May 28, 2015 as we briefly mentioned above tressfx is a hair simulation technology which amd debuted with the tomb raider reboot in 20. Tressfx was used to render laras hair in absolute perfection and the latest iteration is going to be used in the next title, rise of the tomb raider, as stated by the games director, brian horton. A subreddit dedicated to advanced micro devices and its products. Tressfx patched to work on nvidia cards amd exclusive no more. Mar 05, 20 check out laras lovely new do, powered by tressfx. Resolves slight corruption seen in tomb raider with tressfx enabled for crossfire and single gpu configurations the catalyst. Tressfx patched to work on nvidia cards amd exclusive no. Tressfx will be used in the upcoming pc version of tomb raider. Amd tressfx is a software library which provides for advanced simulation and rendering of. Even with rise of the tomb raider s dx12 setting enabled. Amd tressfx the original released last year with crystal dynamicss tomb raider that showed the ability to render and simulate thousands of strands of hair for more realistic movements as you can see from the picture below.
Tressfx kam schon im ersten tomb raider reboot zum einsatz, lies. Tressfx is an amddeveloped hairrendering proprietary technology, just as physx and the apex apis are nvidias although nvidia are now licencing these two technologies. To get the performance patch 118 mb, continue reading. And thats important, because the 20 tomb raider was used as an amd showcase for tressfx, and up until this week i honestly thought the series was still tied to team red. Mar 11, 20 think of this latest tomb raider patch as the conditioner for amd s fancy hair tech tressfx. Amd and crystal dynamics collaboration delivers tomb raider. Nvidia geforce rumored to receive rise of the tomb raider. Tressfx is amds realistic hair rendering technology which renders and simulates the physics of thousands of individual strands of hair. Nvidia geforce rumored to receive rise of the tomb raider bundle.
Tressfx is a new hairrendering technology included in the pc release of tomb raider. Amdati radeon hd 5870 graphics drivers for microsoft windows. They even apologized for it, because thats how awesome nvidia are. In this regard, amd will have a huge legup, as one of the major design decisions with the kepler gpus is to pull back on directcompute performance. Many amd radeon graphics driver improvements sent in for linux 5. Tressfx is very computationally intensive, and hence games that use tressfx will really be able to benefit from high directcompute performance. Amd and crystal dynamics collaboration delivers tomb. Amd announce tressfx for monster hunter online page 2.
Think of this latest tomb raider patch as the conditioner for amds fancy hair tech tressfx. Tressfx and nvidia cards tomb raider general discussions. Amd and crystal dynamics bring you tomb raider with tressfx. This leadingedge technology imparts one of the most iconic video game characters, lara croft, with an astonishingly lifelike appearance.
Since introducing tressfx hair in the smash hit tomb raider last year, weve been diligently working to optimize the technology, enable. Survivor reborn, per rage3d information, the game performance is improved up to 25% for amd video cards, quite generous gains. Nvidia has physx and now amd has tressfx and maybe one day. Amd radeon graphics core next gcn is the ideal architecture for outstanding tomb raider performance. Tomb raider pc update reduces tressfx memory costing plus new. Amd reconfirmed today that star citizen will support its tressfx tech. Many amd radeon graphics driver improvements sent in for. Tressfx is amd s realistic hair rendering technology which renders and simulates the physics of thousands of individual strands of hair. With the launch of tomb raider and tressfx hair, amd and crystal dynamics have radically pushed the boundaries of realism in the pc gaming experience, said matt skynner, corporate vice president and general manager, amd graphics. The game developers have allowed tr to be played with or without tressing, so that amd could showcase its new tech and i wonder how much amd payed out. Jan 29, 2016 tomb raider 20 was one of the first games to use tressfx, and with amd having released the code to the open source community, eidos was able to improve the feature. Tressfx hair rendering just makes lara much more beautiful, making her hair look like on ps4, but with a better face than that on ps4. Rise of the tomb raider is a game that was highly anticipated by pc gamers, not only because of how great the last iteration was to play, but also because the last game had a fairly good pc port, though amds tressfx did have trouble running on nvidia hardware on release. Owners of nvidia cards had been experiencing extreme optimisation issues when choosing to let laras.
Tomb raider patch provides hair care for nvidia users pc gamer. Dec 25, 2015 tressfx was used to render laras hair in absolute perfection and the latest iteration is going to be used in the next title, rise of the tomb raider, as stated by the games director, brian horton. Tomb raider patch provides hair care for nvidia users pc. Tressfx s performance hit on amd tahiti is the same as in nvidia kepler i. Mar 07, 20 tressfx is a new hairrendering technology included in the pc release of tomb raider. Amd today announced a collaboration with crystal dynamics following the launch of tomb raider, one of the most highly anticipated pc games of 20, and part of the amd gaming evolved program. Is it because of my gpu geforce gtx660 windforce 2x oc or cpu amd fx6300. It was first used in crystal dynamics tomb raider, released earlier this year.
Rise of the tomb raider is a game that was highly anticipated by pc gamers, not only because of how great the last iteration was to play, but also because the last game had a fairly good pc port, though amd s tressfx did have trouble running on nvidia hardware on release. The only reason it ran terrible on nvidia cards, is amd tomb raider did not allow nvidia to test the game out before coming out, and being able to make drivers for them. In addition, a new commercial video has been released that can be viewed below. May 12, 2015 tressfx in tomb raider a brief video of tressfx in its flagship title.
This leadingedge technology imparts one of the most iconic video game characters, lara croft, with an astonishingly lifelike. Tressfx, codeveloped by amd and crystal dynamics, is a new technology for realtime realistic hair rendering. Amd first introduced tressfx effects in last years tomb raider, we have seen the beautiful black hairs. Amd reveals tressfx hair technology, available in tomb. Amd tressfx is amd s technology after all, so i wouldnt be surprised if it didnt work that well with nvidias drivers.
