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November 2005 3Digest: Software






These apps were used as testing instruments:

  • Splinter Cell Chaos Theory v.1.04 (Ubisoft) - DirectX 9.0, multitexturing, maximum settings, shaders 3.0 (for NVIDIA cards)/shaders 2.0 (for ATI cards); HDR OFF!

  • Half-Life2 (Valve/Sierra) - DirectX 9.0, demo (ixbt01, ixbt02, ixbt03 . Max. quality, -dxlevel 90, removed card presets from dxsupport.cfg.

  • FarCry 1.33 (Crytek/UbiSoft), DirectX 9.0, multitexturing, 3 demos from Research, Pier, Regulator (run with -DEVMODE), Very High settings.

  • DOOM III (id Software/Activision) - OpenGL, multitexturing, High Quality (ANIS8x), demo ixbt1 (33MB!). Here's example with automatic execution with precaching: d3auto.rar. (DON'T panic when the screen goes black for 5-10 seconds after the first menu. The demo will follow).

  • 3DMark05 1.20 (FutureMark) - DirectX 9.0, multitexturing, trilinear filtering.

  • The Chronicles Of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay 1.10 (Starbreeze/Vivendi) - OpenGL, multitexturing, max. texture quality, Shaders 2.0, demo 44 and demo ducche.

  • F.E.A.R. v.1.01 (Multiplayer) (Monolith/Sierra) - DirectX 9.0, multitexturing, maximum settings, Soft shadows OFF.

  • Call Of Duty 2 DEMO (Ubisoft) - DirectX 9.0, multitexturing, maximum settings, shaders 2.0. Tested with Benchemall, demo, launch script, and readme





02.11.2005


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