enable direct x10 features in windows xp - crysis

[chronic86]

hey guys i took this from another fourm... check it out!




Hi everyone,

I'm one of the few VERY happy people in the crysis community at the moment. I ran the game with everything high at 1680x1050 and it looks awesome, very playable, no lag.

C2D E6750
Gigabyte P35 DS4
2GB OCZ Platinum 800MHz
Nvidia GF 8800GTX

All at stock

If you tweak the configuration files in \CVarGroups\ by copying and pasting the "very high" settings (1st paragraph) IN PLACE of the "high" settings (last paragraph) the game will load the highest possible settings even though the drop-down menus display "high."

The difference between "high" settings and the tweaked settings is immense: shadows are deeper, more realistic; the leaves have better reflective properties, better textures; the colours are better; and the level of detail is simply stunning.

With these settings I'm running the game between 15-25 FPS at 1440x900 and (wait for it) 8x AA, and it looks PERFECT. Best of all, this is in XP.

So I'm happy. I have XP and I'm playing the game at settings higher than DX9 allows (strictly speaking).

Give this a try if your rig can handle it.

 

[davecarter]

Interesting buts thats not Direct X 10 settings is it (He is using XP)

 

[paradigm]

No, its none of the DX10 volumetric stuff, none of the DX10 physics stuff, and none of the DX10 specific lighting.

It just enables you to turn on the very high textures, so its "not higher than DX9 allows". Its also why the framerate in XP is higher than vista in "Very High", because the XP build is only doing half the work.

 

[R.O.S.S.I]

Crushed.

 

[chronic86]

just passing on the info

 

[paradigm]

Its already been posted on here. Twice.