While over at Futuremark, I spotted that Retroboy has posted some speculation about Catalyst 4.0 and Smartshaders!
Considering the smartshader option has not changed all that much from catalyst 3.8 to 3.9 I sincerely hope that the ATI crew implements new smartshader functions in 4.0, so that the development is not stalled, and it's not all forgotten about. Smartshaders are a fun contribution to the driver, and as ATI said, soon we will be able to code our own image fx, well not me, but people who know that kind of programming.
It has been mentioned before in these boards that smartshader technology could fix the lack of color saturation controls in the driver, something similar to Nvidias Digital Vibrance. I have a monitor with a DynaFlat tube that has somewhat damped saturation, and I for one would appreciate a saturation boost in my games. It's true that the "Colorfill" setting in rage3d has a minor positive impact on the saturation in DX games, but it's nothing compared to what the NVidia Digital Vibrance achieves.
Catalyst 4.0 and Smartshaders Speculation
Considering the smartshader option has not changed all that much from catalyst 3.8 to 3.9 I sincerely hope that the ATI crew implements new smartshader functions in 4.0, so that the development is not stalled, and it's not all forgotten about. Smartshaders are a fun contribution to the driver, and as ATI said, soon we will be able to code our own image fx, well not me, but people who know that kind of programming.
It has been mentioned before in these boards that smartshader technology could fix the lack of color saturation controls in the driver, something similar to Nvidias Digital Vibrance. I have a monitor with a DynaFlat tube that has somewhat damped saturation, and I for one would appreciate a saturation boost in my games. It's true that the "Colorfill" setting in rage3d has a minor positive impact on the saturation in DX games, but it's nothing compared to what the NVidia Digital Vibrance achieves.
Catalyst 4.0 and Smartshaders Speculation
