Crysis 2 is worth playing now! At least on PC. Because finally, after 3 months, it has some DX11 features! Sure, they are simply tacked onto a DX9 engine game built to accommodate consoles. But take one look at the patch ULTRA UPGRADE trailer, and you’ll see it is probably worth downloading to enjoy new graphics features like “tessellation, water rendering improvements, high quality HDR motion blur, and many other special effects and higher quality texture formats.” (the video below also shows off the high res texture pack which was also released today)
You can grab the DX11 patch here (545 MB!)
And the High Res pack here (1.66 GB!), if you have a ridiculously specced system ;)
What I am really interested in seeing is whether they fixed the benchmarking software that was supposed to come with the game… Guess we’ll find out soon enough!
A TON of hardware reviews came in over the weekend – here’s HALF of them. I’ll post the rest tomorrow:
- OCZ Technology Vertex 3 SSD 120GB and 240GB Review @ HardOCP
- HIS Radeon HD6970 IceQ Turbo GFX card review @ Metku.net
- HIS Radeon HD 6990 4GB Review @ HotHardware
- ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Performance (Intel P67) Motherboard Review @ TweakTown
- Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 review @ Hexus
- Corsair Dominator 4GB DDR3 1600Mhz C7 Memory Kit Review @ Legit Reviews
- Cooler Master Storm Enforcer Mid-Tower Case Review @ Bigbruin
- Crucial m4 128GB SATA 6G Solid State Drive Review @ TweakTown
- MSI R6850 Cyclone PE / OC Graphics Card Review @ OCIA
- MSI P67A-GD80 LGA1155 Sandy Bridge ATX Motherboard Review @ FutureLooks
- Enermax SpineRex @ techPowerUp
- Corsair Force 3 120GB SSD review @ Guru3D
- ASUS Xonar Xense Premium Gaming Audio Set Review @ ThinkComputers
- Logisys Lighting Systems Review @ Hardware Pacers
- Scythe Mine 2 @ PureOverclock
- Arctic Sound P531 5.1 Surround Headset Review @ Real World Labs
- Logitech M305 Wireless Mouse Review @ Legit Reviews
- MSI Z68MA-ED55 (Intel Z68) mATX Motherboard Review @ TweakTown
- Corsair Professional Series HX1050 @ techPowerUp
- Sandberg StreetBlaster Stereo Headset Review @ Real World Labs
- ASUS Sabertooth 990FX Motherboard Review @ Legit Reviews
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