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8.10 hotfix Drivers cheat on FC2

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OK. That article says they have been but no proof?

its right below... click the ati and nvidia links and it has the 5 worst for both companies.
 
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Remember Nvidia and the Driver that blurred reflections of water or something like that in Crysis?

Its not so much a cheat as it is simple a clever way to increase performance without really decreasing the visuals people look at.

Games have even incorporated Occlusion culling, which basically does not render what you don't see. Is that cheating? I don't think so, its just there to increase performance with out you really noticing.
 

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This was posted by a nvidia focus group member at raged 3d and nvnews. And, it was sent to hardopc, read the post here. The thread at raged3d was locked and a lot of people over at nvnews don't believe it. Therefore, I would take the article in the original post with a grain of salt. :toast:

Furthermore, over at PC games Hardware they seem to have some interesting differences between DX10 ultra high and DX9 ultra high with their GTX 260. It appears that the photos they provide clearly show DX9 offering a image quality closer to what the developer intended for ultra high settings.




Shadow under tree

DX9



DX10




Shadow under bush

DX9



DX10
 
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