The High-Res Screenshot Thread!

Omaeka said:
I have pretty much the same system specs as he does, and GTA IV runs fine. All the videos on YouTube feature horribly low spec machines bossing out GTA IV with no problems. It seems the better your machine is, the worse the game runs, truly anti-PC. True definition of a console port. :p
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That's one of the worst posts I've read. My 2500k @ 4.6ghz and 6950 run GTA IV maxed out with an enb and high definition car mods at 1080p just fine. As I've told you before your game runs fine because you play at 1440x900.
 
Thats funny because I get the exact same fps regardless what resolution I play at (bottlenecked CPU). I get anywhere between 35-50 fps at 1920x1200 same as 1440x900.

My point was, that the majority of people who struggle with GTA IV far outspec the recommended/minimum requirements. Obviously there are going to be some people with good machines who can run it well, its just down to luck more than anything.

I haven't gamed below 1080p for weeks, and before you start about it simply being unlocked and not a true 1080p monitor, its the exact same hit on your hardware either way. Ever since I ditched ENB's and gone with Climates of Tamriel, I run Skyrim on Ultra with far above stock settings via the .ini files at 40+ fps @ 1080p.
 
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The game is really badly optimized but I wouldn't go as far as to say that having a higher spec machine will make it run worse. I've heard the game runs much better on nvidia cards than AMD though.
 
I'm not sure if IV is Nvidia biased or not, but I can't remember seeing a Nvidia splash on startup. Most games sadly are biased towards Nvidia because Nvidia throw more money around, its the only downside to owning an AMD card. :(
 
Yeah pretty **** tbh. I'd still prefer to use an AMD card and lose 1-2fps and save around £50+ to the comparitive nvidia model.
 
It depends what card you get, Crysis is a great example of biasing, Nvidia pay them to use unneccesary amounts of tesselation just because the cards AMD had at the time didn't process tesselation well at all. As tempting as it is to go green, I think I'll stay AMD and swap to Intel for processors.

I hear for every Nvidia card baught, a itty bitty bunny wabbit dies an extremely painful death somewhere. :(
 
From what I heard GTA 4 runs or ran worse on ATI cards... This TI 560 is the first nvidia card I have owned for maybe ten years.
 
d_brennen said:
Quake 1 rendered with the Dark Spaces engine. Little extra enhancements, I like Quake the way it was. The architecture has always fascinated me, the speed and gameplay still haven't been matched IMO. I hear there are PC gamers who have never played Quake 1 :eek:

It's not Skyrim at least

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Ah classic but you should try one of the improved texture packs :D

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GTA ran practically the same (i.e. like dog****) going from a Q9550 @ 3.4ghz/HD 4890 to a [email protected]/GTX680.

The game engine is fuggered beyond belief and looks like somebody vomitted all over your monitor everytime you fire it up. The mods make the game look better of course, but surely that just makes you beg the question even more; just what on earth were the developers thinking?

I appreciate the scale and complexity of the game, but the idea somebody created something so amazing, and then **** all over it with stupid post-processing effects is confusing to say the least. :confused:
 
Nope the 'slowmo bug' with Space Marine causes bouts of total game slowdown when running around empty unpopulated areas. It is either a video driver or engine bug but it's never been fixed. By slowdown it's not 'choppy' slowdown; it's the opposite. The game runs at an incredibly slow speed but renders every frame smoothly. It seems like some internal timing screw-up.

It was more prevalent on Nvidia cards when I was scanning the bug reports but some AMD guys had it too. http://www.spacemarine.com/forums/topic/8403
 
yashiro said:
Nope the 'slowmo bug' with Space Marine causes bouts of total game slowdown when running around empty unpopulated areas. It is either a video driver or engine bug but it's never been fixed. By slowdown it's not 'choppy' slowdown; it's the opposite. The game runs at an incredibly slow speed but renders every frame smoothly. It seems like some internal timing screw-up.

It was more prevalent on Nvidia cards when I was scanning the bug reports but some AMD guys had it too. http://www.spacemarine.com/forums/topic/8403
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Apparently it only came in when they released the most recent update, it was fine before, But I didn't research it to much because I just wanted to complete it and get it out the way :p
 
Some not Skyrim :D

Metro 2033. Really enjoying this game so far. Very atmospheric, and looks superb in 3D.

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Not the face! :D

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Random Deus Ex screenshot I found in my Fraps folder. Just started playing it again. Best game ever. DirectX 10 renderer and the aspect ratio fix are the only 'mods' I'm running with it.

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