics. And i think that even you can´t say, that they are not good.

Quote from cpachmann :

http://www.winmatrix.com/forum ... ums/lofiversion/index.php

Most awful, obviously biased comparison ever.

With games starting to really take advantage of DX9 now, I think modern games can already look fairly stunning. OK still a way short of photographic, but convincing enough.

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Most awful, obviously biased comparison ever.

Amen.


The Flight Sim comparison was done by the team as a static representation of what they felt could be achieved with DX10. I agree the water looks very good and you probably couldn't do that with DX9. But there are great DX9 cloud shots of FS around the web, which the 1st comparison photo doesn't show off at all.

For example,

http://www.flightsimulator10.c ... tomimages/fsx/full/19.jpg

2nd, the face comparison is just ridiculous. First image, they cranked the detail level way down, no anti-alaising. If you want to see what DX9 can do with faces, lookey here...

http://halflife2.filefront.com/screenshots/File/46266/1
http://halflife2.filefront.com/screenshots/File/46511/2

I'm not saying DX10 isn't potentially exciting, just re-iterating what Bob said about bad comparisons.

Vista will fuel the Linux revolution. Light a torch and grab your pitchfork.

Quote from Gunn :

Vista will fuel the Linux revolution. Light a torch and grab your pitchfork.

ive already moved on, xp only cuz of lfs.

i gotta say that dx10 water does look nice ... ive always felt that water on dx9 and below looked crappy way too much reflection and too smooth ... as if that thing thats supposed to be an ocean was actually a small glass of water

Quote from Gunn :

Vista will fuel the Linux revolution. Light a torch and grab your pitchfork.

damn i only wish my games would run smooth on linux too... it's just that what's holding me back... ofcourse all the free apps presuaded me to linux (which ever distro you choose) openoffice gimp etc etc, why let yourself be ripped of by microsoft

btw i still run my games on win98se have had alot less problems then all my friends who switched to XP when it came around... alot less!!


greetings SMOKE

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http://halflife2.filefront.com/screenshots/File/46266/1

Damn, she's hot. If DX10 gets any better I'm never gonna meet any real women.

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damn i only wish my games would run smooth on linux too

For me performance is key, I'm always looking for that extra 2 fps. Too bad I also enjoy loading everything up with higher-res textures!

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Damn, she's hot. If DX10 gets any better I'm never gonna meet any real women.

:ices_rofl Bob.. that quote is all the more funnier because i know you!... HAHA nearly spat out my tea reading that...

Quote from Bob Smith :

Damn, she's hot. If DX10 gets any better I'm never gonna meet any real women.

thanks for the new sig!

Well, that was still DX9... :P

Amazing, how big of an effect good textures are, don't you think?

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[...] I'm never gonna meet any [...] women.

so youre planning on keeping the beard ?

Don't shave it all off. Keep the stubs. They are... useful.

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so youre planning on keeping the beard ?

Yes and no. Now I've had it for 3 years I feel like shaving it off will be a change, also since I've gone from 18 to 21 my face should look a bit older by itself anyway. Half my mates tell me to get rid of it, the other half say it suits me and I should keep it. I suppose if I do shave it off it'll be back in a few weeks anyway if I get reminiscent.

From a women point of view, if they can't put up with a beard I can't imagine they'd be able to put up with me anyway, so that's a non-issue.

What was the topic again?

Quote from Bob Smith :

Damn, she's hot. If DX10 gets any better I'm never gonna meet any real women.

I'd rather have a not as hot woman in DX9. I mean, she wouldn't be as hot, but better performance!

Quote from bbman :

Well, that was still DX9... :P

Amazing, how big of an effect good textures are, don't you think?

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I'd rather have a not as hot woman in DX9. I mean, she wouldn't be as hot, but better performance!

well..that doesn´t mean that both of them can´t be togehter...
imagine Heidi Klum with the performance of Tyra Banks!

have you seen the tyra banks talk show? she is very animated ... very um.. energetic.

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http://halflife2.filefront.com/screenshots/File/46266/1

Yuck! They ruined Alyx!!! She's not supposed to look like she got a fricken collagen injection... There's something else I don't like about that "improved" model either but I can't quite put my finger on it. Might be the eyes are different, much more like the typical "I'm a spoiled bitch" eyes of a fashion model.

I much prefer the improvements made to Alyx in Episode 1. (see attachment)

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Yuck! They ruined Alyx!!!

They did take a few liberties, that's for sure. I haven't played Half Life 2 for ages and I never tried the Fake Factory stuff, but I agree that in Ep1 she looks a lot better, even if she seems a bit too saturated in HDR glow most of the time. They worked on the face animation system, which brings out Alex's character more. Have to admit she's not my kind of girl (short haired survivalist type :razz, but she sure can ass whup a zombine!

Reinstalled HL2 last night. Played through Lost Coast with HDR (most settings on full and still 60fps on the stress test). Bought Episode One last night, so will try it tonight.

Not too tempted by the FakeFactory stuff - my PC just doesn't sound mega enough to work with them. I wish there was a medium res update (i.e. somewhere between default and super high). And no towels or silly vest tops.

Does anyone know if the basic HL2 storyline has been updated to HDR? I think it looks quite nice. A bit overdone in places, but these effects often are to begin with. And some of the things they plan to add to the Source engine (I read on Wikipedia) sound amazing. Source and Crysis will be head to head into DX10 days

Fake Factory Stuff? I'm thinking of getting HL2, but the graphics just aren't 1337 enough to tackle my 7950GT!