Amdati radeon hd 5870 graphics drivers for microsoft. Amd tressfx is amds technology after all, so i wouldnt be surprised if it didnt work that well with nvidias. We can uncover what this really is, it is a new more realistic hair simulation that will be introduced in tomb raider. With amd radeon graphics, gamers can unleash the full potential of this nextgeneration technology.
Amd and crystal dynamics worked together extensively on the development of tomb raider, most notably with tressfx hair, the worlds first ingame implementation of a realtime, perstrand hair physics system. Feb 26, 20 amd has been teasing with a small tressfx feature for the past couple of days. Tressfx in tomb raider a brief video of tressfx in its flagship title. Amd has published a direct3d 11 code sample that shows how to use tressfx, amds new technology for realtime realistic hair rendering. With this release, tressfx has been integrated into unreal engine 4. Sli scaling is incredible, though there are some scenes when things go.
Even without tressfx enabled, our gtx690 was used to its fullest. Tomb raider 20 is indeed coming to linux linux gaming. Both halves use the same max settings, save for the hair. As i see it tressfx tech is awesome because its not tied to any brand, althought its an amd developed technology. Isnt that what amd card users say about anything that uses anything in nvidias gameworks like hairworks in the witcher 3 also wasnt the last tressfx issue fixed rather quickly if there wasnt any tressfx issues after tomb raider for nvidia gpu users, unlike the hand sitting on team green where they dont seem to bother fixing issues that affect amd gpu users. A first look at the new dx11 feature tressfx, which was designed by amd. Mar 18, 20 resolves slight corruption seen in tomb raider with tressfx enabled for crossfire and single gpu configurations the catalyst. Amd has been teasing with a small tressfx feature for the past couple of days.
On apu at the end of the general assembly, amd also announced tressfx 2. One this is brand new tech and will take some driver optimization and such to get it to work smoother so frame rates should improve. Circulated on the internet as a tressfx renderings. The driver is known as the radeon software crimson edition 16. Square enix has today published a new update for those players on pc for their recent reboot title tomb raider, aimed at fixing various bugs and crashes but also notably the memory costs for tressfx. With the radeon hd7790 graphics card, corruption may be seen in the game tomb raider with tressfx enabled. Rise of the tomb raider is a very mixed game, supporting both nvidia and amd made technologies.
The first game to use tressfx hair was the 20 game tomb raider. Amd and crystal dynamics worked together extensively on the development of tomb raider, most notably with tressfx hair, the worlds first ingame. Tressfxs performance hit on amd tahiti is the same as in nvidia kepler i. I am still encountering the first image in the original post, showing the display driver crashhang. This is a proof of mature and responsible marketingdevelopment, they could have locked this feature as nvidia does to amd only cards, but instead its open.
Cd projekt red petitioned to add amd tressfx hair to the. Tomb raider 20 was one of the first games to use tressfx, and with amd having released the code to the open source community, eidos was able to improve the feature. A new patch just started to roll down on steam for tomb raider. Tomb raider tressfx graphics comparison pc youtube. The new hair setting was previously quite taxing on even the most highend systems, causing large framerate drops when turned on. Now that they have had time with it, they have patched it and its all good. I turned it off pretty quickly because it looks weird and its a performance hog. Freebsds network bridge code scores a 500% performance improvement. Even on preset low game graphic settings, i encounter the same crashhang. Tomb raider performance and tressfx amd 6xxx vs 7xxx. Rise of the tomb raider on pc will use purehair instead of vanilla tressfx 3. Corruption observed in tomb raider with tressfx enabled for amd crossfire and single gpu system configurations corruption observed on objects and textures in the game, call of duty black ops 2.
The feature has come along way since 20 and is actually in its third. The game developers have allowed tr to be played with or without tressing, so that amd could showcase its new tech and i wonder how much amd payed out for that privillage while allowing. Realtime, physically calculated hair on lara croft in the latest tomb raider as is typically goes, in order to enable such effect, developer has to choose to closely work with the engineers from nvidia and amd to receive the necessary support were talking about man power here, no marketing money can replace engineers that. Tressfx is based on microsoft directcompute and use some amds works such as oit order independent transparency or ppll perpixel linkedlist tressfx hair revolutionizes lara crofts locks. Tomb raider performance and tressfx amd 6xxx vs 7xxx pc. Jan 27, 2016 and thats important, because the 20 tomb raider was used as an amd showcase for tressfx, and up until this week i honestly thought the series was still tied to team red. As we briefly mentioned above tressfx is a hair simulation technology which amd debuted with the tomb raider reboot in 20. Mar 08, 20 as i see it tressfx tech is awesome because its not tied to any brand, althought its an amd developed technology. Even with rise of the tomb raiders dx12 setting enabled. One this is brand new tech and will take some driver optimization and such to get it to work smoother so. Tomb raider patch improves nvidia performance and tressfx hair with tomb raiders release last week many have been muchly impressed by crystal dynamics reboot of the series. Mar 11, 20 a first look at the new dx11 feature tressfx, which was designed by amd.
My pc should be able to run this game on ultra easily, with a consistent fps well above 30, but whenever i turn amd tressfx hair physics on, the framerate starts to dip unpredictably below 30, especially during cutscenes. Open to those that have hardware enough powered to run it. Mar 10, 20 tressfx is an amd developed hairrendering proprietary technology, just as physx and the apex apis are nvidias although nvidia are now licencing these two technologies. The tool has been used within a number of modern games, the most famous of which is 20s tomb raider, though the tool has evolved since then.
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