News - A New Dawn for NVIDIA graphics

[HEXUS]

Ten years after the original Dawn tech demo, see what has changed.

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[AGTDenton]

I dont know why but when she was walking on the 2002 video it felt more real than the movements in 2012.

Impressive stats and visuals, but I question if it amounts to a better gaming experience?
I still prefer the first Mafia game, for example, it was better in every aspect except the older visuals.
Similarly I still prefer BF1942 over BF3.

[cameronlite]

The difference is phenomenal. In the original it looks like the forest is made out of lettuce.

[Brewster0101]

2012 Looks very uninteresting to show off modern graphics power.

But to really nit pick, she doesn't even look like she is sat on that vine, her hair looks stupidly soft and bouncy, excessive movement and why they couldn't work on giving her a prettier face instead of making her boobs look stupid big.

[Tpyo]

2012 Looks very uninteresting to show off modern graphics power.

But to really nit pick, she doesn't even look like she is sat on that vine, her hair looks stupidly soft and bouncy, excessive movement and why they couldn't work on giving her a prettier face instead of making her boobs look stupid big.

I think you answered your own question. Logic = If they make them big enough, fewer people will look at her face.

[cameronlite]

2012 Looks very uninteresting to show off modern graphics power.

But to really nit pick, she doesn't even look like she is sat on that vine, her hair looks stupidly soft and bouncy, excessive movement and why they couldn't work on giving her a prettier face instead of making her boobs look stupid big.

Big boobs require less graphics. For instance, I was more annoyed about the fact that her "bra" was far to flimsy to hold them in than the fact that her hair was stupidly soft and bouncy.

[flearider]

nothing any other card can't do .. and not as good as others out there . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myFDtj6UV9k&feature=related
from nvidia you expect more ..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODj7rzmp9ao

[OilSheikh]

I always loved Nvidia's Nalu.

[Nelviticus]

Her hair moves just like real hair doesn't!

[Jimbo75]

This is pretty bad.

[melon]

I dont know why but when she was walking on the 2002 video it felt more real than the movements in 2012.

Impressive stats and visuals, but I question if it amounts to a better gaming experience?
I still prefer the first Mafia game, for example, it was better in every aspect except the older visuals.
Similarly I still prefer BF1942 over BF3.

bigger graphics to compensate for worse gaming IMO , eventually we all just sit there and sigh in wonder ..

[MrBozack]

It's a great technology demo; but it's still not worth the extra 20% card cost to me. It's going to be years before games have this level of detail.

It's nice to see the concept continued also.

[ET3D]

I'm with those not too impressed. Is this what ten years bring us? I'd take Ruby any day.

[kalniel]

There are some nice touches - the tessellation on the tree is nice, the ambient occlusion certainly adds some atmosphere even if it's a bit overdone, and the hair.. actually I think it's good - it's obviously over done so you can see it, but it's not a bad effort at all.

However I prefer the AMD Leo demo - it doesn't try to wow you with visual effects, but what's going on is very neat, and quite clearly explained.

[Fraz]

I thought it was pretty amazing. The hair is not quite right, but that's more down to the physics parameters (stiffness, etc) than anything else. Regardless of how unrealistic it is in its actual movement, it's the first time I've seen hair like that on a CGI character outside of a Pixar movie. Considering this is real-time rendered, that's very impressive indeed. Shadows are great, the skin is deeply impressive, lighting is great. I can't believe people are so unimpressed! This is real-time rendered!

Also, nothing wrong with how pretty she is, IMO, given the elfin-ness of the character. Obviously the boobs are ridiculous, but what's that got to do with the graphics?

(As an aside, I wonder how many Nvidia meetings there were asking the question: "Should we make the boobs bigger?")

[crossy]

I thought it was pretty amazing. The hair is not quite right, but that's more down to the physics parameters (stiffness, etc) than anything else. Regardless of how unrealistic it is in its actual movement, it's the first time I've seen hair like that on a CGI character outside of a Pixar movie. Considering this is real-time rendered, that's very impressive indeed. Shadows are great, the skin is deeply impressive, lighting is great. I can't believe people are so unimpressed! This is real-time rendered!

Agree totally - then again, I'm sad enough to remember being really impressed with the fur on Scully in Monsters Inc.

Not that I'm any more inclined in the slightest to run out and splurge £900 on a GF690 of course ....