Bioshock Demo Up - Page 24

Eomer · 08-21-2007, 04:12 PM

That's exactly what I'm concerned about. I have this eery feeling that I'll get home and both my computers will have the pre-load at 100%, but then I'll try to play and magically it'll go to 80% like my office computer did an hour ago. To be honest, I'm pretty pissed about this, especially considering I could have bought the game for 10-15 cheaper at a store and primarily purchased it through Steam for convenience. Convenience my ass.

dub · 08-21-2007, 04:17 PM

Believe me Trip, the empathy is flowing. I went with direct2drive because rumor had it we would get to DL as soon as the game was available, which I assumed meant 10am pst or 10am everywhere (cst for me). D2D decided to wait til this morning to officially announce that the game would be available for DL at 1pm PST... just like steam. The difference being of course, we don't have the option to preload. I was bitter 4 hours ago but now I've calmed down. Fortunately my DL rate has hovered nicely around 800 KB/s. But still, 6gigs is a bitch to DL no matter how you look at it. I'm almost done extracting now, but I'll have to start dinner in an hour, then eat, clean, etc. so I won't be able to *really* start playing for a few more hours.

Zignor 2 · 08-21-2007, 04:21 PM

Yeah, my pre-load went from 100%-80% when the game launched, but it didn't take long to complete.

PC thoughts so far:

Running with AA turned on (the jaggies are terrible without it), the game runs smoothly until more than one creature is on the screen, then it descends into a choppy mess. This is not kosher. Oblivion fucking screams on my machine, and makes the 360 version look like poo. Bioshock? Just the opposite. Hopefully some good .ini tweaks are forthcoming.

Twobit Whore · 08-21-2007, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zignor 2

Yeah, my pre-load went from 100%-80% when the game launched, but it didn't take long to complete.

PC thoughts so far:

Running with AA turned on (the jaggies are terrible without it), the game runs smoothly until more than one creature is on the screen, then it descends into a choppy mess. This is not kosher. Oblivion fucking screams on my machine, and makes the 360 version look like poo. Bioshock? Just the opposite. Hopefully some good .ini tweaks are forthcoming.

System specs?

Zignor 2 · 08-21-2007, 04:30 PM

Athlon 64 X2 4200+
DFI Lanparty motherboard
2 GIG Memory
eVGA 8800GTS 320mb mildly oc'd
36g Raptors x2 in RAID 0
Antec TP 2 480w
WinXP 32
163.44 drivers

Slide · 08-21-2007, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zignor 2

Athlon 64 X2 4200+
DFI Lanparty motherboard
2 GIG Memory
eVGA 8800GTS 320mb mildly oc'd
36g Raptors x2 in RAID 0
Antec TP 2 480w
WinXP 32
163.44 drivers

Similar specs to you;

Vista64
X2 4200+
BFG 8800GTS OC
4GB RAM

It was really smooth in 1680x1050 resolution, and stayed that way with a few things on screen. Every slider was set to highest also.

Zignor 2 · 08-21-2007, 04:49 PM

Do you have AA turned on?

It stays smooth on mine without AA, but like I said, the jaggies are murder.

Eomer · 08-21-2007, 04:50 PM

Hah, the game actually loaded on a Athlon 3200 w/512mb of ram and a 9500 Pro. Graphics were completely borked and I couldn't make sense of anything on the screen other than some fire, mostly it was just a mess of artifacts and missing textures. But it loaded! Frame rate at 640x480 was butter smooth too!

Senen · 08-21-2007, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linbog

Let me guess, you have an EVGA 7xxx Series card? This seems to be known issue with them, I have an EVGA 7800 with this pretty much exact issue on pretty much any game

I'm running 2x7800gtx Evga's and the games running like butter with everything maxed out not one time has it hitched, lagged, paused in 5 hours of straight playing now. I'm actualy suprised at just how well the games running and how damn fun the game is. I have to say damn the game can scare the shit out of you it has that eary/spooky touch that I love.

nosf · 08-21-2007, 05:23 PM

So like, gameplay discussion and stuff.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Bought it at Futureshop with a gift card, and just enough left on it for Mass Effect in a couple months. They had a few copies, but they had it behind the cashier instead of on display. Managed to squeeze in an hour at lunch, befori coming home tonight and plunking my ass down - goddamn this game is great.

dumdee777 · 08-21-2007, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shots

Exact opposite for me I think. I bought the 360 version. It was a mix between lower graphics and 'feeling'. Let me say this, I HATE fps games on consoles. I can't stand them at all. But Bioshock is eerily playable. I think the really nailed it with the controls, as it's smooth as hell and I don't have a hard time at all. Also, for some reason the atmosphere feels better sitting in a lazy boy + big screen. Last night when I played the PC demo, I just couldn't disconnect from reality enough because of the graphics issues whereas with the 360 demo (and now the full game) I can easily disconnect.

I must really suck at aiming then, cause I wasted all my bullets trying to hit that flying robot in the demo.

Tripamang · 08-21-2007, 05:43 PM

Opteron 165 @ 2.4Ghz
2GB of Ram
8800GTX 768mb

Runs smooth as butter with no jaggies at 1600x1200, everything defaulted to max. I didn't update my drivers to the new beta ones that nvidia has out.

