Tale Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 I tried the Vanguard beta for a day. It was sooo boring I couldn't believe my eyes. It had none of the charm that made World of Warcract so attractive, even for someone like me who isn't really interested in MMORPG's. Obviously you never played a Psionicist. Being able to run around shouting "I'LL DESTROY YOUR PITIFUL MIND!" is all the charm you really need. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Raven Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Figured out how you can get a frontal view. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokishi Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Been playing Oblivion with hi-res texture mods. I suggest everyone get texture mods Current 3DMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowtrain Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Been playing Oblivion with hi-res texture mods. I suggest everyone get texture mods <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My computer would throw up, die, then throw up again. Those screenies look fab though. What do you use to power your computer? A nuclear reactor? Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokishi Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I wish I had a nuclear reactor, it would glow all green and stuff and spew radiation everytime I open the dvd-drive Current 3DMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkreku Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Oblivion was the first game I've played where I could see a clear distinction between ATI and Nvidia GPU's. Oh, and those high-res texture packs were around at the time I played through the game, so.. been there, done that. Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 What type of distinction? Quality, performance? What did you find? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkreku Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I think the term would be "crispness". I got Oblivion when I had a Radeon 9800 Pro and it worked great, but I couldn't turn on all the effects as I wanted to. So in the middle of the game I bought a Geforce 7800 and continued the game. So for 50 hours I played with a ATI Radeon and for 50 hours I played with a Geforce. The difference was that the image was somehow crisper on the Radeon, while it looked smoother, more muddled on the Geforce. No matter what I did with the settings, I just couldn't get back the same type of image I had with the Radeon. Unless my monitor somehow crapped up in between the two GPU's, I blame the difference on the two brands. I'm not saying ATI has a better image quality (although force of habit makes me prefer it) and I could probably not pick out the ATI from a bunch of different screen shots, but it really felt like I was playing the game with a really dusty monitor for the first few hours after the vide card change. It was weird. Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I have typically preferred the image quality of ATI cards as well, but I haven't really done a side by side comparison in many, many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I'd probably use ATI As well, but my computers get violenetly ill when I install them. I've been relegated to Nvidia because of such stability problems. Join me, and we shall make Production Beards a reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astr0creep Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 But... but... NVidia is the way it's meant to be played! " http://entertainmentandbeyond.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blodhemn Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Love this area.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SadExchange Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I think the term would be "crispness". I got Oblivion when I had a Radeon 9800 Pro and it worked great, but I couldn't turn on all the effects as I wanted to. So in the middle of the game I bought a Geforce 7800 and continued the game. So for 50 hours I played with a ATI Radeon and for 50 hours I played with a Geforce. The difference was that the image was somehow crisper on the Radeon, while it looked smoother, more muddled on the Geforce. No matter what I did with the settings, I just couldn't get back the same type of image I had with the Radeon. Unless my monitor somehow crapped up in between the two GPU's, I blame the difference on the two brands. I'm not saying ATI has a better image quality (although force of habit makes me prefer it) and I could probably not pick out the ATI from a bunch of different screen shots, but it really felt like I was playing the game with a really dusty monitor for the first few hours after the vide card change. It was weird. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I definitely have to agree with this, when I first bought the game, I had a 9800 XT which played the game quite well, but then after playing through a few times, I needed to upgrade my card because it was starting to die out after 3 years of service, so I upgraded to Nvidia's 7600 GT, and the crispness of the game went away. Not that it looked terrible, but the edges suddenly became a little more rounder, if that sound right. But even the textures of the game weren't as clear. Again, it wasn't anything terrible, just dramatically different where you could tell between the two video cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I like ATI. Not a huge fan of Nvidia. Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Raven Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Love this area.. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I love the music in that area. I could listen to that for hours. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Been playing Oblivion with hi-res texture mods. I suggest everyone get texture mods <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just the 36fps in that one, then, Bok? Time for 8800 SLi ... (or are you waiting for the 8850GX2 two-(laptop)-GPUs-on-a-single-PCI-e-daughter-card-upgrade-of-the=7950GX2, which is rumoured about to be released?) OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkreku Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Just a small tip for anyone playing Silent Storm: WHen you find a grenade called RPG-41, pick it up! It ROCKS! Check out my example: I found this locked door and booby trapped it to blow it up, using the RPG-41. This is the result! The damn thing took down half the building! Am still having a blast. Found a weapon I'd never seen before last night: Seadevil (I think it was called), a very powerful sniper rifle with great range. It was just a random battleground, but the gun was placed on the mantlepiece in one of the houses in the map. There was a huge (and difficult) battle preceding it, so I had a feeling the random encounter was a bit special.. Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diogo Ribeiro Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 The Sea Devil is pretty powerful... Reminds me of Arcanum's Looking Glass Rife pre-patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokishi Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Been playing Oblivion with hi-res texture mods. I suggest everyone get texture mods <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just the 36fps in that one, then, Bok? Time for 8800 SLi ... (or are you waiting for the 8850GX2 two-(laptop)-GPUs-on-a-single-PCI-e-daughter-card-upgrade-of-the=7950GX2, which is rumoured about to be released?) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes, time for SLi indeed. Current 3DMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I am waiting for the next gen ATI card. Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokishi Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Love this area.. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> LOL that second screen reminds me of Rocky Horror. Current 3DMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoM_Solaufein Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 One of the harder encounters in a mod I made a few years ago. War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is StrengthBaldur's Gate moddingTeamBGBaldur's Gate modder/community leaderBaldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition beta testerBaldur's Gate 2 - Enhanced Edition beta tester Icewind Dale - Enhanced Edition beta tester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Rosa goes to war! I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share Posted January 18, 2007 Rosa goes to war! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Now that's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 My pig familiar and overlooking a lizardling corpse. Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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