Improve Far Cry 2 Performance in Dx10 (vista only)

**RockmasteR** · 06-17-2009, 05:08 PM

INFO: this tweak is made for the mid range and low end cards that supports dx10 (ATI HD2x, HD3x, HD4x, Nvidia GF8x, GF9x) it could be used for high end cards but I don't think it's necessary

Yesterday I got Windows Vista Ultimate, I installed it with some fear that my games will be slower, but the big surprise is the contrary, the majority of my games runs faster now and with DX10 like Gears of War and Bioshock...
Far Cry 2 is one of the few games that uses the DX10 technology to bring great graphics
the bad thing about Far Cry 2 in DX10 mode is that the lowest settings available is "High"
well not anymore

first of all start the game and set the dx mode to 10, restart the game

when the game starts, go to options and you will notice that all settings are set to "high" or above and you can't go below high.
start or resume your game.
when the game loads, play a bit, if the game is slow and you don't want to lower the resolution, do this:

Go to options -> Graphics, set the dx mode to dx9, it will prompt you to restart, don't

what did you do now?
you fooled the game to use dx9 graphic options but the game is still in DX10 mode, so you can lower the graphics settings to a lower value than "high" but the game will still be in DX10 mode

when you want to exit the game, just go to options and reset the dx mode to dx10 and exit the game

Tiber Septim · 06-17-2009, 10:26 PM

Neat trick. Thanks for the tip Rock!

**RockmasteR** · 06-18-2009, 04:39 AM

Thanks Tiber, It really works great with my GF 9400 GT

**RockmasteR** · 06-18-2009, 04:15 PM

I took 2 screen shots of the game

Dx10 enabled, but with the dx9 trick:

Dx9 :

you can notice the difference between the 2 photos, the Dx10 photo is more crisp than the dx9 and looks better

both settings are set the same :

all set to high, except geometry, vegetation set to medium and shadows are disabled
HDR and Bloom are enabled

Mcninjaguy · 06-18-2009, 10:14 PM

The big thing I notice is that the shadows are a lot better with Dx 10.

Thanks for the tip, my best friend has a 8800 GTS 320 mb so it doesn't have that much Vram and this trick could help some games run faster.

06-17-2009, 05:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
RockmasteR Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lebanon Posts: 3,161 OS: Vista Ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Improve Far Cry 2 Performance in Dx10 (vista only) INFO: this tweak is made for the mid range and low end cards that supports dx10 (ATI HD2x, HD3x, HD4x, Nvidia GF8x, GF9x) it could be used for high end cards but I don't think it's necessary Yesterday I got Windows Vista Ultimate, I installed it with some fear that my games will be slower, but the big surprise is the contrary, the majority of my games runs faster now and with DX10 like Gears of War and Bioshock... Far Cry 2 is one of the few games that uses the DX10 technology to bring great graphics the bad thing about Far Cry 2 in DX10 mode is that the lowest settings available is "High" well not anymore first of all start the game and set the dx mode to 10, restart the game when the game starts, go to options and you will notice that all settings are set to "high" or above and you can't go below high. start or resume your game. when the game loads, play a bit, if the game is slow and you don't want to lower the resolution, do this: Go to options -> Graphics, set the dx mode to dx9, it will prompt you to restart, don't what did you do now? you fooled the game to use dx9 graphic options but the game is still in DX10 mode, so you can lower the graphics settings to a lower value than "high" but the game will still be in DX10 mode when you want to exit the game, just go to options and reset the dx mode to dx10 and exit the game __________________ CPUz GPUz Nvidia Drivers ATI Drivers System Information for Windows (SIW) Revo Uninstaller RivaTuner ATITOOL Directx 9.0C !!Please don't PM me for Tech Support!! Last edited by RockmasteR; 06-17-2009 at 05:17 PM.

06-17-2009, 10:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tiber Septim Asst Manager, Games Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 2,866 OS: Fedora 11 / Windows 7 My System Blog Entries: 5	Re: Improve Far Cry 2 Performance in Dx10 (vista only) Neat trick. Thanks for the tip Rock! __________________ First Steps - System Specs - SIW Help TSF beat Cancer and other serious Illness.

06-18-2009, 04:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
RockmasteR Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lebanon Posts: 3,161 OS: Vista Ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Improve Far Cry 2 Performance in Dx10 (vista only) Thanks Tiber, It really works great with my GF 9400 GT __________________ CPUz GPUz Nvidia Drivers ATI Drivers System Information for Windows (SIW) Revo Uninstaller RivaTuner ATITOOL Directx 9.0C !!Please don't PM me for Tech Support!!

06-18-2009, 04:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
RockmasteR Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lebanon Posts: 3,161 OS: Vista Ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Improve Far Cry 2 Performance in Dx10 (vista only) I took 2 screen shots of the game Dx10 enabled, but with the dx9 trick: Dx9 : you can notice the difference between the 2 photos, the Dx10 photo is more crisp than the dx9 and looks better both settings are set the same : all set to high, except geometry, vegetation set to medium and shadows are disabled HDR and Bloom are enabled __________________ CPUz GPUz Nvidia Drivers ATI Drivers System Information for Windows (SIW) Revo Uninstaller RivaTuner ATITOOL Directx 9.0C !!Please don't PM me for Tech Support!!

06-18-2009, 10:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Improve Far Cry 2 Performance in Dx10 (vista only) The big thing I notice is that the shadows are a lot better with Dx 10. Thanks for the tip, my best friend has a 8800 GTS 320 mb so it doesn't have that much Vram and this trick could help some games run faster.