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coiler
25-10-08, 19:48
anyone got it? played it?

how are the gfx compared to crysis?

Monkey
25-10-08, 19:50
You can download it to buy off steam?

marsey99
26-10-08, 04:10
its nice looking but no crysis.

its nice looking but plays like gta.

its nice looking but dull.

its nice looking but repetative.

you not seen the link i stuck in the other farcry 2 thread?

http://www.guru3d.com/article/far-cry-2-pc-vga-graphics-performance-review/1

save you looking :)

my dx9 bench

http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=19576&d=1224815635
http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=19577&d=1224815643

not sure if its a misread or it loves 4ghz?

alexnifty
26-10-08, 15:59
I've played it for a couple of hours. Seems like Oblivion, but in Africa. Graphics are good, but there's not so much shader use as in Crysis.

coiler
26-10-08, 16:39
I've played it for a couple of hours. Seems like Oblivion, but in Africa. Graphics are good, but there's not so much shader use as in Crysis.

If i had a sword and magic spells like oblivion I'M OFF TO BUY IT NOW :thumbsup::lol:

alexnifty
27-10-08, 18:25
If i had a sword and magic spells like oblivion I'M OFF TO BUY IT NOW :thumbsup::lol:

Ok there's no sword unless you count the machete, but there are guns. No magic, but you do buy upgrades for your guns.


The real gripe I have with the game is all the driving about you have to do. I seem to be spending a lot more time driving about than actually playing the game. Am I just missing some sort of quicktravel feature?

coiler
27-10-08, 18:51
Ok there's no sword unless you count the machete, but there are guns. No magic, but you do buy upgrades for your guns.


The real gripe I have with the game is all the driving about you have to do. I seem to be spending a lot more time driving about than actually playing the game. Am I just missing some sort of quicktravel feature?

sounds like it could be GTA 17 released a few years early :chairfall:


great benchmarks btw Marsey!

marsey99
27-10-08, 19:06
looking around at others bm results i think my system is haunted.

alexnifty
28-10-08, 10:42
I found a little offroad buggy cart thingy which lets me cut through the jungle and avoid checkpoints :thumbsup:

Apparently theres also a hang glider to be had at some point...

This game is growing on me, especially after applying the FOV hack. (Widescreen resolutions are actually a zoomed in letter box of a square, like Bioshock).

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=143018#143018

Is the first hack, which didn't work for me on vista + steam. Might work for you.

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=143418#143418

Is the one that worked for me, its a modified version of the first one.

Biodoid
28-10-08, 17:39
I sometimes take one of the boats for a laugh

Monkey
28-10-08, 17:41
Does look cool kinda reminds me of the new bethseda game, the name escapes me

marsey99
28-10-08, 18:40
grand theft auto saffari?
:D

Monkey
28-10-08, 18:41
ha ha... nooo

Biodoid
28-10-08, 19:12
grand theft auto: Africa?

coiler
28-10-08, 21:59
fallout? !!!!! :D

alexnifty
29-10-08, 11:50
Marsey, how are you getting such huge framerates?! I set my test exactly the same as yours and got about 35FPS average with 25FPS min and 45FPS max.

I wonder if it just really loves your 8800GTS 512? Or maybe its your combination of components. Either way, its awesome!

marsey99
03-11-08, 15:26
i have no idea, i think its a missread as i cant understand why im getting 20 fps in dx10 and 10 times that in dx9, the timed demo looks no smoother either so....im thinkning my box is haunted :D

my setup runs 8x499 1:1 499 5-5-4-13 gpu 755 core 1955 shader 1050 ram 24/7 with my array on 64kb stripes.

Monkey
03-11-08, 16:32
fallout? !!!!! :D
Thats the one...

Does anyone know of a demo for fallout 3 and farcry 2?

coiler
04-11-08, 13:49
Thats the one...

Does anyone know of a demo for fallout 3 and farcry 2?

Forget the demo fallout 3 is an absolute mustbuy! i am totally addicted to this at the moment. One of the most immersive vast games i've played.

Just found the chinese assault rifle which packs a serious punch and stripped an abandoned undergroun railway station of left behind goodies - on the way back to Megaton to trade my warez for ammunition :thumbsup:

Found the cigerettes are great sellers in the trading city, they are a scarse resource and I found a supply room full of them, couldn't carry them all back for trying :chairfall:

alexnifty
04-11-08, 14:40
Marsey have you tried running fraps at the same time as the timed demo?

Im going to complete far cry 2 before I buy Fallout 3. I just wish these games had co-op mode so I can explore these worlds with my housemate.

coiler
04-11-08, 15:34
Marsey have you tried running fraps at the same time as the timed demo?

Im going to complete far cry 2 before I buy Fallout 3. I just wish these games had co-op mode so I can explore these worlds with my housemate.


just buy it and play both side by side! :chairfall:

alexnifty
04-11-08, 15:44
Sounds like about as much fun as trying to juggle water.

coiler
04-11-08, 15:45
one night you play farcry, next night fallout3 ;)

after a week fallout3 addiction takes over and you drop farcry :D

marsey99
04-11-08, 17:53
and lose your job and gf then your house gets sold from under you and then you end up working round the back of picadilly station so you can feed your adiction via internet cafe's

o no wrong game :doh:


could happen tho :o