A 48xx is dirt cheap now ... so DX 10.1 IS affordable.
And a £20 NV card will run PhysX just fine, when put into a 2nd slot of a system with a primary ATi card.
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A 48xx is dirt cheap now ... so DX 10.1 IS affordable.
And a £20 NV card will run PhysX just fine, when put into a 2nd slot of a system with a primary ATi card.
and the one game that actually uses physix and is any good is Batman AA, which doesn't let you do that.
Doesn't mean everyone has bought them.
Thats really not true.
NV enabled 2ndry card PhysX in their driver a while back, so I fail to see why Batman wouldn't let you have PhysX?
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It doesn't, there a few threads on it.
It doesn't allowing because it makes people think "oh NV is better batman AA looks so much better on my mates pc with NV card than my mates with ATI,"
next card they buy is NV.
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You might want to look at Uncharted 2.
I have refrained from posting anything about this recent situation because to me it would feel like a monumental waste of time. But i am going to add two things...
1) The mentality some people have that "they owe me" simply doesnt wash. As i sit here and scan my game shelf i see COD 1, COD UO, COD 2, COD MW and COD WAW, and i think of the hours, days even of entertainment those games have given me...the figure is astronomical and im not even close to being a hardcore gamer. So why anyone could think IW owe them, or somehow feel like IW is in there debt is absurd. What ever amount you paid (or didnt pay, as i would wager with some people) you have recieved adequate rebutal for that money. NO ONE here owes anyone anything. As far as i am concerned your all judging and item you havent played or no little about. Certainly not enough to provoke the immature reaction most have hoisted.
2) "i will pirate the game and only play the single player section". Who in there right (or left) mind would honestly think that solves anything?. Whilst i believe piracy is not stealing it is NEVER justified...EVER!. And to sit there proud as punch thinking you have one over on IW is mental. If nothing else you are simply proving their point about piracy in the first place. Same goes for one star ratings on amazon. Your anger for an unrealeased product withstanding. Do you really feel any better for kicking it before its even on its feet...before you have even PLAYED IT no less?...if the answer is yes then thats tragic.
As far as i see it this kind of reaction is exactly the sort that turns into a joke. It happened with the left 4 dead 2 boycotters, and its happening here. It starts with a very reasonable and justified response to a significant (albeit an untested) change in a game and soon boils over too "cancalled my pre order LMAO!!!".
There has to be more for you guys to concern youself with this...there just has to be.
1) The mentality some people have that "they owe me" simply doesnt wash. As i sit here and scan my game shelf i see COD 1, COD UO, COD 2, COD MW and COD WAW, and i think of the hours, days even of entertainment those games have given me...the figure is astronomical and im not even close to being a hardcore gamer. So why anyone could think IW owe them, or somehow feel like IW is in there debt is absurd. What ever amount you paid (or didnt pay, as i would wager with some people) you have recieved adequate rebutal for that money. NO ONE here owes anyone anything. As far as i am concerned your all judging and item you havent played or no little about. Certainly not enough to provoke the immature reaction most have hoisted.
2) "i will pirate the game and only play the single player section". Who in there right (or left) mind would honestly think that solves anything?. Whilst i believe piracy is not stealing it is NEVER justified...EVER!. And to sit there proud as punch thinking you have one over on IW is mental. If nothing else you are simply proving their point about piracy in the first place. Same goes for one star ratings on amazon. Your anger for an unrealeased product withstanding. Do you really feel any better for kicking it before its even on its feet...before you have even PLAYED IT no less?...if the answer is yes then thats tragic.
As far as i see it this kind of reaction is exactly the sort that turns into a joke. It happened with the left 4 dead 2 boycotters, and its happening here. It starts with a very reasonable and justified response to a significant (albeit an untested) change in a game and soon boils over too "cancalled my pre order LMAO!!!".
There has to be more for you guys to concern youself with this...there just has to be.
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I knew there was someone on here with a bit of sense. Your post is spot on.
Steam hardware survey shows 58% of machines have DX10 capable hardware (Sept 2009), with 28% of those using Vista to actually make use of it.
edit - to clarify, that 28% is as a component of 58%, leaving the other 30%, if you see what I mean
28% of users have DX10+Vista, 30% of users have DX10+XP, in total 58% of users have DX10 hardware.
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Aye, its their game, they can do what the hell they like with it. Plus its the case with anything, if you don't like a product because of a feature then you dont buy it or buy it and put up with it.
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Well only just realised this. Mate told me and I didn't believe him (been away for few days). Come online to find this crap out. This is the beginning of the end for old school pure PC gaming folks. Flashpoint Dragon Rising did exactly the same thing.
No amount of partitions will change a thing. IW have followed the market. PC gaming is getting phased out bit by bit and I am beginning to regret spending quite so much now on my rig. This is a massive blow to PC gaming but the way IW went about announcing this was also offensive. I kinda feel like the innocence of the gaming industry has gone now. It's all just big business.
No amount of partitions will change a thing. IW have followed the market. PC gaming is getting phased out bit by bit and I am beginning to regret spending quite so much now on my rig. This is a massive blow to PC gaming but the way IW went about announcing this was also offensive. I kinda feel like the innocence of the gaming industry has gone now. It's all just big business.
About the most sensible thing you have said. Ever.
This thread is just bizarre. Not really in to gaming much now as I haver better things to do, but even when I was I'd never brat out in such a way as many are here. Get a grip, there really is more to life than the next CoD on rails shooter. Honest!
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OFDR and MW2 aside i dont think any other companies will dare follow suit after this backlash
MW2 is a huge franchise so they can get away with anything they want really
as you just said your not really into gaming as you used to
so there for you cant really comment on something that people are still quite passionate about
The point is though rpyt, talk to most people and ask them what a 48xx series card is and they will be
Ask them what an Xbox is and I'm sure they'd have more of an idea.
Ofcourse I'm speaking without any evidence to back this up but most people (general public) don't seem to upgrade their PC much and usually use the same computer for around 3-5 years before buying a whole new one. That is simply going on people I've met and spoken to though, I agree with Tefal and doubt that most PCs are DX10 capable.
With regards to the high resolution screenshots you posted, while they're great, I'd rather developers spent more time on innovative gameplay and interesting stories than glossy yet bland shrapnel fests, which is why I game on both PC and Console as I see no reason to take sides when both have their benefits and choice of excellent titles.
You're completely right about an average PC being way more powerful than a console, but that's no reason to take a pop at a perfectly good gaming platform. I think this whole boycott thing has gotten bitter and childish, it's IW's game they can do what they like with it.
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