Shader 3.0

dragowulf · #1 06-29-2009, 06:40 PM

I got this from the Official Forums, filmed and posted by ke'la.

Part 1 - Slideshow

Part 2 - Questions and answers

I'm sure Dolby has pictures or probably a more high quality video, but even with those videos it looks amazing.

**gm9** · #2 06-29-2009, 07:04 PM

Nice, that sure breathes some new life into the somewhat dated graphics.

dragowulf · #3 06-29-2009, 08:33 PM

I just can't believe we use shader 1.0

***Dolby*** · #4 06-30-2009, 02:03 PM

I'll see if we can get some of the pics they used in the powerpoint. That was saturday and my camera was broken by then (dropped it at the friday night party). I didnt bring my video camera this time since this is more of a fun trip than a work trip. I had a bunch of guildies to entertain too.

I was at that panel and I must say shader 3.0 really brought a lot of new life to the game. I can't wait to see it in live motion instead of just pictures. I hope to do some fraps video with a compare between the two when they have shader 3.0 on test.

Clink · #5 06-30-2009, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Dolby

I'll see if we can get some of the pics they used in the powerpoint. That was saturday and my camera was broken by then (dropped it at the friday night party). I didnt bring my video camera this time since this is more of a fun trip than a work trip. I had a bunch of guildies to entertain too.

I was at that panel and I must say shader 3.0 really brought a lot of new life to the game. I can't wait to see it in live motion instead of just pictures. I hope to do some fraps video with a compare between the two when they have shader 3.0 on test.

have they happened to mention what sort of increase to Recommended Requirments shader 3.0 will add? What sort of performance impact will we see?
If does look awesome though

dragowulf · #6 06-30-2009, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Clink

have they happened to mention what sort of increase to Recommended Requirments shader 3.0 will add? What sort of performance impact will we see?
If does look awesome though

I believe that in the video Ryan/Imago-Quem said that you can set it to higher or lower settings. The higher settings do not decrease performance at all..so there will be no difference between 1.0 and 3.0 performance wise, but the lower settings increase performance if you want to set it to them.

Pretty much any average video card uses Shader 3.0. All DX9 cards can use it and I believe he said that you can choose if you want 1.0 instead of 3.0 so it's not required.