tressFX unveiled i was right!!! tomb raider supports it!!!

my guess was basically bang on

its proprietary physics and tesselation for fabrics and hair

http://www.techpowerup.com/180675/AMD-TressFX-Technology-Detailed.html

the 1st game to use it is lara croft: tomb raider

One of the few cases where I'm jelly of AMD.

That hair looks mighty impressive, wonder how the performance hit is.

That hair looks mighty impressive, wonder how the performance hit is.

Ben-Buja

That hair looks mighty impressive, wonder how the performance hit is.

Ben-Buja

^Hope so.

According to this, it may work with Nvidia cards after all.

"No there should not be. AMD has always been quite clear about that as well. We are working on features that are specific to the PC platform, but if they are DX11 features they will also work on Nvidia DX11 hardware.

And while we support features like Eyefinity that does not mean we do not support features like Surround for Nvidia."

Wow! That's some damn fine hair! Hope the Witcher 3 usese it. Geralt's hair would be glorious flowing in the wind.

*cough* 

It looks a lot better than the non-tressFX hair..

^Hope so.

According to this, it may work with Nvidia cards after all.

 

With your partnership with AMD, will there be any features in Tomb Raider that will be exclusive to gamers with AMD hardware, and unavailable to Nvidia users?

"No there should not be. AMD has always been quite clear about that as well. We are working on features that are specific to the PC platform, but if they are DX11 features they will also work on Nvidia DX11 hardware.

And while we support features like Eyefinity that does not mean we do not support features like Surround for Nvidia."

mitu123

I don't know man.. I want that TressFX for this game though lol. I'm not digging the standard clay hair compared to the TressFX one. If it was any other game, I wouldn't care. :P

This tressFX thing is silly though.  Character hair should all be like that by now, and it shouldn't be proprietary. 

It looks a lot better than the non-tressFX hair.. [QUOTE="mitu123"]

^Hope so.

According to this, it may work with Nvidia cards after all.

 

With your partnership with AMD, will there be any features in Tomb Raider that will be exclusive to gamers with AMD hardware, and unavailable to Nvidia users?

"No there should not be. AMD has always been quite clear about that as well. We are working on features that are specific to the PC platform, but if they are DX11 features they will also work on Nvidia DX11 hardware.

And while we support features like Eyefinity that does not mean we do not support features like Surround for Nvidia."

Elann2008

I don't know man.. I want that TressFX for this game though lol. I'm not digging the standard clay hair compared to the TressFX one. If it was any other game, I wouldn't care. :P

This tressFX thing is silly though.  Character hair should all be like that by now, and it shouldn't be proprietary. 

It looks a lot better than the non-tressFX hair.. [QUOTE="mitu123"]

^Hope so.

According to this, it may work with Nvidia cards after all.

 

With your partnership with AMD, will there be any features in Tomb Raider that will be exclusive to gamers with AMD hardware, and unavailable to Nvidia users?

"No there should not be. AMD has always been quite clear about that as well. We are working on features that are specific to the PC platform, but if they are DX11 features they will also work on Nvidia DX11 hardware.

And while we support features like Eyefinity that does not mean we do not support features like Surround for Nvidia."

Elann2008

I don't know man.. I want that TressFX for this game though lol. I'm not digging the standard clay hair compared to the TressFX one. If it was any other game, I wouldn't care. :P

This tressFX thing is silly though.  Character hair should all be like that by now, and it shouldn't be proprietary. 

I couldn't agree more.  Though I hope that:

(a)  It's not hardware limited

(b)  It's not as crazy as the wonky PhysX hair in Alice:  Madness Returns.  It was pretty silly.  :P

It is NOT amd exclusive:  'It works on any DirectX11 card, similar to some other AMD-built technologies - for example Order-Independent Transparency (OIT) or High Definition Ambient Occlusion (HDAO).' http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2013/02/26/amd-tressfx/1

Good on AMD.

