8.10 hotfix for farcry 2

spookywillow · 17 Oct 2008 at 19:13

http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=38664

LoadsaMoney · 17 Oct 2008 at 19:20

Out before the game, nice. :cool:

Mr Paul · 17 Oct 2008 at 19:57

Nice, install over top or fresh install?

LoadsaMoney · 17 Oct 2008 at 20:02

Either, as it includes the Display Driver and the CCC.

Jakus · 17 Oct 2008 at 20:05

Hat's off to ATI...

Jakus · 17 Oct 2008 at 20:07

Oh !, ment to say the Vista driver unlocks DX10.1 features apparently

drunkenmaster · 17 Oct 2008 at 20:25

this is normally the queue for 15 different beta nvidia's to be released all with at least one major flaw in a brand new TWIMTBP title(not sure if Farcry 2 is tbh). Crysis release was to funny, a massive Nvidia title that pre release had a basically perfect driver from ATi and Nvidia release 10ish beta's all with issues.

Popov · 17 Oct 2008 at 20:26

Wonder if it will affect the image quality as these frame rate "fixes" tend to sometimes do.

Alexrose1uk · 17 Oct 2008 at 20:29

Seems the hotfix is the same as the 8.11 Beta thats floating around, although the catalyst control center is the same.
(The ATI installer detects the driver as the same one as the 8.11 beta, but the CCC to be out of date)

Helios1234 · 17 Oct 2008 at 20:30

Nice one ati!!Can't wait to see some benchmarks now. At least people might now stop basing their purchase on crysis performance and look to this instead.

Mr Paul · 17 Oct 2008 at 20:47

The driver versions are the same, just the driver package and CC are newer in Vista???

These are 8.541.2.0, what is the 8.10 standard?

GJ02 · 17 Oct 2008 at 21:01

arnt ATI the gods
awsome, now we just need fc2

LoadsaMoney · 17 Oct 2008 at 21:05

drunkenmaster said:
this is normally the queue for 15 different beta nvidia's to be released all with at least one major flaw in a brand new TWIMTBP title(not sure if Farcry 2 is tbh). Crysis release was to funny, a massive Nvidia title that pre release had a basically perfect driver from ATi and Nvidia release 10ish beta's all with issues.

It is a TWIMTP game, but they couldn't prevent the developer from adding Dx10.1 this time, like they did with Ass Creed.

The Way It's Meant To Be Played (TWIMTBP) is a program that helps game developers to optimize and incorporate exclusive features in their games and applications exclusively for NVIDIA's video cards

Oh dear

Clive37 · 17 Oct 2008 at 21:23

mosleypup said:
arnt ATI the gods
awsome, now we just need fc2

skirkham · 17 Oct 2008 at 21:35

couldnt they have just delayed 8.10 a week an put the hotfix in ?

Clive37 · 17 Oct 2008 at 21:36

skirkham said:
couldnt they have just delayed 8.10 a week an put the hotfix in ?

good point

jrodga2k5 · 17 Oct 2008 at 21:38

Well I'll be interested to see how the DX10.1 performance boost with the ATi cards does with this game

Jakus · 17 Oct 2008 at 21:55

skirkham said:
couldnt they have just delayed 8.10 a week an put the hotfix in ?

ATI's final drivers have to to tested by microsoft etc..etc before release. Hotfix drivers are quick out the door jobbies that they do not guarantee to be fully approved etc, so do not have the long lead time

GJ02 · 17 Oct 2008 at 22:25

skirkham said:
couldnt they have just delayed 8.10 a week an put the hotfix in ?

they want people like us to be praising them for all the good stuff there doing, and rightly so

Clive37 · 17 Oct 2008 at 23:24

mosleypup said:
they want people like us to be praising them for all the good stuff there doing, and rightly so

Credit where credit is due