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[Mrbob]

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14130&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=20

The truth shall be known soon. SM 3.0 does boost performance but maybe not to the level we first thought?!

Very interesting thread. The 2.0 numbers almost match the 3.0 numbers in the Farcry 1.2 patch.

 

[Izzy]

Mr. Bob, Far Cry is not really a true SM 3.0 game, and those patches don't change much. Still, the difference is here, and instancing proves to be a winner, although it can be done on PS 2.0 with clever programming.

The next patches will exploit SM 2.0 + and normal mapping compression on X800, and HDR on GF6800. Should be fun, but don't expect much.