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Crysis 2 has been sitting on my shelf since release.

Why? My card was only a HD4870. So now I have a GTX570 and was wondering why it's still on my shelf. Then I realised I was waiting for the DX11 patch! The improved screenshots look good

 

Looks good, now if only I could download it! Waited for months to play this game in crossfinity (crap driver support) but may just play it on single screen DX11 instead.

 

There we are. DX11 support will be available for download once 1.9 is out:

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Below are the patch notes for Patch 1.9, this is also the patch that  will enable DX11 Support (available via a separate download).  We're  aiming to have this patch live and available to you all next week.  As  always we're interested to hear your comments/thoughts on these changes  so please post them below.

Crysis 2 Patch 1.9

•  Added Contact Shadows
•  Added DX11 benchmark level
•  Added DX11 support for Crysis 2 (the following features only work when downloading the optional DX11 package here):
•                 - Tessellation + Displacement Mapping
•                 - High Quality HDR Motion Blur
•                 - Realistic Shadows with Variable Penumbra
•                 - Sprite Based Bokeh Depth of Field
•                 - Parallax Occlusion Mapping
•                 - Particles Motion Blur, Shadows and Art Updates
•                 - Water Rendering improvements and using Tessellation + Displacement Mapping
•  Added Realtime Local Reflections
•  Added support for Higher Res Textures Package 
•  Added various new console variables to whitelist 
•  Fixed bullet penetration, which had been broken by a bug introduced with the DLC 2 patch 
•  Fixed issue in MP where player stats weren't always saved at the end of a game 
•  Fixed issue in MP where player stats would sometimes randomly reset 
•  Fixed issue with MP time played statistic, which would sometimes be too low on leaderboards and in stats 
•  Fixed issue with JAW rocket not firing through window's containing broken glass
•  Fixed rare issue where a user could not access MP with a valid CD key if they had previously used an invalid CD key 
•  Improved advanced graphics options menu
•  Improved anti-cheat measurements: fixed exploit which could prevent vote kicking working against a user 
•  Improved multi-GPU support
•  Improved Tone Mapping
•  Re-added possibility to enable r_StereoSupportAMD via config file (unsupported)

 

It stopped there because of consoles, development changed to DX9-level hardware. DX10 and DX11 are very powerful APIs, but are wasted.

 

I will download just to see the improvements.

If its decent ill play through the game again when i get a chance.

 

I have not played this game even though I bought it on release date. I promised my self i will not play C2 in dx9 after all those memorys of crysis and how good the graphics were. It seems the patch launch is not far now.

 

Got this when it first came out and played thru the first couple of levels then stopped cause they said they were gunna patch it.
still waiting but looks like i might run thru it next weekend if the patch comes out.

 

incorrect, force AA in radeonpro and disabled in game, fixed for me.

 

Pardon me for this simple question but is this v 1.9 patch all inclusive patch that includes all previous patches, or do I have to install the retail version and start installing one after another patch in sequence all the way up to v 1.9 to get the game now updated ? Thanks in advance.

Partha

 

Looks like the 1.9 patch is downloading through my steam 367mb,so is the 1.9 patch the dx11 part and do I still need to get the high res texture packs I don't think the texture pack is part of the 1.9 patch is it.

 

Got patch 1.9 patched on steam and the ultra pack installed. Texture pack was downloading but alas I had to go to work.

You can get the packs off NVIDIA here. You'll need to download the two packs regardless. If you have it on steam you wont need to download the patch.

 

nice steam just dl the patch dx 11 here i come.

 

Can you download the Crysis 2 benchmark?

I mean without buying the game.

 

Don't you love Nvidia's Download Servers?

 

is it just me or does disabling motion blur make the game look like it's running at a semi-low fps when the fps is high? strange though.

 

https://secure.mycrysis.com/sites/default/files/support/download/c2_dx11_ultra_upgrade.pdf

the pdf from crytek i'm guessing, explaining what was implemented and showing how it works. Same comparisons though.

 

This is more like it Think it's time to get a copy of crysis 2

Now give us some grandiose landscapes to suit!

Is it possible to get rid of the crosshair in options? Triangular cross hair is just so asinine haha

 

Nice! lol.

Ultra + DX11 +Hi Res textures pulled my frames down into the 20s -30s on my spare Q6600 @ 3.7 + 6950 @ 1080p.

Will try rig in sig now

Looks pretty good however.

EDIT:

Rig in Sig: Ulta, Hi Res textures, 1080, DX11 =

Brief test.
Lowest I saw during combat 35FPS, 40's When overlooking streets from buildings and 50 + during non-intensive.

 

yes, yes I do


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just so you know my pc is still able to play this game with 60fps with no issue, with everything maxed out to the fullest, locked with v sync. the optimisation is great all 3 gpu's are being utilised close to 100%.