Crysis 3 DX10 Patch v1.1 - September 2013
As you already know, one will need a DX11 capable graphics card in addition to the insane system requirements to be able to run Crysis 3.
Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli said that the Crysis 3 is planned to be DX11 only, destroying the hopes of people running DX10 video cards who had previously expected Crysis 3 to run on a DX11 renderer but still support DX10 just like Crysis 2.
However, do you remember Crysis: Warhead?
Back then, Crytek decided that the gamers will need to upgrade their DX9 systems in order to play on enthusiast video setting.
It was only a matter of time before someone discovered a way to bypass Crytek`s marketing nonsense that supported Vista and new $$ graphics cards.
The same thing is happening now, although some things are different in Crysis 3.
Crysis 3 brings us fancy video rendering features like Tessellation and Ambient Occlusion that are DX11 exclusive.
But what if you have an older GPU setup like GTX 295 which is a dual GPU card and you really don`t wanna buy an expensive new card that is DX11 capable just to be able to play Crysis 3?
Well, there is a solution for that and it`s called the Crysis 3 DX10 Patch.
Crysis 3 DX10 Patch will let you play the game on Direct X 10 capable video card by patching and replacing some of Direct X libraries in the Crysis 3 game folder.
That means that system Direct X files will remain untouched.
Crysis 3 DX10 Patch will lift up DX restriction in Crysis 3, but there are some drawbacks, like no improved Tessellation (DX11 only) and Ambient Occlusion will be completely disabled.
v1.1b
-added Direct X 9 support (9.0c) - credits goes to TrinityHaxxor
-minor code optimizations
-crash fix for Intel HD graphics
Work in progress - FXAA, AMBIENT OCCLUSION and more
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Open Crysis 3 DX10 Patch archive
2. Extract all files to the Crysis 3 root game folder
3. Run Install.bat
4. Done
There is also an Uninstall.bat in case you have decided to replace your video card with the DX11 one.
In case of any bugs, feel free to leave a comment.
Have fun playing Crysis 3!