The Firing Squad have thrown up a new article called GeForce FX and DirectX 9 Half-Life 2 Performance? It's well worth checking out!
Thanks to Valve Software we now have a new method for forcing the Source engine's DirectX 9 path on GeForce FX hardware. Today we present to you our first-ever GeForce FX DX9 Source engine benchmarks as well as the complete feature lists for every version of DirectX as well as instructions on how to enable DX9 on the GF FX in your CS: Source beta. What are some of the feature differences? For instance, Valve adds supersampling to provide soft shadows for DirectX 8.1, while DX8.0 shadows are sharp. In this article we go over all the eye candy features in Half-Life 2, including which cards support them. See how your card stacks up, and how GeForce FX performs and looks in DX9 in this article!
GeForce FX and DirectX 9 Half-Life 2 Performance
Thanks to Valve Software we now have a new method for forcing the Source engine's DirectX 9 path on GeForce FX hardware. Today we present to you our first-ever GeForce FX DX9 Source engine benchmarks as well as the complete feature lists for every version of DirectX as well as instructions on how to enable DX9 on the GF FX in your CS: Source beta. What are some of the feature differences? For instance, Valve adds supersampling to provide soft shadows for DirectX 8.1, while DX8.0 shadows are sharp. In this article we go over all the eye candy features in Half-Life 2, including which cards support them. See how your card stacks up, and how GeForce FX performs and looks in DX9 in this article!
GeForce FX and DirectX 9 Half-Life 2 Performance
