So The Witcher 2 isn't DirectX 11?

How could an anticipated PC exclusive be shipped without DX11 support? New gamesshould use this current technology which is DX11, and considering that the game isn't developed for consoles no hardware is holding it back so why not maximize the full potential of the PC version by adding DX11 support?

I could careless if it had DX11 support.

Cause they didn't need to? DX11 could have helped with optimization sure and put in some pretty effects, but that would add to the development time and cost, something troublesome for a small developer making an ambitious game.

Witcher 2 has many effects that other developers off loaded to dx11 that they did with their dx9 implementation, and is still looks to be one of the best games available if not the best.

because dx11 dosent make the game magicly look amzing.

just look at dragon age 2 . many games look better then it. by yout logic crysis looks worse then dragonage 2

I could careless if it had DX11 support.

JangoWuzHere

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I could careless if it had DX11 support.

-Unreal-

I don't have the hardware to run DX11.

I would guess that they want to keep supporting XP.

Cause they didn't need to? DX11 could have helped with optimization sure and put in some pretty effects, but that would add to the development time and cost, something troublesome for a small developer making an ambitious game.

Witcher 2 has many effects that other developers off loaded to dx11 that they did with their dx9 implementation, and is still looks to be one of the best games available if not the best.

ferret-gamer

Hopefully they patch it in later, if for nothing else than performance reasons.

My comp doesn't support dx11. So, that's too bad for me and doesn't affect me that this game doesn't support it.sethman410

Lot's of DX11 features are backwards compatible with dx10.1 hardware ... it's some of the fancy stuff that isn't. ('least so I've heard...)

DX11 was released just 'round the same time that TW2 was started in it's development, if not a good bit after.. it always takes time for people to implement new directx', however they coulda started as 10.1... oh well.

Not a big deal as it looks like they got hte best out of dx9

Thats one more reason this game is pretty MEH

Thats one more reason this game is pretty MEH

Golden_Boy187

the game suffers from consolization of course.i5750at4Ghz

more like the game suffers from lazy devs ....this game isn't coming to console anyway.

[QUOTE="i5750at4Ghz"]the game suffers from consolization of course.Golden_Boy187

more like the game suffers from lazy devs ....this game isn't coming to console anyway.

[QUOTE="sethman410"]My comp doesn't support dx11. So, that's too bad for me and doesn't affect me that this game doesn't support it.Inconsistancy

Lot's of DX11 features are backwards compatible with dx10.1 hardware ... it's some of the fancy stuff that isn't. ('least so I've heard...)

DX11 was released just 'round the same time that TW2 was started in it's development, if not a good bit after.. it always takes time for people to implement new directx', however they coulda started as 10.1... oh well.

I would guess that they want to keep supporting XP.

Teufelhuhn

didn't hermits whine about C2 DX 11 support John_Read

Thats one more reason this game is pretty MEH

Golden_Boy187

I don't see why everyone realises that DX11 doesn't magically improve graphics in this thread, but not when Crysis 2 was released.ocstew

I don't see why everyone realises that DX11 doesn't magically improve graphics in this thread, but not when Crysis 2 was released.ocstew

Witcher 2 never claimed to be anything more than DX9, and the graphical fidelity is leagues better than the originals.

I would care if the game would not look as good as it does.

A game can look amazing on-screen with DX 10...Boot DMC 4 in 64-bit & DX 10 sometime, and you'll see the evidence.:D

Capcom optimized the game for both.

With DX11 you can target 9, 10, 10.1, or 11-level hardware with the same API. Obviously you can only use the newer features like tessellation on an 11-level GPU. The only requirement is Vista or Win7, which is why people still use DX9 so that they can support XP.

Teufelhuhn

Which makes no sense since XP is really old now. TW2 is not targetting 8 years old PC. Almost every PC that can handle the game shipped with Vista or W7.

[QUOTE="Teufelhuhn"]

With DX11 you can target 9, 10, 10.1, or 11-level hardware with the same API. Obviously you can only use the newer features like tessellation on an 11-level GPU. The only requirement is Vista or Win7, which is why people still use DX9 so that they can support XP.

edidili

Which makes no sense since XP is really old now. TW2 is not targetting 8 years old PC. Almost every PC that can handle the game shipped with Vista or W7.