Kildace · 08-21-2007, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nosf

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Sharmai · 08-21-2007, 06:04 PM

Fuck I just purchased it through steam.. everyones glowing damn reviews got to me and the demo wasn't bad to me..

I just couldn't wait for the cracked release to hit.

But I swear to god if all you fuckers are wrong and this is one of those single player games I play ONCE for 20 hours and never touch again in my fucking life i hope you all burn in HELL!!!!

Eomer · 08-21-2007, 06:09 PM

Jesus fuck, exactly as I predicted: had to come home and restart Steam on both computers, decrypted, and now it's downloading another couple hundred megabytes. This is bullshit. Don't fucking advertise it as "play as soon as it's released" if I've got to fuck around like this. And for god's sake, can't the restarting be automated so I can just walk in the door and it's magically working, instead of waiting another hour?

08-21-2007, 05:23 PM	#355 (permalink)
nosf Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 790 +16 Internets	So like, gameplay discussion and stuff. Spoiler Alert, click show to read: I've elected to save the little sisters, because I'm sorta dubious about Atlas, and Tenenbaum appears on the level. I've saved about 4 and don't feel like my Adam gains are suffering. What I need is more slots, but I've only been able to buy a couple plasmid slots. Big Daddies so far aren't too bad, but I did manage to fuck myself when I attacked one that had a Rivet Gun and he had put the little sister in a tube already, so I couldn't get her after he was downed. Bought it at Futureshop with a gift card, and just enough left on it for Mass Effect in a couple months. They had a few copies, but they had it behind the cashier instead of on display. Managed to squeeze in an hour at lunch, befori coming home tonight and plunking my ass down - goddamn this game is great.

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Tripamang I have to return some video tapes... Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2,345 +7 Internets	Opteron 165 @ 2.4Ghz 2GB of Ram 8800GTX 768mb Runs smooth as butter with no jaggies at 1600x1200, everything defaulted to max. I didn't update my drivers to the new beta ones that nvidia has out. __________________

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08-21-2007, 04:12 PM	#346 (permalink)
Eomer You mean I can change this? Neat! Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,975 +66 Internets	That's exactly what I'm concerned about. I have this eery feeling that I'll get home and both my computers will have the pre-load at 100%, but then I'll try to play and magically it'll go to 80% like my office computer did an hour ago. To be honest, I'm pretty pissed about this, especially considering I could have bought the game for 10-15 cheaper at a store and primarily purchased it through Steam for convenience. Convenience my ass.

08-21-2007, 04:17 PM	#347 (permalink)
dub Registered Snoozer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pleasuretown Posts: 815	Believe me Trip, the empathy is flowing. I went with direct2drive because rumor had it we would get to DL as soon as the game was available, which I assumed meant 10am pst or 10am everywhere (cst for me). D2D decided to wait til this morning to officially announce that the game would be available for DL at 1pm PST... just like steam. The difference being of course, we don't have the option to preload. I was bitter 4 hours ago but now I've calmed down. Fortunately my DL rate has hovered nicely around 800 KB/s. But still, 6gigs is a bitch to DL no matter how you look at it. I'm almost done extracting now, but I'll have to start dinner in an hour, then eat, clean, etc. so I won't be able to really start playing for a few more hours.

08-21-2007, 04:21 PM	#348 (permalink)
Zignor 2 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 343 +0 Internets	Yeah, my pre-load went from 100%-80% when the game launched, but it didn't take long to complete. PC thoughts so far: Running with AA turned on (the jaggies are terrible without it), the game runs smoothly until more than one creature is on the screen, then it descends into a choppy mess. This is not kosher. Oblivion fucking screams on my machine, and makes the 360 version look like poo. Bioshock? Just the opposite. Hopefully some good .ini tweaks are forthcoming.

08-21-2007, 04:30 PM	#350 (permalink)
Zignor 2 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 343 +0 Internets	Athlon 64 X2 4200+ DFI Lanparty motherboard 2 GIG Memory eVGA 8800GTS 320mb mildly oc'd 36g Raptors x2 in RAID 0 Antec TP 2 480w WinXP 32 163.44 drivers

08-21-2007, 04:49 PM	#352 (permalink)
Zignor 2 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 343 +0 Internets	Do you have AA turned on? It stays smooth on mine without AA, but like I said, the jaggies are murder.

08-21-2007, 04:50 PM	#353 (permalink)
Eomer You mean I can change this? Neat! Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,975 +66 Internets	Hah, the game actually loaded on a Athlon 3200 w/512mb of ram and a 9500 Pro. Graphics were completely borked and I couldn't make sense of anything on the screen other than some fire, mostly it was just a mess of artifacts and missing textures. But it loaded! Frame rate at 640x480 was butter smooth too!

08-21-2007, 06:09 PM	#360 (permalink)
Eomer You mean I can change this? Neat! Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,975 +66 Internets	Jesus fuck, exactly as I predicted: had to come home and restart Steam on both computers, decrypted, and now it's downloading another couple hundred megabytes. This is bullshit. Don't fucking advertise it as "play as soon as it's released" if I've got to fuck around like this. And for god's sake, can't the restarting be automated so I can just walk in the door and it's magically working, instead of waiting another hour?