Shader Model 3.0 Explored @ [H]ard|OCP: "NVIDIA recently released screen shots to the media using the FarCry engine that exclaim to show the advantages of using Shader Model 3.0 in a game.

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Microsoft has published a great primer on Shader Model 3.0 authored by NVIDIA’s Sim Dietrich Jr. Dietrich covers the differences between Shader Model 2.0 and 3.0’s maximum shader lengths ...