BioShock is on Steam

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » August 23rd, 2007, 18:34

9pm currently

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » August 23rd, 2007, 19:01

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:9pm currently

Cheers. Ah well, wont be wasting work time on it then.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » August 24th, 2007, 3:09

hmm.

now the countdown timer says ~5pm.

I wish they'd make their fucking minds up

Akiakaiu · Post by **Akiakaiu** » August 24th, 2007, 3:38

I got it but I can't play it.

I have an ATI card and I get the black spaces with no textures. And of course my video card is not supported anymore by amd/ati so the hotfix wont work.

I should have read up more on it, I just checked the specs and saw that I was above the minimum.

Now here's a question, I'm thinking about picking up a XFX PVT71AYDF3 GeForce 7950GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X Video Card to replace my FireGL X-2 since it's about the best of the last agp cards out there, and my new job does not require me to do any solid modeling.

I don't really feel like purchasing a new system just yet, but I'm thinking a more "gaming" oriented video card and another gig or two of mem should make a nice little difference in my gaming. Think I should go for it?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » August 24th, 2007, 3:56

Assuming your xfire profile spec is up to date.

What I'd do is add another gig of ram (there's not much need for more than 2gb) and probably an agp x1950pro - They're as fast as a 7950GT, and can be had for under $150, compared to ~$240 for that xfx card.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » August 24th, 2007, 10:10

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Assuming your xfire profile spec is up to date.

What I'd do is add another gig of ram (there's not much need for more than 2gb) and probably an agp x1950pro - They're as fast as a 7950GT, and can be had for under $150, compared to ~$240 for that xfx card.

The X1950 is a good card, granted, I'm using a top of the line XT version, but the pro will be good enough, and clocks up easily.

Do it.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » August 24th, 2007, 11:08

Only thing you might need to look out for is PSU, ISTR both the 7950 and 1950 eat ~70W

Which really shouldn't be a problem with an alienware machine (i'd hope they overspecced the PSU to some level) but is work bearing in mind. so there.

Akiakaiu · Post by **Akiakaiu** » August 24th, 2007, 12:53

Yeah, my x-fire is up to date yet. My PSU will handle this, I'm just worried about staying with ATI. Nvidea seems to be the leaders and are making all the new technology.

Also, would it be worth spending the extra $50 to get the 512MB vs the 256MB version? Or would my pc just make use of it?

Thanks again for all the help.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » August 24th, 2007, 13:07

Yes, the new nvidia cards are way ahead of the new ATI cards.

However, your machine has an AGP slot, so you're pretty much limited to last generation cards (that is 7950s and x1950s)

So you might as well put the best card available in which, AFAIK, is an x1950pro. though, both the 7950 and x1950 are really good cards, i'd just take the x1950 for the money saving

as far as I know, there's little difference performance wise between 256/512 cards, it's likely (but not certain, so check) the 256 card will have faster memory than the 512.

Berk verdict: x1950pro 256 +

Akiakaiu · Post by **Akiakaiu** » August 24th, 2007, 13:18

Cheers then!

Lee · Post by **Lee** » August 24th, 2007, 13:38

Bioshock is supposed to work better with more video ram, the readme says 256mb and below can experience stuttering, which mine does for a few seconds when entering a large new area. I don't have a 512mb+ card to compare to say if its any better but its probably worth it for future proofing.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » August 24th, 2007, 13:46

What Berk said, iirc there's no 512 card of the x1950 range out that uses the fast memory on the 512, 256meg cards run that bit faster.

Akiakaiu · Post by **Akiakaiu** » August 24th, 2007, 14:18

Looks like they made some V2s of the 512MB jobbies that have the same mem speed as the 256 guys. For <$50 to upgrade to the 512, I might just do that. Open Box ftw!

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » August 24th, 2007, 14:23

sounds like that might be a good move then.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » August 24th, 2007, 16:04

I'm waiting....

Anyone else got it yet?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » August 24th, 2007, 16:54

Oh. ffs.

Fucking get the cunting game.

only it decides it needs updating. slowly.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » August 24th, 2007, 17:34

I appear to be missing lots of sound.

And I probably wouldn't have realised if I hadn't played the demo twice already.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » August 24th, 2007, 18:14

Ner ner ner nerrrr nerrr.

I'm already 3 hours into it

/Has a proper copy blog

Post by **ProfHawking** » August 24th, 2007, 20:22

Is the radio supposed to speak? i only noticed when i checked in the map thing there a loads of messages i didnt know about...

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » August 24th, 2007, 20:32

yes, if you don't have voices etc. make steam verify the caches