T.}{.O.R did say it didn't run it as well.
That's not my experience at all, so I am curious.

NVidia GTX 580 will most likely be released next week.(9th of November)


http://www.gnd-tech.com/main/content...d-Release-Date

I heard it's just a paper launch to get people off buying the new Ati 69**

Haha, I had a feeling you might comment on this. :D

Can't recall way back, but with the latest ATI cards there are issues with drivers and IL2. Just browse Battle-Fields.com and see for yourself.

Also - why was water = 4 supported only by nVidia cards at first? ;)



EDIT:

Just to be clear about this, I am thinking of going AMD(GPU) for my next build. SoW or no SoW, AMD(GPU) it is better value for the money. Unless prices change in the 2011.

I've got a 5870 (got it ASAP when released and I'm soon to get a second) and when the initial drivers had "issues" a simple atioglxx (driver component) transplant from a slightly older driver fixed it. Not long after the drivers were fixed and I haven't had any problems with unmodified drivers since, maybe, May.

As for the water setting? I believe it was based on which OpenGL shader was supported - ATI drivers currently support shader 3.2 (I believe) and Nvidia supports 4.1. I believe The Game uses 3.0.

The atioglxx.dll file and the issues you had to sort with it are long gone on my computer. 10.8 fixed just about everything.

No its not the same, there's a huge difference with Water=4

ATI 1/2
Nv 1/2/3/4

Regarding tessellation.

Have a look at the video in the post below and then imagine damage modelling on the aircraft done the way it is in the Alien v triangles "Map" demo

Something new on the front of Nvidia's Tessellation video. What is the card? It's most likely the 580.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCPMH...layer_embedded

I think this tesselation technology could be some serious stuff also for SoW.
Hopefully Oleg has taken it into account.

Endless City

2 billion polygons

:shock: