Crysis DirectX 9 & 10 MP Performance [Sep 13, 2007, 10:23 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Total Crysis offers an update on how
multiplayer will work in Crysis (thanks
Voodoo Extreme). A number of topics are covered, including how DirectX 9
servers will be limited compared to DirectX 10 servers, not because of software,
but hardware:
DX9 vs. DX10 – The endless question
To shed some light into one of the most discussed topics regarding Crysis multiplayer I would like to explain you the differences between Crysis MP DX9 and DX10.
As for the DX9 version we won’t have physics and day and night cycle in-game. That means you won’t be able to shoot down trees and/or alter any other objects than vehicles on the map. Additionally the time of day setting doesn’t change dynamically. This is caused due to the tremendous server load such physics might cause on crowded gaming servers. Still you will be able to experience maps with different time of day settings since the maps can be altered in the Sandbox2 Editor.
Rather than providing the community partially working features we limit this for the DX10 version only. Due to the strong hardware available with DX10, server load is less and performance is increased. This ensures the pure physics and day and night cycle experience without any limitation.
Gamers with a DX10 card are able to play on DX9 servers, but with the limitation of the respective server. Vice versa it is not possible for gamers with DX9 cards to play on DX10 servers due to the limited features.
I am a die hard PC gamer and I am one of those suckers who usually buy something when it's the latest and greatest. I have hundreds of PC shooters that I've bought throughout the years and I tend to keep my hard drive packed up with many games installed at once. I recently upgraded to Vista and got myself a DX10 card and I have ZERO complaints about it! I must have over 50 games installed (fron Doom1 to MoH Airborn) and they all run fantastic on my machine. I have noticed no performance loss between this machine and the machines I run XP on.
I look forward to new games taking advantage of DX10 finally, and the more games that do it the faster the whiners will upgrade.
All I'm saying is Vista will be the norm soon, DEAL WITH IT! If you want to experience your gaming with DX10 features than bite the bullet and give into it. If you want to continue to use DX9 and bitch about DX10 and Vista go ahead, where is it getting you?
When all thats left is console gaming, I will game no more."
I look forward to new games taking advantage of DX10 finally, and the more games that do it the faster the whiners will upgrade.
All I'm saying is Vista will be the norm soon, DEAL WITH IT! If you want to experience your gaming with DX10 features than bite the bullet and give into it. If you want to continue to use DX9 and bitch about DX10 and Vista go ahead, where is it getting you?
When all thats left is console gaming, I will game no more."
"When all thats left is console gaming, I will game no more."
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