Hmm Alien Swarm was the first game in a long time that I actually enjoyed playing without worrying about FPS ^.^
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:43 PM, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > It doesn't matter where someone comes from, attitude is attitude. And > when I talked about 60fps, I meant it was the most enjoyable > experience and the way the game was developed to be played at. Of > course 60fps aren't the only way to enjoy a game, far from it. We can > perfectly enjoy playing at half of it, I'm not saying otherwise, I'm > playing WoW right now and even though indoor areas rise to 60fps at > best, when I'm at detailed and/or crowded outdoors it falls to 10fps, > but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy playing every single bit of the > game. Hell, as mentioned before, some games don't even play properly > when running higher than 30fps. > > On Jul 19, 10:04 pm, "THEfog ." <[email protected]> wrote: >> Ummm dude, we aren't trying to condone that all high end pc owners are rich >> folk that do nothing but brag, I have a high end gaming rig which I >> researched and built to my exact wants but I don't brag about it around >> here, now you may or may not have meant it but that post about how 60FPS is >> the only way to play did sound demeaning and imposing over people here who >> may be either less fortunate financially or simply do not have the time to >> aquire these high powered PC's. Now 9xxssf is open to everyone and we >> welcome every new member like a brother but when people come into the group >> and more or less just put it out there how good their systems are and how >> much everyone else's system pales in comparison then even you can see how >> this could piss people o...@everyone Now let's just put this behind us and >> move on, the last thing we need is a flame war in this community. >> >> THEfog >> >> On 20/07/2010 6:50 AM, "Cef" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> @tribaljet >> >> Sure I come here to brag only, I've been bragging and ranting in this >> community for about 2 years, I bragged like hell about how my 915g >> onboard graphics could run F.E.A.R. in mid settings. Heck, I even made >> a bragging compatibility list of the games my 915g could run back in >> the day. >> >> Come on, seriously, 30 FPS solid, no variation in a buggy game, using >> the minimum recommended specs in old drivers and no updates? If the >> maximum FPS you get is 30 you'd most likely fall into 15 FPS whenever >> more than two cars are being rendered, then it's not choppy it's slide >> show. Also you don't need a monster screen to see the difference >> between crappy PS3 blurry textures, which is what GTA IV looks in mid- >> low, and decent looking PC graphics, just check some screenshots and >> compare. >> >> Let's skip the phallic talk, I don't say size matters in all games, >> but GTA IV sucks VRAM like a damn leech, so the less VRAM you have the >> less performance range you have to prevent FPS loss and the narrower >> your margin is to rise the settings beyond low. >> >> Speaking of forums you'd probably like to google GTA IV low FPS, and >> see hundreds of posts on how the game is slow and choppy on mid-high >> end machines, so all of those folks, like me, like to brag recklessly >> about their machines or are just proof that this particular game needs >> more hardware to run properly than the so-called megapixel 2010 games >> you say low end rigs are supposed to play spectacularly nice? What >> about youtube also? Rigs like the one you mention or even better >> barely reach 25 fps on GTA IV, there's this >> video:http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=c2_1uFIHk6A&feature=relatedNow that's >> smooth and good looking! >> >> Shadows won't kill games, F.E.A.R. 2 takes advantage of shadowing and >> even Ambient Occlusion with no loss of performance whatsoever. And >> yeah it's awful to see how three year old laptop owners actually brag >> about improbable stuff and their incredible PC tuning skills, mocking >> an honest opinion, and claiming that "rich folks" don't know how to >> keep a PC running, that really makes me boo hoo. >> >> In the end we'll keep on arguing about mine's best and yours suck, so >> let's get things straight, old PCs have potential, I know it because I >> have a couple of them and I've seen how a Pentium D @2.8, 2GB DDR RAM >> and a 8400 GS can lift DMC IV to 30 fps on mid-settings, but saying >> that they can run new games better than newer and more powerful PCs >> it's ridiculous. If you can juice your PC and get the most of >> performance then it's great, that's what this group is about, but just >> don't exaggerate and use your "experience" to try to mock and demean >> others. >> >> .C. >> >> -- >> 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > -- > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > -- Acer TravelMate 2480 GFX: GMA950 CPU: Intel Celeron M 420 @ 1.6Ghz RAM: 2GB DDR2 333Mhz HDD: Samsung 120GB 5400RPM SATA -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
