Battlefield 3 getting out-of-cycle GPU drivers

[plonk420]

...from both AMD and Nvidia, sometime on the 26th. and remember, the Early Beta Access to BF3 starts on the 27th, i think! (if purchased from Origin only edit: i think preorder's last day is today? possibly yesterday)

[plonk420]

http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/AMDC...iewdriver.aspx
http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ta-driver.html

[NeoGen]

That must be a really important game for them to release a specific set of drivers just for it... and it's not even final, it's a Beta version.

[plonk420]

yeah, AFAIK, it's a direct competitor to CoD:MW2 or Black Cops, but don't quote me on that x) ... i've ignored most FPS PvP games til this came along.

my main interest is the graphics engine (frostbite 2) .. droooooool



also, crysis 2/cryengine 3 is taking steps to look more CG-ish:



sooooo many current games look the same. even witcher 2, l4d2, bulletstorm, metro 2033 have the same metallic/shiny (or just low res on the ground) look to the environment/character clothes/armor/etc. portal 2 seemed to have a lot less reflective ground surfaces (so similarity to other games was less glaring (ho ho! semi-unintented pun!)). and RAGE just looks brown. tho i AM curious about what else the graphics technology can do, however.

i guess i'm a whore for quality lighting in a game :D

edit: drool2



edit2: this looks amazing, but i won't believe it til i see it in a game