Deus Ex HR: DX11 or 9?

I'm trying to figure out if it's worth using DX11 in HR, or if I should just turn it off. I mean, the game doesn't really look that good, so I doubt a little change in lighting and tesselation will change that.

That being said, I have no problem running either, although it would be better to get a higher frame rate for my upcoming recording of me playing the game, non-lethally.

Still using DX9 because I'm lame and uncool.

DX11, I thought the game was average looking at the start but once you reach China the game starts to look a lot better and feels more alive. Great game bad graphics or not.

I tried playing using Dx11 with my GTX 580, the game would freeze-up sometime. Switched to Dx9 and all the problems went away. Maybe it's me or maybe it needs a nvidia patch idk.

DX 11 is a faster renderer. It should give you better performance. If a particular feature slows you down, you cna turn that off sperately.

Always use the faster renderer! DX9 is never faster.

I didn't think DX11 was a big deal for this game until I turned it off and realized the difference. Just stand in the Detroit streets, turn off DX11, restart and then see how it looks.

There's also tons of volumetric fog.. a little too much at times, but it is still nice.

I just don't understand how people can say this game looks bad. Some of the textures may not be quite up to snuff, but I was consistently impressed with the visuals. Especially the art direction, but I wasn't disappointed in any way by the visuals really. raven_squad

The art style is fantastic indeed. I am truly loving this game.

DX11 always :P

I'm playing with DX11, it looks pretty good to me, but I've never been that fan of graphics. The gameplay is what makes it worth it and here Deus Ex excelled. If you've got any problems, go for DX9.

Is there even any noticeable difference between the 2 visually? I can't seem to find any site with DX11 vs DX9 screen shots so I'm guessing DX11 is really nothing special at all.

My card is a few years old, so it doesn't support DX11. But I have most everything that I want maxed out and it has been peforming well. The load times aren't even as bad as I heard about earlier.

I just don't understand how people can say this game looks bad. Some of the textures may not be quite up to snuff, but I was consistently impressed with the visuals. Especially the art direction, but I wasn't disappointed in any way by the visuals really. raven_squad

I agree.

Definitely could have used better graphics, but the game is awesome, so it doesn't really matter to me. Looks better than the originals, that's all I care about.

My card is a few years old, so it doesn't support DX11. But I have most everything that I want maxed out and it has been peforming well. The load times aren't even as bad as I heard about earlier.

Qixote

Difference between DX 9 and DX 11 in Deus Ex: HR IS minimal.

It should improve performance (assuming same settings as DX9), improve the quality of some of the ligting/shadowing techniques (at a slight performance cost), and use very light tessellation on character models.

That's really where I notice it more visually, at least.

We are so used to seeing people wearing polygonal clothes. the collars, the contorus of the face, the hair, and a few objects in the environment all feature much more realistic, rounded shapes.

DX11. I think the game looks great.

I have a gtx 580 but I have to use dx9 because there's a driver or card issue that causes crashing with dx11. It makes me...angry.

I tried playing using Dx11 with my GTX 580, the game would freeze-up sometime. Switched to Dx9 and all the problems went away. Maybe it's me or maybe it needs a nvidia patch idk.

--Anna--

I have a EVGA GTX 580 SC, I found you can fix the freezing issue by upping the cards voltage from 1V to 1.05V. I used MSI Afterburner to do it. It's something to do with DX11 and the cards voltage being tested properly with the latest DX11 features. Same thing happens for me in Fear 3 and Dirt 3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf5udWlr14Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utq5NBdQ6Q8&feature=related

dx9 ...

but that doesn"T matter cuz Boris from the enb-series is allready working on a mod for dx9 that blows vanilla DE HR in dx11 out of the water.

see youtube-links

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I tried playing using Dx11 with my GTX 580, the game would freeze-up sometime. Switched to Dx9 and all the problems went away. Maybe it's me or maybe it needs a nvidia patch idk.

I have a EVGA GTX 580 SC, I found you can fix the freezing issue by upping the cards voltage from 1V to 1.05V. I used MSI Afterburner to do it. It's something to do with DX11 and the cards voltage being tested properly with the latest DX11 features. Same thing happens for me in Fear 3 and Dirt 3.

dx11 caused a persistant crash at one spot so i had to switch it off :-( maybe i should try it again