Games as they should look.
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Games as they should look.
Here are a couple of games that are going to be DirectX 10 capable. They look fantastic, but how much grunt will truly be required to run these babies in all their glory.
Firstly this is Crysis the new game from the developers of Farcry. Most people were surprised a the the efficency of the original graphics engine so I expect these kinds of graphics on any mid range DX10 card. We shall see.
Firstly this is Crysis the new game from the developers of Farcry. Most people were surprised a the the efficency of the original graphics engine so I expect these kinds of graphics on any mid range DX10 card. We shall see.
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Lets not forget FSX from Microsoft. Judging by the demo I think you will need a graphicscard that is powered by nuclear reactor. However if you did have such a card, i dont imagine you would want to play much else.
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Here's one for Unbound,
UT2007, is the continuation of a long term series dedicated to cool hardcore multiplayer action. Though as you can see in the second screenshot maybe the singleplayer will be cool to.
This look great and I expect a midrange DX10 cared will allow most of the eyecandy to be left on. The Unreal engine utilises alot of your cpu as well as your gpu, Conroe will probably be a good idea.
UT2007, is the continuation of a long term series dedicated to cool hardcore multiplayer action. Though as you can see in the second screenshot maybe the singleplayer will be cool to.
This look great and I expect a midrange DX10 cared will allow most of the eyecandy to be left on. The Unreal engine utilises alot of your cpu as well as your gpu, Conroe will probably be a good idea.
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The do look good but
They are probably still using some form of pre rendering to get those shots, there is also something that just does not quite look right with all the Crysis screens I have seen.
The top FSX screen is a concept image, the water for one is photoshopped in.
And at the end of the day game play is the most important factor for games (Something that seems to be lacking in modern games), nice graphics are just the icing on the cake.
They are probably still using some form of pre rendering to get those shots, there is also something that just does not quite look right with all the Crysis screens I have seen.
The top FSX screen is a concept image, the water for one is photoshopped in.
And at the end of the day game play is the most important factor for games (Something that seems to be lacking in modern games), nice graphics are just the icing on the cake.
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It's hard to know as graphics just keep getting better, but the reference to the FSX shot is probably right. If they can render water like that it would be a big leap forward from anything currently on offer. Here's Eve the online game that Eagle and Typhoon play.
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Good read on DX10, Interviews with:
Microsoft http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1 ... 042,00.asp
ATI http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1 ... 155,00.asp
Nvidia http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1 ... 931,00.asp
Various Game Developers (Crysis and Flight Sim X in there) http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1 ... 806,00.asp
Microsoft http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1 ... 042,00.asp
ATI http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1 ... 155,00.asp
Nvidia http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1 ... 931,00.asp
Various Game Developers (Crysis and Flight Sim X in there) http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1 ... 806,00.asp
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Yer I know Scrunty heh.
This from Toms Hardware tho
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/09/10/ ... age14.html
This from Toms Hardware tho
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/09/10/ ... age14.html
so we may not need to blow all our pingas just yettomshardware wrote: Gaming fans, however, can confidently stick with the Core 2 Duo/Extreme or the legendary Pentium D 805. That's due to a lack of adaptations for four CPUs - in practice, only a maximum of two processors are used in games.
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With regards to the comments above - the exact same thing was said about dualcore (and really not that long ago at all)
After AMD released there dual-core driver people noted quite a difference, the same with flow through with quadcore soon enough - and once the devs start writing software and games with specific multi-core support things will really ramp up!
After AMD released there dual-core driver people noted quite a difference, the same with flow through with quadcore soon enough - and once the devs start writing software and games with specific multi-core support things will really ramp up!
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Thats actually because Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 are limited to only 2 CPU's (2 Cores) as a Microsoft limitation. If you want to use more, you have to pay more for the software. So Gamers would have no advantage unless they were running hi-end server software, and who can afford that? so Developers just don't bother.BAZZIL wrote:Yer I know Scrunty heh.
This from Toms Hardware tho
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/09/10/ ... age14.html
so we may not need to blow all our pingas just yettomshardware wrote: Gaming fans, however, can confidently stick with the Core 2 Duo/Extreme or the legendary Pentium D 805. That's due to a lack of adaptations for four CPUs - in practice, only a maximum of two processors are used in games.
Something for you AMD boys: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896256
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909944 Game performance may be poor on a Windows XP-based computer that is using a dual-core processor
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That also applies to Intel (yes, I know how you like to get your subtle digs in).Typhoon wrote:Something for you AMD boys: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896256
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909944 Game performance may be poor on a Windows XP-based computer that is using a dual-core processor
The article describes how Windows XP spits the dummy when you are running dynamic throttling software for your CPU ("Speedstep" for Intel, "Cool'n'Quiet" for AMD).
Personally, I never run with the throttling software on anyway, as I find there is a small but noticable lag when it throttles the CPU back up again.
The savings in power and temp just aren't worth it.
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I'm running the SpeedStep for my Intel, and I've not yet noticed any slowdown.Noon416 wrote:That also applies to Intel (yes, I know how you like to get your subtle digs in).Typhoon wrote:Something for you AMD boys: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896256
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909944 Game performance may be poor on a Windows XP-based computer that is using a dual-core processor
The article describes how Windows XP spits the dummy when you are running dynamic throttling software for your CPU ("Speedstep" for Intel, "Cool'n'Quiet" for AMD).
Personally, I never run with the throttling software on anyway, as I find there is a small but noticable lag when it throttles the CPU back up again.
The savings in power and temp just aren't worth it.
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