TRESSFX: A NEW FRONTIER OF REALISM IN PC GAMING

~Dockie · 5 Mar 2013 at 01:45

Gregster said:
Looks pretty darn good

It is

I don't know if its TressFX, or if its just tombraider overall, but its one of the few games thats made my 7950 go to 100% usage :eek:

coupe69 · 5 Mar 2013 at 01:46

Gregster said:
Looks pretty darn good

Does look good in game, shame it kills the fps on my 480

brings my average framerates down by roughly 10-15 when enabled.

Rroff · 5 Mar 2013 at 01:53

Less convinced here - seemed all too often it doesn't look like it does in the benchmark and more like a crepe paper mop that only responded to the environment in the vaguest of fashions and mostly seemed to just wobble about randomly. May possible due to lack of testing on nVidia hardware tho - I am running it on a GTX675m but in the benchmark it looks like the video but in gameplay often doesn't.

Also performance hit is quite big - ultimate settings I get 50-60fps @ 1920x1080 with it off and it drops back to 25fps with it on (which isn't really that suprising on a GTX675m).

humbug · 5 Mar 2013 at 02:18

tommybhoy said:
TombRaider 2013 Hair TressFx First look:

In game footage:

I feel like i'm in a shampoo advert

No seriusly, it looks good

Rroff said:
Less convinced here - seemed all too often it doesn't look like it does in the benchmark and more like a crepe paper mop that only responded to the environment in the vaguest of fashions and mostly seemed to just wobble about randomly. May possible due to lack of testing on nVidia hardware tho - I am running it on a GTX675m but in the benchmark it looks like the video but in gameplay often doesn't.

Also performance hit is quite big - ultimate settings I get 50-60fps @ 1920x1080 with it off and it drops back to 25fps with it on (which isn't really that suprising on a GTX675m).

lol....
Don't you ever have anything positive to say?

Final8y · 5 Mar 2013 at 05:08

Hair is blowing the same way as the flags this time and in the same place as the other vid.

J.D · 5 Mar 2013 at 05:59

I'm siding with Rroff on this one for part of it (slap me someone). It looks good in movement of the character but some of the animation is repetitive and unnatural. My source is the above videos only though and I wouldn't agree that it only responded to the environment in the vaguest of fashions in movement, I mainly seen the flaws standing still.

I don't deny that it looks great when done properly but when it looks unnatural it ruins the preconception of what you expect. It's an amazing step forward though and I appreciate as well as welcome progress.

Xelene · 5 Mar 2013 at 08:10

Performance wise, I can run it at 60fps on 7770 Crossfire but I find it distracting. Maybe it's a Crossfire artifact, but the hair can be a bit jumpy and the shadows it casts cause a hell of a flicker. It's more noticeable in cutscenes & is particularly jarring in cutscenes with other characters that have regular hair. The weight on it is a bit off as well - seems to be too light.

Turned it off in the end.

arc@css · 5 Mar 2013 at 08:19

Gregster said:
Looks pretty darn good

+1

I do also like the look of the fire in the video.

Good job. A healthy step in the right direction.

Name · 5 Mar 2013 at 08:38

Bit of a let down IMO, especially considering the performance hit you take.

PorkPieCat · 5 Mar 2013 at 08:56

Name said:
Bit of a let down IMO, especially considering the performance hit you take.

what kind of performance hit is it?

LtMatt · 5 Mar 2013 at 08:58

Final8y said:
Hair is blowing the same way as the flags this time and in the same place as the other vid.

God damn this game looks like fun. I'm not comfortable being a lady unless its on the weekend but for this game i might have to make an exception. As for hair, didn't pay much attention to that.

Sin_Chase · 5 Mar 2013 at 09:47

It's just hair....and hair alone.

Not worth the FPS hit. If it were on other environmental effects...maybe, but just hair? lolno.

LtMatt · 5 Mar 2013 at 09:49

Sin_Chase said:
It's just hair....and hair alone.

Not worth the FPS hit. If it were on other environmental effects...maybe, but just hair? lolno.

Can't imagine the hair being much of a fps hit on a 7970/Titan with all its compute units.

PorkPieCat · 5 Mar 2013 at 09:57

LtMatt said:
Can't imagine the hair being much of a fps hit on a 7970/Titan with all its compute units.

that's exactly what i was hoping. people kept complaining that amd's 79xx has an imbalance of compute-to-gaming performance, so i thought this is surely one way in which the architecture would shine. i imagine the titan would be even better off relatively speaking because its architecture is even more compute oriented?

LtMatt · 5 Mar 2013 at 10:08

PorkPieCat said:
that's exactly what i was hoping. people kept complaining that amd's 79xx has an imbalance of compute-to-gaming performance, so i thought this is surely one way in which the architecture would shine. i imagine the titan would be even better off relatively speaking because its architecture is even more compute oriented?

Its good to have that compute performance if you play a lot of gaming evolved titles like me as they make good use of it. Not sure how much compute units/performance Titan has but i would guess its got more than a 7970 due to the price.

wolvers · 5 Mar 2013 at 11:32

So what is the performance hit for this on a 7970? Someone here must have tried it! :-D

Jas1222 · 5 Mar 2013 at 11:36

It's bugged for me, brings me down to 5fps if I enable it on most areas, other areas its 60fps.

PiKe · 5 Mar 2013 at 11:37

Just stumbled across this thread, we're talking about hair on a graphics card forum? Really?

Confused · 5 Mar 2013 at 12:02

PiKe said:
Just stumbled across this thread, we're talking about hair on a graphics card forum? Really?

Yes. Because it's another new added form of realism which can and will have additional implementations - there are other things that should act like the hair will, that is interacting with the player and the environment - such as ropes hanging from a ceiling, plants, grass etc.

Yes - the initial implementation is hair effects, but the prospects for the technique can and will go further.

Gregster · 5 Mar 2013 at 12:16

Confused said:
Yes. Because it's another new added form of realism which can and will have additional implementations - there are other things that should act like the hair will, that is interacting with the player and the environment - such as ropes hanging from a ceiling, plants, grass etc.

Yes - the initial implementation is hair effects, but the prospects for the technique can and will go further.

+1