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nightlith
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 Posted: Thu, 13th Jan 2011 04:49 Post subject: The "I got a new graphics card what should i play" |
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Does a thread like this already exist? ... Heh anyway, as the title says, for the first time ever I was finally able to buy a hal decent and non-budget graphics card. I've lived off off sub $100 cards long enough I wanted to treat myself to something pretty. So staying in a more modest budget I got a 6850. I'm playing Bad Company 2 with all the trimmings, at my monitors native res with nary a hiccup. And damn does it ever look good!
Trying to help cure my consoletarditis and getting back to my pc gaming roots. So, what have I missed in the last...oooh... year or two?
i can has computar?!
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xDBS
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Jan 2011 05:01 Post subject: |
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Metro 2033
Oblivion and Fallout games with Graphic Mods.
Kings Bounty
Mafia 2
Grand Theft Auto + Episodes (Deff worth a try looks great with high detail)
Kings Bounty
The Witcher
Divinity 2: Dragon Knight Saga
Kings Bounty
Mass Effect 1+2
Dragon Age
And whatever else that someone post below me.
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chiv
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Jan 2011 05:06 Post subject: |
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crysis.
seriously... every time you upgrade your pc, you owe it to yourself to install /reinstall crysis, because its still the sexiest looking motherfucker out there.
in fact im pretty sure its an unwritten rule that this is the first game automatically installed after every upgrade...
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Waargh
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nightlith
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chiv
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Jan 2011 05:34 Post subject: |
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when i upgraded to windows 7 and got my new 570, first thing i did was install crysis.. everything on high, with objects on very high... and i actually FINISHED it this time. never finished the game before, but this time i did! yay! dunno why i gave up last time... game was probably chugging along too much or i needed the space for another game, i dunno... but this time i finished! didnt hate it... actually found it kinda fun, and enjoyed the presentation of it... but now im feeling bummed because i always thought crysis 2 was a sequel not a fucking console reboot, so now im kinda sad that i dont get to continue nomads story 
yet one more reason crytek can fuck off i guess.
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Jan 2011 07:09 Post subject: |
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| chiv wrote: | when i upgraded to windows 7 and got my new 570, first thing i did was install crysis.. everything on high, with objects on very high... and i actually FINISHED it this time. never finished the game before, but this time i did! yay! dunno why i gave up last time... game was probably chugging along too much or i needed the space for another game, i dunno... but this time i finished! didnt hate it... actually found it kinda fun, and enjoyed the presentation of it... but now im feeling bummed because i always thought crysis 2 was a sequel not a fucking console reboot, so now im kinda sad that i dont get to continue nomads story
yet one more reason crytek can fuck off i guess. |
same was here with crysis, somehow when it cames out i didn't finish it and i left it to sit on my hd for few long weeks , i guess i got kind of over gaming(that feeling happens when there are few games you play and you are full of it...lost intrest in gaming for a while.)...it happen sometimes:)
and after a while a good friend of mine finished it and told me that if there is a game i will love it will be crysis, so why the hell i left it unfinished ? so...i strted from the point i left it and loved it more and more while progressing in the game.
it is a very good game and this thread makes me want to play it again:) |
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nightlith
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Jan 2011 11:37 Post subject: |
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WOW! Holy shit Crysis is awesome! Playing it all High at 1680x1050 stable around 35-40 FPS and god damn it really is gorgeous!
i can has computar?!
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Jan 2011 12:41 Post subject: |
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| nightlith wrote: | | WOW! Holy shit Crysis is awesome! Playing it all High at 1680x1050 stable around 35-40 FPS and god damn it really is gorgeous! |
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=417651
Thread with a collection of all the best crysis graphics mods to make it look even better.
Lets see your fancy new card take on all that muhahaha
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JBeckman
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can any1 be kind enough to post a link with the best 'elder scrolls oblivion' graphic mod? thinking of replaying this game but there r tons of mods out there and i dont know which one is the best
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JBeckman
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ixigia
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Jan 2011 14:35 Post subject: |
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The ones mentioned plus Stalker CoP, Dawn of War II, ArmA 2, Empire Total War/Napoleon, Risen etc.
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the question here is what system do you have ?
if i had a new dx11 card i would first test things that USE DX11 then DX10 and then... wait for good games that use DX10 or 11 
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nightlith
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Ronhrin
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Cryostasis 
He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither
- Benjamin Franklin - 1759
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| MasterVampire wrote: | | nightlith wrote: | | WOW! Holy shit Crysis is awesome! Playing it all High at 1680x1050 stable around 35-40 FPS and god damn it really is gorgeous! |
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=417651
Thread with a collection of all the best crysis graphics mods to make it look even better.
Lets see your fancy new card take on all that muhahaha |
Its a shame that crysis is badly programmed
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chiv
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Jan 2011 19:39 Post subject: |
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i read that they apparently did a bit better with warhead, indeed allowing the 'dx10 only' features to be used on winxp with dx9 (thus proving what we all knew... that crysis's dx10 features were nothing but a bullshit scam.. ahem.. and also making the game run better at higher settings...
yeah after finding myself enjoying crysis, i think ill be grabbing warhead - if for no other reason than to get another dose of psycho, seeing as i doubt we'll see him and nomad again since theyre not continuing their story 
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Werelds
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Crysis is a gem in programming when you compare it to some of the other stuff mentioned so far. Mafia 2? GTA 4? The Gamebryo games? Metro? None of them look as good as Crysis, and despite the latter rendering at a lower FPS on most systems, it still looks better and plays smoother 
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chiv
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Jan 2011 21:09 Post subject: |
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havent played mafia 2 yet, but ill give you gta 4 definately. man that thing chugged like fuck. like watching bad stop-motion animation.
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Snoepgun
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But a friend of mine who works at the shop where I get all my parts says they'll take the board, processor and ram in, and knock off some cost towards upgrading to a Phenom X6 with a newer AM3 board.
