15 Feb 2008 at 20:19 #1 Turtles Turtles Associate Joined 8 Feb 2008 Posts 1,362 Location Edinburgh Whats the best to use in Oblivion, Bloom or HDR Lighting? Specs if it helps: E8400 3Ghz 8800 GTS 2GB RAM Just got my new PC up and running so I'm testing out all my games. So, HDR or Bloom? Any help much appreciated
Whats the best to use in Oblivion, Bloom or HDR Lighting? Specs if it helps: E8400 3Ghz 8800 GTS 2GB RAM Just got my new PC up and running so I'm testing out all my games. So, HDR or Bloom? Any help much appreciated
15 Feb 2008 at 20:21 #2 Shamikebab Shamikebab Caporegime Joined 9 Mar 2006 Posts 58,960 Location Surrey Fail. Id go with HDR personally though. In fact can't the 8800 do both? I thought it was just Nvidias cards before the 8 series that couldn't.
Fail. Id go with HDR personally though. In fact can't the 8800 do both? I thought it was just Nvidias cards before the 8 series that couldn't.
15 Feb 2008 at 20:21 #3 Fubsy Fubsy Soldato Joined 12 Dec 2003 Posts 11,466 Location Wiltshire Try the Pc Games section.
15 Feb 2008 at 20:31 #4 RoachycaL RoachycaL Soldato Joined 2 Jan 2006 Posts 3,152 Location Newcastle Upon Tyne Id try both, but I think bloom looks better IMO
15 Feb 2008 at 20:41 #5 Turtles Turtles Associate OP Joined 8 Feb 2008 Posts 1,362 Location Edinburgh Yeah, the obvious thing would be to try both....I'm just too lazy I'll have a look....It's a massive difference to what it looked like on my old 7300GS! I never realised there was different coloured grass and trees! Oh...and my bad about posting in the wrong section. In my excitement I must have mis-read it
Yeah, the obvious thing would be to try both....I'm just too lazy I'll have a look....It's a massive difference to what it looked like on my old 7300GS! I never realised there was different coloured grass and trees! Oh...and my bad about posting in the wrong section. In my excitement I must have mis-read it
15 Feb 2008 at 20:50 #6 Logsi Logsi Soldato Joined 19 Oct 2005 Posts 10,531 Location Kernow Shamikebab said: Fail. Id go with HDR personally though. In fact can't the 8800 do both? I thought it was just Nvidias cards before the 8 series that couldn't. Click to expand... That was HDR and AA at the same time. Go with HDR. Bloom is the poor mans HDR. Josh
Shamikebab said: Fail. Id go with HDR personally though. In fact can't the 8800 do both? I thought it was just Nvidias cards before the 8 series that couldn't. Click to expand... That was HDR and AA at the same time. Go with HDR. Bloom is the poor mans HDR. Josh
15 Feb 2008 at 21:05 #7 Spunj99 Spunj99 Soldato Joined 11 Nov 2004 Posts 3,724 Location Stoke HDR. Then force AA on full on the nVidia control panel.
15 Feb 2008 at 21:11 #8 Ripper Ripper Soldato Joined 25 Jan 2003 Posts 11,571 Location Newark, Notts Umm.... make sure its well ventilated.
15 Feb 2008 at 21:26 #9 fish99 fish99 Soldato Joined 19 May 2005 Posts 5,053 Location Doncaster HDR is much nicer IMO but shouldn't this be in the PC games section?
15 Feb 2008 at 23:09 #10 Turtles Turtles Associate OP Joined 8 Feb 2008 Posts 1,362 Location Edinburgh Thanks for all the replys fish99 said: HDR is much nicer IMO but shouldn't this be in the PC games section? Click to expand... Yes, I know.... adamsmith1903 said: Oh...and my bad about posting in the wrong section. In my excitement I must have mis-read Click to expand...
Thanks for all the replys fish99 said: HDR is much nicer IMO but shouldn't this be in the PC games section? Click to expand... Yes, I know.... adamsmith1903 said: Oh...and my bad about posting in the wrong section. In my excitement I must have mis-read Click to expand...
16 Feb 2008 at 00:39 #11 Inazuma Inazuma Soldato Joined 9 Jun 2006 Posts 4,227 Location Purgatory If you have an 8800 then you can do 4x AA and HDR; 1680x1050 res Like me
16 Feb 2008 at 01:01 #12 cheets64 cheets64 Permabanned Joined 30 Sep 2005 Posts 25,896 Location Wigan http://media.urbandictionary.com/image/large/gtfo-56265.jpg No hotlinking please! You spent £150+ on one piece of hardware that will be worth £50 in 18 months.
http://media.urbandictionary.com/image/large/gtfo-56265.jpg No hotlinking please! You spent £150+ on one piece of hardware that will be worth £50 in 18 months.
16 Feb 2008 at 01:08 #13 romperstomper romperstomper Associate Joined 9 Sep 2007 Posts 1,873 adamsmith1903 said: Whats the best to use in Oblivion, Bloom or HDR Lighting? Specs if it helps: E8400 3Ghz 8800 GTS 2GB RAM Just got my new PC up and running so I'm testing out all my games. So, HDR or Bloom? Any help much appreciated Click to expand... try for your self , I did not notice any difference ,nether can you otherwise you would not be asking
adamsmith1903 said: Whats the best to use in Oblivion, Bloom or HDR Lighting? Specs if it helps: E8400 3Ghz 8800 GTS 2GB RAM Just got my new PC up and running so I'm testing out all my games. So, HDR or Bloom? Any help much appreciated Click to expand... try for your self , I did not notice any difference ,nether can you otherwise you would not be asking
16 Feb 2008 at 01:28 #14 fish99 fish99 Soldato Joined 19 May 2005 Posts 5,053 Location Doncaster romperstomper said: try for your self , I did not notice any difference ,nether can you otherwise you would not be asking Click to expand... Seriously? Maybe go have another look, the game looks way flatter without HDR. Compare how lighting looks in dungeons.
romperstomper said: try for your self , I did not notice any difference ,nether can you otherwise you would not be asking Click to expand... Seriously? Maybe go have another look, the game looks way flatter without HDR. Compare how lighting looks in dungeons.