FarCry Patch 1.3 To Bring Shader Model 3.0 Support

KingFish

Patch version 1.3 for FarCry is here and with it we finally have Shader Model 3.0 support.

The main feature that the GeForce 6200, 6600, and 6800 series video cards have that their competition does not is the support of Shader Model 3.0. NVIDIA has made sure to market on this specific feature difference and has heralded it advocating that image quality will be enhanced when using it. In our Shader Model 3.0 article back in April, we went on to prove that Shader Model 2.0 can produce the same kind of quality we were seeing in those Shader Model 3.0 screenshots. We highly suggest you read that article before moving on to this one. Now that we have the official Patch 1.3 from Crytek that fully supports Shader Model 3.0, we can take another look at what SM3.0 is bringing to the table in terms of performance and image quality.

Source: HardOCP

TheSmJ

Keep in mind that if you made any saved games with version 1.2, then the 1.3 patch will wipe them out.

Enverex

You can't seriously tell me that these two screenshots are exactly the same place with the same quality settings, but one is v1 and one is v3. That is a HUGE difference, and I don't remember the graphics looking as crap as they do in the v1 (top) screenshot...

TheLostSwede

You are right NS, those screenshots do not use the same settings at all. I have never seen Far Cry without a single shadow like the top shot shows. No AA is used on the top one either and if i'm not totally wrong, those shots isn't even taken with the same resolution. How else could the lack of the pillar to the left or the sceleton to the right be explained?

Edit, i see now that the shots are provided by Nvidia. Go figure =/
A lot of users here have the 6800. Can't anyone of you take a screeny before and after?

MoTHA_NaTuRE

wth, omg they must think we're stupid