lets just say its on its way
And that's just it. This industry is almost ALWAYS in a state of flux. I see big things coming, but for now without more than talking points, it's just as far away to the average buyer as an NV50/R500/Volari-that-works or HL2/D3/ElderScrolls4. Just over the horizon.
61.34 has none of the partial precision issues.
According to ComputerBase, that's not the case, they reviewed the X800 and GF6800 series cards with the 4.5 and 61.34 drivers, and still found it to have partial precision issues, they even showed the performance difference in their review;
<A HREF="http://world.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=de_en&url=http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/hardware/grafikkarten/x800_pro_xt_pe_geforce_6800_gt_ultra/10/#far_cry_v1_1" target="_new">Translated review with FarCry w/ patch 1.1</A>
<A HREF="http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/hardware/grafikkarten/x800_pro_xt_pe_geforce_6800_gt_ultra/10/#far_cry_v1_1" target="_new">Original German</A>
Notice the performance figures to, and even look at the whole review for fill rate wins/loses. These cards are alot closer than people give either credit for. But those issues are still there according to them, and unless you have proof otherwise, then I trust the published review that actually shows the performance difference.
BTW, the first photo is from an FX, not a GF6800, and it's not fixed. As for the 61.34 themselves they <b>still</b> aren't official, so of course no official release notes either to confirm this, and while [H] hasn't updated their review, no one has made note of it being fixed.
As for the fogging issues (there's more than one), they're still there and got worse with some fixes with new drivers.
Its obvious you haven't tested out Far Cry with path 1.1 with any of the new drivers.
It's not my game dude, don't like it at all. The Demo was very stunning visually, but the game play sucked, and so far the reponse of everyone I respect who plays isn't positive. Sure they loved a new game, but it got boring quick. It pretty and all, but so far it's got limited gameplay and there are so many bug issues across so many platforms.
And suprisingly with higher precision the nV cards are equalling or beating the x800's.
Post a reputable comparison with some kind of proof, that's all I ever ask. Things will likely change, but I'd like to see that before believing it on someone else's word.
As for another review with the FX, look at the results change once AA is enabled in the game. Like Digit-Life mentioned way back, the latest drivers leave it up to the game, but no mention of this was made so some people may think they are getting AA when they are not. People who actually look at the reults will see the difference while they bench. Makes a huge difference in the results.
<A HREF="http://www.bit-tech.net/review/325/7" target="_new">http://www.bit-tech.net/review/325/7</A>
As for the SM3.0 in Patch 1.1, Crytek themselves said they added support, so either it was a PR lie, errrr.... move meant to prop up the unproven nV40 SM3.0 advantage, or it's there but unexposed. And it's a perfect example of why I don't buy the '<i>it's coming</i> , <i>it's there but not exposed</i> , <i>it'll fix everything</i>' claims without proof.
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, they are in their last testing phase of patch 1.2.
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