Anyone mind if I explain what HDR is?

[Cypher19]

Actually, I would've thought his hits would've been fastest after the DX9SDK containing a link to his site, and/or from presentations at GDC, etc.

 

[antiquo]

Does getting a new graphics card make it any better than this?

If so, I'm missing out.

 

[Ames]

Does getting a new graphics card make it any better than this?

If so, I'm missing out.

Don't get that one.

www.tomshardware.com
www.anandtech.com
www.xbitlabs.com
www.hardocp.com

Here's a list of hardware sites. Read, study, buy.

 

[shoman24v]

Does getting a new graphics card make it any better than this?

If so, I'm missing out.

Yeah, I get about 115 with my x800xt pe

 

[antiquo]

Yeah, I get about 115 with my x800xt pe

Il grab that when I have an extra 600 dollars lying around

Being a 15 year old Canadian doesnt really make it easy to get stuff I want

I was thinking about getting a 6600 GT AGP... yes?

edit: please post an image of everything cranked up and you getting good FPS please. I would like to see

 

[Cypher19]

40fps at max settings good enough?

 

[antiquo]

My pants have exploded.

 

[shoman24v]

Il grab that when I have an extra 600 dollars lying around

Being a 15 year old Canadian doesnt really make it easy to get stuff I want

I was thinking about getting a 6600 GT AGP... yes?

edit: please post an image of everything cranked up and you getting good FPS please. I would like to see

If it makes you fell anybetter my card was $400... its actually a PRO that has been flashed

 

[th3Phallex]

40fps at max settings good enough?

Jeez!

That looks real!


I've got the 9800 Pro.

What's the difference between 9800 and x800? (besides price)

 

[Cypher19]

Jeez!

That looks real!

Yeah, it is actually quite shocking how real it looks without having hi-res textures/models. Plus, wiht max settings it looks EXTREMELY nice at even low resolutions (640x480).


(but still, somehow, looks about a bazillion times hotter at high resolutions (2048x1536))

 

[PvtRyan]

Still haven't answered my question

Do you think cubemaps will be stored in a HDR format? In the Source bink, reflections did look bright and bloomy and stuff, does that indicate it's a HDRI instead of a LDRI?

 

[th3Phallex]

Still haven't answered my question

Do you think cubemaps will be stored in a HDR format? In the Source bink, reflections did look bright and bloomy and stuff, does that indicate it's a HDRI instead of a LDRI?

What's a "cubemap"??

Is that like "dm_killbox"??

(That's one of my fav's for quick-action)

 

[Cypher19]

Still haven't answered my question

Do you think cubemaps will be stored in a HDR format? In the Source bink, reflections did look bright and bloomy and stuff, does that indicate it's a HDRI instead of a LDRI?

Oh, didn't even see your question. You mean, like, the cube maps placed throughout a map? Probably, since there isn't a technical limitation (RTHDRIBL's backgrounds are all cubemaps, and there's even a DX9SDK sample which shows off HDR cube maps).

If the reflections were super-bright, it's possible that they could be either LDR or HDR. If the exposure of the image was high, an LDR image can easily become super-bright.


ThePhallex: A cubemap is a specalized texture. Instead of being just one 2D plane, a cubemap is 6 2D planes, each that can be placed around a cube. Common applications include reflections, and they're used super-often in the Source engine. If you want to see the usage of the cubemaps in Source, crack open CS:S, and equip the deagle. All the reflections on that are done using cubemaps, and you can watch when the cubemaps are changed in maps.

 

[shoman24v]

Just look at the quality!