Far Cry 2 TOMORROW. :)

[NormCameron]

Seems it works fine on some systems, not on others, no real reason pinpointed. I think it's gotta be drivers. When Nvidea get this sorted we'll see. As for the Window making the difference? If it's good for you, who cares why it works. It's a viable solution I haven't seen anywhere else. I don't know why it works?

 

[damocles]

my mate, who works in the games industry, reckons it's to do with a programming bug ( ubisoft ).....but agreed that's an odd issue.

Guess some of us will have to wait for a patch.
Chris

 

[Jsh1284]

I'm having an issue with FC2 on my laptop now. I tried to install it on there and while it plays the sound of the opening intro and music etc I get no graphics. Odd stuff. I'm thinking the laptop's older video card just dosen't have the juice to run it.

Also, out of the blue, I can no longer run it in DX10 mode. This is annoying. I had to run it in safe mode and change back to DX9 in order fpr the game to load up without crashing. Blah!

 

[Mr GRiM]

What video driver are you using, I had the same problem when I used the the new beta driver, go back to the 178.24 driver and hopefully that will fix your problem.

I just got my new GTX260 now the game really flies!

 

[NormCameron]

Just as an assist. The Sytem Requirements for Far Cry 2 are :-

• Minimum requirements
  • CPU:
    Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, Pentium D 2.66 Ghz
    AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or better
  • Video card:
    NVIDIA 6800 or ATIX1650 or better
    Shader Model 3 required
    256 Mb of graphic memory
  • Memory:
    1 GB
  • Media reader:
    DVD-ROM
  • Hard drive space:
    ~12 Gig or HD space. (tbd)
  Recommended
  • CPU:
    Intel Core 2 Duo Family
    AMD64 X2 5200+, AMD Phenom or better
  • Video card:
    NVIDIA 8600 GTS or better
    ATIX1900 or better
    512 Mb of graphic memory
  • Memory:
    2 GB
  • Sound:
    5.1 sound card recommended
  • Media reader:
    DVD-ROM
  • Supported Video cards
    NVIDIA 6800, NVIDIA 7000 series, 8000 series, 9000 series, 200 series. 8800M and 8700M supported for laptops.
    ATI X1650-1950 series , HD2000 series , HD3000 series , HD4000 series.

 

[NormCameron]

Re: Far Cry 2 TOMORROW. ATI Hotfix

Just saw this :-
[FONT=&quot]ATI recently updated its Catalyst driver package, and now the company has released a hotfix to address problems gamers might have been having in Far Cry 2, Stalker Clear Sky, and Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway. Specific fixes include:[/FONT]

• [FONT=&quot]Performance boost in Far Cry 2 with DX9 and CrossFire[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Performance boost in Far Cry 2 with DX10 on both single-card and CrossFire setups[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Performance boost in Stalker Clear Sky with DX10 and DX10.1 on both single-card and CrossFire setups when running "higher resolutions"[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Addresses a corrpution issue in Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway on the 'Black Friday' level[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]The hotfix applies to both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista and XP starting with ATI's Radeon X1600 series and moving on up to the Radeon HD 4800 graphics cards.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]View article...[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot][/FONT]

 

[Jsh1284]

Were you asking me what driver I'm using? I'm actually still on 178.24. I would really like to get DX10 working again for sure. I might try to reinstall my driver and see if that fixes the problem.

Also thanks for the system req list. My laptop is running an olllddd x200 GPU so that's definitely why I can't get it to run. I figured it would run because Hellgate:London and a few other newer games run quite well on it with everything turned down, though. Oh well. It's not designed for modern gaming so it's not exactly a shock or anything XD.

 

[damocles]

I still cannot get it to run full screen...I've tried new old drivers / windows updates / latest directX 10 and i still get poor performance when in full screen. I'm not going to waste any more time on it.

 

[Jsh1284]

Edit: I misread the post above. Oops!

In other news, DX10 works just fine now after reinstalling the current Geforce drivers.

 

[damocles]

Windowed mode DX10 runs smooth as silk
Fullscreen mode DX10 run at roughly 1 frame every 3 seconds..... arrgh.

DX9 runs fine

 

[Jekyll and Hyde]

Not that I have'nt read this thread, but I am getting a ctd when trying to play in DX10 mode, DX9 is ok, but like most people I want to be able to enjoy it in DX10, I remember having the exact same problem with Crysis and now don't know what to do, are you all using the beta drivers? or am I best off waiting for either a patch or for the official drivers to be released?

I am weary of beta drivers incase my other games screw up, but if any of you are using the betas, how do find them with your other games.

I don't want this to sound like a rant, but I am beginning to wonder why I bought a DirectX10 graphics card when it can't run DX10 games.

Three now I have that have this problem

Crysis
Assassins Creed and now Far Cry 2

I have the latest drivers from Nvidia the 178.24

Very disappointed like alot of other people

Jekyll and Hyde

 

[Mr GRiM]

I am using DX10 with 4x Anti-aliasing with my new GTX260 and it runs great, as it does with all my DX10 Games, I think my E8500 @ 3.8Ghz helps allot too and 4 Gigs of Low Latency RAM.

Here are the Benchmark results with Ultra settings.

 

[damocles]

The problem is sill there despite beta and latest drivers, latest direct X, window updates etc....scratching of head

 

[damocles]

If you have a Tablet installed - try stopping the services for them.

Worked for me.

 

[Jekyll and Hyde]

Tablet? not with you sorry, but at a guess I would say not no

As for other GeForce cards, yes they might be ok with DX10 games, but and again I forgot to mention it, around the net for those games I said I have problems with, it all appears to be 8800 GTX card related..........should have mentioned that before

But for now I will have to stick with DX9 more's the pity (then again, it does'nt look half bad in DX9)

Jekyll and Hyde

 

[damocles]

Look in the services and see if 'Tablet pc input' service is running - stop it temporarily to see if that help. It may be running even if you are not using a tablet. DX10 is much nicer fullscreen.

 

[Jekyll and Hyde]

Well I checked for that "Tablet PC Input" and it was there and running, so I stopped it and tried Far Cry 2 in DX10 Mode and all I can say is that it has not ctd at the point it did yesterday and all appears good.......this is also with the latest drivers and not the betas.

So although I am yet to play a prolonged session to see if it remains stable I came to say thanks to you Damocles for the tip as it seem to have solved the problem, I just hope I am not speaking too soon :D

Can't understand mind you why on earth Far Cry starts in a window, no other game does this and you have to wait until the game is at the main menu before you can Alt-Enter into fullscreen, daft still if it runs now in DX10 then that would be the least of my worries

Jekyll and Hyde

 

[damocles]

Your welcome Jekyll and Hyde.

I hope it stays running stable....happy gaming

 

[Jekyll and Hyde]

I just have to say that the fire effects are the best I have ever seen in my life, I'd post a screenshot but it really does'nt do it justice, the way it starts off small and then spreads is something not to be missed, and at night its even better, I am still picking my jaw up from the floor!!!

If only there was a free recording program but alas only Fraps and then you must buy it to get the full recording feature......I tried it once, but my games lagged badly while trying to record, and if you don't buy it you can only record for a very short while if I remember rightly, I may be wrong though and would stand corrected :D

 

[Everlong]

What FPS are people getting on this?

I'm getting around 40-50 at 1680x1050, 4x AA and Very High settings in DX10 with the 180.43 drivers. I've not found anything to compare it to really, so just asking.