AMD to release TressFX 2.0

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/13/2013 09:42 AM | source: | 19 comment(s)

AMD will release an updated version of its TressFX hair simulation technology with the ability to animate grass and fur, according to the schedule for the AMD Developer Summit 2013.

TressFX debuted in Crystal Dynamics' Tomb Raider reboot and was available exclusively for the Windows PC version of the game. The technology allowed developers to render and simulate thousands of individual strands of hair, giving Lara a more life-like appearance. The talk at AMD Developer Summit will cover the new capabilities of TressFX 2.0 and discuss how its rendering and physics work, as well as how research will be applied to future products.

AMD Developer Summit 2013 kicks off today at the San Jose Convention Center and comes to a close Nov. 13. A schedule is available on the official website.

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#4701189 Posted on: 11/14/2013 06:53 PM

Cool news. I never understood the complaints about performance hit with TressFX, I was able to run Tomb Raider on pretty much max settings (minus anti-aliasing maxed out) on a 7950, TressFX looked great and I had solid frame rates. Maybe just didn't work well for nVidia cards?

Have no problem with tress fx all max setting except for 2x ssaa.

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#4701814 Posted on: 11/15/2013 11:39 AM

What about Boobs FX? Games would be interesting as never before ha ha

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#4701896 Posted on: 11/15/2013 01:31 PM

We took 6 hours to beat Tomb Raider and never looked back. That was so worth it to have shiny hair.

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#4702010 Posted on: 11/15/2013 04:12 PM

Where is the BreastFX?

Skyrim + Mods = What You Want

Also, TressFX ran great for me... you just needed a high end AMD GPU or something close to it at the time... I think it may be better now with drivers for NVIDIA and mid range AMD GPUs, but I haven't checked it out in months myself.

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