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Poll Results: Was the BioShock Demo all you hoped it would be

Poll expires: Jan 5, 2035 This is a multiple choice poll
  • 16% (10)
    *Runs to Best Buy to get it, killing 3 ppl in the process*
  • 31% (19)
    It was pretty cool........
  • 11% (7)
    Ill get it anyway, just for the story, see wat all the hype's about
  • 18% (11)
    Time to upgrade, unless I wana play at 800x600
  • 21% (13)
    Total crap, bad framerate, nothing new here
60 Total Votes  
post #161 of 174
9/30/07 at 9:38am
Yeah I never really thought the graphics were really all that great either
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post #162 of 174
9/30/07 at 2:58pm
Thread Starter 
The story was top notch. And it actually looked really nice. Some parts didnt look as good as others, but still it has great environments, music which all come together to m make a pretty decent game

my .02
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post #163 of 174
9/30/07 at 3:30pm
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Originally Posted by Cookie092 View Post
I honestly don't understand what's so great about this game. It looks like crap with every options on, (at least in the beginning...the water looks like crap). And the FPS is reeeeally bad. I almost get down to 10 fps at some locations.
try playing it with a good video card or an X-box 360. and the water looked Killer
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post #164 of 174
9/30/07 at 9:55pm

me dumb

i DID need to re-flash it as an XPS

Doh!!
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post #165 of 174
10/1/07 at 12:31am
Runs great, minimum ~20fps in action 30+ normal

Well worth playing


Graphics Custom
Actors High
Texture High
1200x800 widescreen
Vertical sync OFF
Shadow Maps ON
High Detail Post Processing ON
High Detail Shaders ON
Real Time Reflection ON
Distortion ON
Force Global Lightning ON
Audio Reverb and EAX OFF




my xps clone works much better with the XPS hacked bios lol

cheers!

ps yep and the water effects are great
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post #166 of 174
10/1/07 at 10:34am
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Originally Posted by diefool View Post
try playing it with a good video card

or an X-box 360.

and the water looked Killer

Can't afford a better video card...

But imo the 7900GS should be enough to play the game. I've also overclocked it to 600/800 mhz. It runs Oblivion great...actually I get better graphics and better FPS in Oblivion than in BioShock. It has to be the game.
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post #167 of 174
10/1/07 at 6:32pm
Well, let's hope it's not an indication of how Unreal Tournament 3 is going to run (considering that it uses the engine). I've been very surprised at the lackluster performance so far on my 7950 under Vista.
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post #168 of 174
10/1/07 at 8:49pm
Hello, I have an M1710 with a nvidia 7900 GTX videocard. I bought Bioshock and during the installation, I was directed to the nvidia bioshock download screen to download the 163.44 forceware driver for windows vista 32bit. When I tried to install, though, I got an error message saying: "The nvidia setup program could not locate any drivers compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit." Does anyone know what I need to do? I'm sorry I'm such a newb. Thanks in advance.
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post #169 of 174
10/2/07 at 10:08am
Nevermind, I figured it out.
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post #170 of 174
10/4/07 at 11:48am
1920x1200
actors med
no shadows maps
no v sync
no high detail process
no high detail shaders
audio reverb and eax off

min 26 max 29 avge 27,683 fraps
In my opinion eye candy and runs smooth

Now playing with actors high runs smooth also.

My specs down
dell drivers 92.77 No OC GPU peak Temp 86 CPU 56ºC
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post #171 of 174
10/4/07 at 12:57pm
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Originally Posted by Cookie092 View Post
Can't afford a better video card...

But imo the 7900GS should be enough to play the game. I've also overclocked it to 600/800 mhz. It runs Oblivion great...actually I get better graphics and better FPS in Oblivion than in BioShock. It has to be the game.

I am getting great FPS 1600x1200 everything max.

Fx2500 590/630

In oblivion I am getting 30fps outside 60-70fps inside. absolutely everything maxed HDR natural surroundings bumpmaps, 1920x1200. on that card.


7900gs is good, but it's not that good.
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post #172 of 174
10/4/07 at 9:20pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by diefool View Post
7900gs is good, but it's not that good.
ehhhh wrong
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post #173 of 174
10/4/07 at 9:24pm
ehh right.

it doesn't game good at high res'es. cranked.

not as good as the gtx/fx.

past certain res. more memory helps alot. and more pipes.

and it's good for low*er res gaming and overclocking
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post #174 of 174
10/4/07 at 9:32pm
Thread Starter 
it does have its drawbacks but its a very good performance cards.

btw i play a lot of stuff at 1600x1200 and 1920x1200
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