WIndows XP is still a popular OS at the moment. More people are making the jump to Windows 7 and vista, but truth be told there isn't a strong reason for them to do so.

I would guess that they want to keep supporting XP.

Teufelhuhn

it's an rpg, not crisis

[QUOTE="edidili"]

[QUOTE="Teufelhuhn"]

With DX11 you can target 9, 10, 10.1, or 11-level hardware with the same API. Obviously you can only use the newer features like tessellation on an 11-level GPU. The only requirement is Vista or Win7, which is why people still use DX9 so that they can support XP.

JangoWuzHere

Which makes no sense since XP is really old now. TW2 is not targetting 8 years old PC. Almost every PC that can handle the game shipped with Vista or W7.

WIndows XP is still a popular OS at the moment. More people are making the jump to Windows 7 and vista, but truth be told there isn't a strong reason for them to do so.

It's popular among the old PCs, PC builds that can't handle TW2 anyway so it's pointless to support it.

And btw there are strong reasons to move from XP onto W7. Security and stability are much much better in W7.

I could careless if it had DX11 support.

JangoWuzHere

I would have liked to have seen it used.

The top four things that make DX 11 so cool are:

1. More accurate and less resource intensive lighting/shadowing solutions.

2. Tessellation

3. Better texture compression (HDR texture compression too).

4. Multi-threaded rendering

Higher quality lighting/shadowing that takes less resources = good.

Tessellation, when pared with textures effects means no more squarey looking barrels, wheels, etc. and a lot more depth and realism in structures, and a more orgnaic feel to natural landscape.

Better texture compression means higher resolution textures, and a higher variety of textures.

And finally multi-threaded rendering means a HUGE boost to performance on multi-core systems.

But if they managed to make a DX 9 engine look as good as they did (frankly the best looking RPG of this generaiton so far), and perform well, I'm not too distraught.

At least this way the poor souls still trudging along with XP can play the game.

Though really, guys, you should upgrade.

First explain why they should need to use DX11. Whilst it is nice, DX11 hasn't really been utilized fully or really all that effectively. It certainly adds some nice bonuses, but most gamers are still probably using DX10 (though there are a hell of a lot of DX11 cards out there).

First explain why they should need to use DX11. Whilst it is nice, DX11 hasn't really been utilized fully or really all that effectively. It certainly adds some nice bonuses, but most gamers are still probably using DX10 (though there are a hell of a lot of DX11 cards out there).

lundy86_4

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First explain why they should need to use DX11. Whilst it is nice, DX11 hasn't really been utilized fully or really all that effectively. It certainly adds some nice bonuses, but most gamers are still probably using DX10 (though there are a hell of a lot of DX11 cards out there).

Inconsistancy

DX11 being backwards compatible simply scales back to older DX cards AFAIK, so it's really only beneficial to the developer. Unfortunately, I don't know how much time or money it would take to implement DX11 features into a game, as I have no experience :P I can only assume they were left out for a reason, and not just on an arbitrary whim.

The Witcher 2 was done on a sub 10 million dollar budget or so, which is pretty damn impressive.

How exactly would I notice DX 11 support? Cause I turned on DX 11 on Metro and all it did was make everything look uggly and run slower on my 5850.

[QUOTE="JangoWuzHere"]

I could careless if it had DX11 support.

-Unreal-

lol. Well its not a huge deal to me, but I wish it was. I thought it was DX11, strange.

PC devs are sooo lazy, best looking PC game came out 2007 LOL

Console games get better looking every year

How exactly would I notice DX 11 support? Cause I turned on DX 11 on Metro and all it did was make everything look uggly and run slower on my 5850.

KungfuKitten

PC devs are sooo lazy, best looking PC game came out 2007 LOL

Console games get better looking every year

Zurrur

Still looks fantastic.8)

PC devs are sooo lazy, best looking PC game came out 2007 LOL

Console games get better looking every year

Zurrur