It is NOT amd exclusive:  'It works on any DirectX11 card, similar to some other AMD-built technologies - for example Order-Independent Transparency (OIT) or High Definition Ambient Occlusion (HDAO).' http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2013/02/26/amd-tressfx/1

Good on AMD.

ferret-gamer

That's good, so I can enjoy it as a Nvidia user.

I really do love AMD!

yep, open standards is good, at least one of the companies is pushing it.

The PC gaming world WOULD be a better place if nVidia shared Physx...

I really do love AMD!

mitu123

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

I really do love AMD!

kraken2109

how is this different then PhysX hair simulation?

how is this different then PhysX hair simulation?

msfan1289

Found this on another forum...

[QUOTE="msfan1289"]

how is this different then PhysX hair simulation?

Toxic-Seahorse

but other then that what is the difference?

@BeerMage Lol... nice find man.Elann2008

It is fake. No TressFX in Crysis 3...

WHAT!?!? YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING!

how is this different then PhysX hair simulation?

msfan1289

One is glued to nvidia hardware one works on any hardware...

Physx can do much more...cloth simulation,fluids simulation

,particle simulation etc. Iam sure tressfx can do other things, not only hair simulation...we will ha e to w8 and see.

Btw...nvidia did this with physx first on Alice MR

[QUOTE="msfan1289"]

how is this different then PhysX hair simulation?

rhazzy

One is glued to nvidia hardware one works on any hardware...

Physx can do much more...cloth simulation,fluids simulation

,particle simulation etc. Iam sure tressfx can do other things, not only hair simulation...we will ha e to w8 and see.

Btw...nvidia did this with physx first on Alice MR

so in other words they made teh same thing but it being open to all hardware instead of PhysX which is only for Nvidia cards. which is cool. i can see that as a win for all sides.

[QUOTE="Elann2008"]@BeerMage Lol... nice find man.LordEC911

It is fake. No TressFX in Crysis 3...

It is called a joke. Unless you too are joking.

Well, so much for that tech...

Without Tress FX

With Tress FX

i7 3930K, 680GTX

Well, so much for that tech...

Without Tress FX

With Tress FX

i7 3930K, 680GTX

Ben-Buja

It's not that bad all the time, but some scenes were Lara isn't visible run at smooth 60 fps and as soon as you see her and her hair it drops to 30-40. Not recommended to use.

[QUOTE="Elann2008"]@BeerMage Lol... nice find man.LordEC911

It is fake. No TressFX in Crysis 3...

Hopefully the huge FPS hit is due to it being new and not as optimized as well it could be. Otherwise I don't see this catching on at all.Toxic-Seahorse

[QUOTE="Toxic-Seahorse"]Hopefully the huge FPS hit is due to it being new and not as optimized as well it could be. Otherwise I don't see this catching on at all.ferret-gamer

[QUOTE="msfan1289"]

how is this different then PhysX hair simulation?

rhazzy

One is glued to nvidia hardware one works on any hardware...

Physx can do much more...cloth simulation,fluids simulation

,particle simulation etc. Iam sure tressfx can do other things, not only hair simulation...we will ha e to w8 and see.

Btw...nvidia did this with physx first on Alice MR

[QUOTE="Toxic-Seahorse"]Hopefully the huge FPS hit is due to it being new and not as optimized as well it could be. Otherwise I don't see this catching on at all.ferret-gamer

Hair simulation can be computationally expensive for certain hardware. Google it.

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="Toxic-Seahorse"]Hopefully the huge FPS hit is due to it being new and not as optimized as well it could be. Otherwise I don't see this catching on at all.ronvalencia

Hair simulation can be computationally expensive for certain hardware. Google it.

[QUOTE="msfan1289"]

how is this different then PhysX hair simulation?

rhazzy

One is glued to nvidia hardware one works on any hardware...

Physx can do much more...cloth simulation,fluids simulation

,particle simulation etc. Iam sure tressfx can do other things, not only hair simulation...we will ha e to w8 and see.

Btw...nvidia did this with physx first on Alice MR

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-alice-madness-returns-face-off?page=2

TressFX makes Ubersampling look like an unborn troll. Demanding as hell..Elann2008

boy oh boy cant wait for realistic shoelaces too!