Far Cry AMD64 Edition - A First Look at 64-bit Gaming
by Anand Lal Shimpi on May 10, 2005 4:51 AM EST- Posted in
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64-bit Far Cry Image Quality
Performance is only one aspect of the new Far Cry patches - the biggest impact will be visual. The visual improvements in the new patches are definitely noticeable, but not across the board.
Hold mouse over image to see the same scene with the new 64-bit patches applied.
Hold mouse over image to see the same scene with the new 64-bit patches applied.
Hold mouse over image to see the same scene with the new 64-bit patches applied.
Hold mouse over image to see the same scene with the new 64-bit patches applied.
Hold mouse over image to see the same scene with the new 64-bit patches applied.
Final Words
Although AMD and Ubisoft are definitely trying to provide 64-bit gamers with added value, it's honestly going to take games that depend on the benefits of a 64-bit OS to really sell the gaming population on 64-bit. For fans of Far Cry, there's no reason not to try the new patches, but we wouldn't expect a mass exodus to x64 Edition because of the content that's been enabled here.AMD's goals are quite admirable, but the fact of the matter is that none of the visual improvements enabled by the Far Cry patches had anything to do with AMD64 or EM64T. They are artificially limited to run on those platforms alone, but could work just as well on a 32-bit platform.
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AnnihilatorX - Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - link
#8You have to understand though, if AMD didn't put the money and effort in it these features won't be available at all.
Plus they didn't charge you for extra for their CPU because they put some money into FarCry did they?
Backslider - Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - link
"AMD's goals are quite admirable, but the fact of the matter is that none of the visual improvements enabled by the Far Cry patches had anything to do with AMD64 or EM64T - they are artificially limited to run on those platforms alone, but could work just as well on a 32-bit platform."This sickens me. Enable special things for people who bought special hard ware, EVEN THOUGH THE HARDWARE MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO HOW IT RUNS!
Thats just a pathetic ploy at the customer to convince them to adopt new hardware they dont need.
Sad Really. See if I buy anything from these assholes.
Anemone - Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - link
Nice to see ANY improvement, but it's tiny really. The painful detraction to this gain is that most 32 on 64 programs are running slower such that the gain in one is offset by losses in a dozen or more other apps.But we KNEW it would take years before the power of 64bit would become commonplace even having the hardware and an OS for the hardware. But I'm seeing nothing to make me compelled to switch yet, which kind of hurts the progress :(
$.02
nserra - Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - link
Well I’m impressed the image quality is superb, but I don’t know if the added image quality has more to do with the graphics card than to the processor.Amd and Ubi should have made the older "image quality" mode available just to compare.
rqle - Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - link
nothing big, but the improvement is very much welcome.AnandThenMan - Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - link
#2, exactly right.Mildly impressed with the gains, better than nothing.
wien - Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - link
Hmm.. That was mildly disappointing. I was sure the extra registers would have more of an impact than that.weiran - Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - link
Heh, can't get Safedisc working in 64-bit?Pjotr - Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - link
What a pity, still, 4-6 % improvements are nothing to sneeze at, some 200 GHz meaning you can opt for a speed grade lower CPU and save some money.