Have Technology hit a wall?

Runningkid · 11 Mar 2006 at 21:04

just wondering, have technology hit a dead end? Because with all the new graphics card released they dont actully ahve any new features, jsut more pipelines and speed. I mean all the features a 7800 have, the 6800 have as well and this card is 1 generation ago.

lemonkettaz · 11 Mar 2006 at 21:07

no...

i think games have hit a massive lead wall.

seriously not taking advantage of any top end technology yet..
and the gameplay has pretty much got stagnent recently. especially in FPS.. it needs something to grab it by the neck otherwise it will die very quickly

Mr Fujisawa · 11 Mar 2006 at 21:08

deffinately hasnt hit a wall, until things look like real life, theres plenty more to do. then theres VR/holographic stuff, then itll be jacking in.

we're only at the start mate

lemonkettaz · 11 Mar 2006 at 21:10

lol.. when they produce a graphics engine that actually represents "real eyesight".. then we will all be like........ ok...now what

Runningkid · 11 Mar 2006 at 21:11

oh ok, coz i couldnt really find anything "new" on any other the newer cards compared to the older ones.

S-H-A-N-E · 11 Mar 2006 at 21:14

i have looked at the games pre-orders for the rest of the year , only game worth getting is unreal 2007 , nothing worth talking about , whats happend to pc gaming , all these new cards and nothing to show , roll on the PS3 , very disappointing , the last game i played was Call of duty 2 , what do you think ? the 7800 have not been even tested , now they are being replace , it seems the harware is moving but not the software

JonnyGLC · 11 Mar 2006 at 21:20

S-H-A-N-E said:
i have looked at the games pre-orders for the rest of the year , only game worth getting is unreal 2007 , nothing worth talking about , whats happend to pc gaming , all these new cards and nothing to show , roll on the PS3 , very disappointing , the last game i played was Call of duty 2 , what do you think ? the 7800 have not been even tested , now they are being replace , it seems the harware is moving but not the software

If you think your 7800 ran COD2 fine at maxed out settings, then you need to get your eyes tested.

S-H-A-N-E · 11 Mar 2006 at 21:22

i guess it depends on what your running COD 2 ran well for me on max settings

Raikiri · 11 Mar 2006 at 21:29

S-H-A-N-E said:
i guess it depends on what your running COD 2 ran well for me on max settings

No it didnt, max settings would be at least 1680x1050 res, 8xAA, 16xAF and I seriously doubt an single card could handle that at playable settings. I know my 7800 can't

easyrider · 11 Mar 2006 at 21:30

A random name said:
If you think your 7800 ran COD2 fine at maxed out settings, then you need to get your eyes tested.

Agreed.

My 7800 GT didn't cut the mustard in COD2

LabR@t · 11 Mar 2006 at 21:39

S-H-A-N-E said:
i have looked at the games pre-orders for the rest of the year , only game worth getting is unreal 2007 , nothing worth talking about , whats happend to pc gaming , all these new cards and nothing to show , roll on the PS3 , very disappointing , the last game i played was Call of duty 2 , what do you think ? the 7800 have not been even tested , now they are being replace , it seems the harware is moving but not the software

UT2007 it that special m8 try this http://www.projectoffset.com/

LabR@t · 11 Mar 2006 at 21:40

Raikiri said:
No it didnt, max settings would be at least 1680x1050 res, 8xAA, 16xAF and I seriously doubt an single card could handle that at playable settings. I know my 7800 can't

my x1800xt does smooth as silk 40fps constant

Raikiri · 11 Mar 2006 at 21:41

LabR@t said:
my x1800xt does smooth as silk 40fps constant

A lot of people would not call 40fps smooth as silk though

easyrider · 11 Mar 2006 at 21:43

Raikiri said:
A lot of people would not call 40fps smooth as silk though

I would call that just playable certainly not smooth as silk

Naffa · 11 Mar 2006 at 21:46

easyrider said:
I would call that just playable certainly not smooth as silk

yuh.

raikiri f t w.

Subtlesnake · 11 Mar 2006 at 21:51

Runningkid said:
just wondering, have technology hit a dead end? Because with all the new graphics card released they dont actully ahve any new features, jsut more pipelines and speed. I mean all the features a 7800 have, the 6800 have as well and this card is 1 generation ago.

It's very difficult to add new features without API support, which is why the major shifts occur with the release of each new DirectX version.

DirectX 10 will be no different.

LabR@t · 11 Mar 2006 at 22:27

easyrider said:
I would call that just playable certainly not smooth as silk

smooth its a constant 40

JonnyGLC · 11 Mar 2006 at 23:09

LabR@t said:
smooth its a constant 40

And 40 isn't a good FPS rate, doesn't matter if it's constant or not.

LabR@t · 11 Mar 2006 at 23:11

Well I find it ok with cod2 seeing how its a badly coded POS, crap game anyway

Cyber-Mav · 12 Mar 2006 at 02:07

most new games are badly coded, their gfx are no better and mostly worse than games likes farcry and half-life 2. games like COD2 and FEAR are just stupidly coded, the gfx produced in the game should demand no more than a geforce 4 gfx card.