There is more to video config than the options in the UI. Check dxconfig and you'll find a load of different stuff. Now that I think about it some of the downgrading is done with dxlevel checks in materials, and you won't get that, but there are still improvements to be made.
On 07/05/2010 8:13, jetscope wrote: > That's simply not true, there's a huge difference between DX8 and DX9 > performance that's not related to quality settings in any way, at least in > TF2. On my home PC which uses an X1300, I've noticed at least a 10 FPS > difference between the two DX levels with the exact same quality settings in > TF2. I don't know what makes it so much more expensive to render, but I'm > guessing it has to do with the Phong shader since turning down shader > settings improves my framerates quite a bit under DX9 (though they still > never reach DX8 rates). > > On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 8:59 PM, Tom Edwards<[email protected]>wrote: > > >> That's largely because of the lower video settings it enforces. You >> could get the same performance under DX9 if you applied the relevant >> cvars from dxconfig.cfg. >> >> On 07/05/2010 4:42, jetscope wrote: >> >>> I believe this data is largely irrelevant. I'm pretty sure this 5% is, >>> >> more >> >>> specifically, users whose video cards support DX8 at most - i.e., people >>> >> who >> >>> don't support DX9 at all. However, many people whose video cards do >>> >> support >> >>> DX9 - like me - still run games under DX8 simply because it's much >>> >> faster. >> >>> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Olly<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Nope, only ~5% of steam users (that took part) still use DX8. >>>> >>>> http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey >>>> >>>> On 7 May 2010 15:57, Ryan Sheffer<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> A lot of dx8 users still. >>>>> >>>>> ~Ryan >>>>> >>>>> On May 7, 2010, at 6:19 AM, Marek Sieradzki >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Christopher Fortner<[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Im trying to track down the problem, so far ive reached the psa.exe, >>>>>>> wich gets called in the psh_prep.pl, >>>>>>> this file executes the following command: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ..\..\dx9sdk\utilities\psa /Foshader0.o /nologo >>>>>>> SDK_emissive_scroll_blended_pass_dx8_ps11.psh> NIL >>>>>>> >>>>>>> wich makes psa.exe output the following error: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> assembly failed; no code produced >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Im unsure how to display debugging information about this process, >>>>>>> any >>>>>>> ideas about this error? >>>>>>> Google isnt showing any results regarding it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> Come on. Who cares about DX8 and .psh/.vsh? Just use DX9 and SM 2.0 >>>>>> or higher. >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>>>> archives, please visit: >>>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>>> please visit: >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> please visit: >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> >> please visit: >> >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >>> >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
