quote Mule

My screen isn't smooth and has stuttering, and the FPS is reported to be anywhere from 30 to 100+ depending on the area and what I'm looking at. In oblivion, even at the lowest resolutions and HDR disabled, even the slightest amount of grass, even as low as 1/10th of the slider, kills my performance and makes the game VERY jerky. If I disable the grass completely, I can play Oblivion with all other settings maxed, 1680x1050 resolution, and AA+AF. I'm no expert but this makes me think my hardware just doesn't cut it.

The real question I need answered here is if I need to upgrade that card or not.. It seems to me that going from a 320MB card to a 768MB card would have to give me some performance increase. Also, there's always the chance that my 8800 GTS is damaged, but I don't know how to test that. I've never really tried tweaking my machine either because I was udner the impression it couldn't really increase your performance noticeably. Is this not true?

Also, you didn't upset me at all and I can't imagine why you think you did.

This message was edited by Mule on Nov 05 2007.

You make a good point about those upcoming 9 series cards. When they come out, the prices of the current 8800s will probably drop. I can save a dime and still get an 8800 GTX. I guess it's settled, I can wait another month.

I've also been thinking about getting a new mobo, this Asus 650i has problems.

This message was edited by Mule on Nov 05 2007.

My Notebook runs it like a wet dream. Although i had to buy a tri-fan cooling base for the laptop i can run it at high specs with a full framerate.

BTW, since when was Bioshock considered an RPG? It may be just me, but i thought the game was cleverly disguised as a FPS. just nit-pickin.

In system requirement lab they dont say anything about my sound card but:
Sound Card
Minimum: Yes
You Have: Realtek High Definition Audio PASS

But in the demo I have no in-game audio
will the original game be the same??
help

quote Nacho_Almighty

My Notebook runs it like a wet dream. Although i had to buy a tri-fan cooling base for the laptop i can run it at high specs with a full framerate.

BTW, since when was Bioshock considered an RPG? It may be just me, but i thought the game was cleverly disguised as a FPS. just nit-pickin.

Stupid question: seeing as a guy with a GeForce 6200 and an AMD 2.2ghz single core played Bioshock at 15fps (even when the minimum hardware requirement was a 6600 and a 2.4ghz processor), what are the hopes of me playing Bioshock with the same video card with a gig of RAM and a P4 1.8ghz?

Edit: fixed grammar.

This message was edited by Chrome on Jan 14 2008.

quote Chrome

Stupid question: seeing as a guy with a GeForce 6200 and an AMD 2.2ghz single core played Bioshock at 15fps (even when the minimum hardware requirement was a 6600 and a 2.4ghz processor), what are the hopes of me playing Bioshock with the same video card with a gig of RAM and a P4 1.8ghz?

Edit: fixed grammar.

This message was edited by Chrome on Jan 14 2008.

quote tasanhalas

In system requirement lab they dont say anything about my sound card but:
Sound Card
Minimum: Yes
You Have: Realtek High Definition Audio PASS

But in the demo I have no in-game audio
will the original game be the same??
help

Alright, I was SO surprised it worked. It was playable with 11-20fps, just not in combat.

With everything low:



It seems my computer doesn't like the colour BLACK. I tried playing around with the settings, but none of them helped got rid of that ugly problem (the area in the white box is a good example)

Well then, that's interesting. The first thing I would upgrade there is the processor, but that probably isn't possible considering the motherboard and such, at least at a decent price.

It gives you something to look forward to some day, I suppose?

Edit: Oh, I took what you said to mean it wasn't playable in combat.

[size=1][color=#666666]This message was edited by Nath on Jan 16 2008.

I did some googling and the fix is by deleting the Bioshock folder in Application Data, which didn't work for me. That problem is the only thing stopping me from buying the whole game, as i'm quite happy with the fps i'm getting.

i cant my video card is too bad

whoa...

I just installed the game on my new PC. Intel C2D E6550 @2.33Ghz, 2GB, ATI radeon HD 3850 256MB and the game looks absolutely amazing. I am not able to use DX10 because I don't have vista

Though ran "can you run it" and it is failed me on recommended mainly because it recommends 512MB

Either way the game runs faster, smoother and better than my old PC which was Intel C2D E6400 @2.13Ghz, 2GB, Ati Radeon X1600XT 512MB

my pc works thankfully, but thats cos its a vista

It says I can, and it is even over the "recommended" line, but every time I try to start it, it shows the logo, then instantly gives me the "bioshock.exe has stopped working" notice, and shuts down. Any ideas? Because I really want to play it...
(BTW, I have Vista Home Premium)