Pier Level, Pure Mode

“Pier” level contains loads of vegetations along with water and pretty thorough physics calculations, which is why fps in our demo here is not as high as on “Training” level.

All graphics cards with except of the GeForce FX, GeForce 6600 [non-GT version] and RADEON X600 XT delivered excellent performance even in high resolutions on the “Pier” level.

The situation with minimal framerate demonstrated by the RADEON X800-series than comparable GeForce 6800-series remains here as well.

We do not know the reason for such behavior, but here is an observation:

• With CATALYST 4.8 and FarCry 1.1 minimal fps was 49.7 in our “Pier” demo used this Summer;
• With CATALYST 4.8 and FarCry 1.2 minimal fps dropped to 42.5 in the same demo;
• With CATALYST 4.8, FarCry 1.2 being rendered using Shader Model 2.0b path minimal fps slashed to 37.9 in exactly the same demo;
• In all three cases average fps was about 72 frames per second.

While we have changed our “Pier” demo since our previous benchmarking sessions, the new one continues to show that the RADEON X800 XT PE’s minimal fps in 1600x1200 is around 43, while the average is approximately 85.

Table of contents: Introduction HDR: Each Good Thing Needs a Proper Implementation     What is HDR?     HDR and Hardware     FarCry Gets HDR 3Dc: Get the Speed, Admire Under Microscope     So, what is 3Dc and Normal Maps Compression?     FarCry and Compression of Normals Testbeds and Methods Image Quality Comparison: But Does it Matter? Performance     HDR: A Costly Thing, a Work for SLI Normal Map Compression: 3Dc at Work     3Dc Impact, Pure Speed     3Dc Impact, Eye Candy Mode FarCry version 1.3: Out-of-box performance     Training Level, Pure Mode     Training Level, Eye Candy Mode     Research Level, Pure Mode     Research Level, Eye Candy Mode     Pier Level, Pure Mode     Pier Level, Eye Candy Mode     Regulator Level, Pure Mode     Regulator Level, Eye Candy Mode     Volcano Level, Pure Mode     Volcano Level, Eye Candy Mode Conclusion     Technologies     Performance