More big titles, engines, and developers are setting the standard for gaming by taking advantage of Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 technology. And for gamers who want to reap the benefits, ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series graphics cards are the ideal choice—NVIDIA cards can't even support the technology.
With Microsoft DirectX 10.1 technology, game makers are able to use innovative rendering techniques and optimizations that they weren't able to before. Not only do games play faster and have better image quality, they take advantage of:
- Improved anti-aliasing for better quality on transparent textures such as foliage, fences, grates, etc.
- More natural and smoother shadows with edges that don't flicker when the camera moves
- Global illumination that makes for more realistic lighting effects in dynamic scenes
In addition to providing image quality enhancements such as transparency anti-aliasing, DirectX®10.1 provides exclusive performance optimizations through accelerated shadow map sampling, accelerated SSAO, and accelerated Gaussian shadows. In some cases, these performance improvements can provide a 20%+ performance boost when compared to running the same application in DirectX® 10.
Free DirectX® 10.1 Games For A Limited Time:
| ATI Benchmark System |
| CPU |
AMD Phenom™ II X4 940 Black Edition (3.0GHz) |
| Motherboard |
ASUS MA79-T Deluxe (790FX) |
| Motherboard BIOS Rev |
0503 |
| Chipset Driver Version |
5.1.0.8 |
| Audio Driver Version |
SoundMax Digital HD 6.10.2.6480 |
| Memory |
4GB (2x2GB) Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 (5-5-5-18) |
| HDD |
1TB Seagate Baracuda 7200.11 (ST31000333AS) |
| Display |
Dell 3007WFP-HC |
| Display Driver Version |
ATI Catalyst™ 9.3 (8.592.1) |
| Graphics |
ATI Radeon™ HD 4890 |
| Benchmark |
Version Settings |
Time |
Demo/Map |
|
BattleForge
|
Feb29 Beta |
All set to max |
Built-in |
|
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
|
1.5.07 |
High quality, enhncd. full dyn. dx10 renderer |
Sunshafts |
|
Stormrise
|
Jan29 Beta |
High Quality |
mn_sp06 |
|
Tom Clancy's HAWX
|
Public Demo |
Max settings, very high SSAO |
Built-in |