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Do you want to use the Warhawk controller or something?
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Then again, once you have the controller in their homes, you have a ready audience for any future games in the genre. DMC4 was more for hardcore beat-'em-up players, but Arkham Asylum is the perfect way to introduce the genre to our crowd. What's next? Maybe one day we'll get Bayonetta. Or Viewtiful Joe on Steam!
09/01/09
I ran the game fine, very smooth but for some reason the resolution didn't go to 1920x1080 (my monitors) it put black strips on the sides and above and below about 3/4 of an inch into the monitor. How do I fix it, anyone know?
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You can find it in the Edios program file too.
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But then the Best Buy deal came around, and to further dissuade me I couldn't run the demo at max settings (for me that's 1680x1050, no AA, everything on high) without a bit of stuttering, so adding in the PhysX will further dumb down the framerate. That and no idea if the Dualshock hack I use for SF IV PC would work for this.
Alas.
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Man, I always get them on PC, but the delays are starting to be a major inconvenience for me.
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Here's a question..
What if all the PC delays were, you know, deliberate? How would that make you feel about PC gaming and the pros / cons it brings with it?
These things have a funny habit of evolving into what fits the industry if I can say that.
09/01/09
i personally have no problem waiting for games. i usually wait for price drops anyway, not to mention that i've got an enormous backlog of games to fill in the time. ;)
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The engine itself can run on a 360 and PS3, albeit with less features and realism.
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Considering how powerful CPUs are getting, it's useless bloatware courtesy of nvidia.
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It's a little more than a gimmick and really, graphics cards are catching up to CPUS more and more and them taking the load off when they can always helps. Just look at Cuda and ATI's equivalent. Folding@home, etc.
They're not replacing CPUs but these graphics card "gimmicks" certainly help even out a budget computer.
09/01/09
Remember, before Nvidia bought Physx, the Physx engine had it's own proprietry PPU for physics calculations that you could purchase.
Also, boatware would mean it's useless but tests have shown an increase in performance with a decent card when running the physics calculations through the GPU. Nvidias folding@home program also works really well.
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Hint: the answer is the name of a (in)famous doctor.
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Physx on PC is a different beast because it's only available via Cuda-enabled Nvidia GPUs and uses the higher parallelity structure for more powerful acceleration. It also needs to be coded differently because of the differences in the architecture between a GPU and a CPU.
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I get that but what would be the point. The RSX already struggles as it is and the Cell could handle a physics engine (it may have to be proprietry to it) much better than the RSX could...at least I imagine it could.
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It was to allow other users to see the unapproved comment since we no longer have the ability to approve and promote unapproved comments anymore.
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Software physics is ok if you keep it in tune with what your system can handle, low physics works well and medium shouldn't be too bad. It can be taxing though.
@Naraishma: Oh yeah, I know but on any Cuda-enabled card, there's no point in forcing it.
09/01/09
*disclaimer: I like the PS3 but every system has it crux*
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The industry has made it easier by abandoning PC games anymore so I really won't be looking back on keeping my PC in the low-tier of tech.
The next upgrade I do will only be for Star Wars: Knights MMO.
Point? I'm glad I rented batman for $8 and got tons of joy from it rather then spend $700ish to upgrade my out of date PC so I could play it with PhysX technology then Ebay the retail Batman to recoup some $$ after I was done with it since you can no longer trade in PC games to any corporate retail stores.
I love the PC for making me a gamer back in the 90's...but I don't miss it anymore for anything other then MMO's...and that will vanish once MS/Sony get a clue and enable full blow keyboard/mouse support for all console gaming.
09/01/09
I upgraded my PC to be next-gen (i.e., more power than 360 and PS3 combined) for around 400 bucks. This thing will last for another 5 years easy.
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What Kenny said. You don't need to upgrade every 6 months - 1 year you idiot. I upgrade once 2-3 and that keeps in touch with the latest games for around $250
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Of course, even if your system is ancient, you'd still be able to buy a new system (keeping HDDs and DVD drives...possibly even RAM) for very cheap. All you need?
1 mobo with a PCI-Ex16 slot and support for a Core2Duo and DDR2, 2 gb RAM, 500w PSU and a halfway decent graphics card, maybe a case if the one you have isn't suitable.
Each item can be gotten for $100 or less if you look around. That's about $300/400 right there...average and that system should last for around 2-3 years as a gaming system. As a PC? Lovely thing, obsolence doesn't really happen, there'll still always be a use for it.
You're wrong. Face it.
09/01/09
$400 to:
Upgrade to a GTX 260
Upgrade to a Q9550 (Quad core, overclocked to 3.4 ghz)
Upgrade to 6 GB of memory.
BTW, as for cases, don't be afraid to drop $150 on a full tower case. They're not disposable, and you can use them for new computers and put the old one in a cheap case. My current PC is in a 6 year old case. (3 PCs and counting!)
That's from a 3 year old C2D system with a GeForce 8600.
09/01/09
I currently have a MAME cabinet planned with old parts....It should be good enough to run SFIV on :)
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I'll ignore Osteoperosis and respond to you.
Yeah, I just got bored for some reason. Going back to it this weekend.
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And for those who don't care about this article or whatever, we get it, you got it first on console, congrats.
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Considering that this is built on the Unreal Engine 3, you won't have AA at all...on any platform. Gotta love that brilliant engine!
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Since it's built with UE3, I can't imagine it performing so well since I imagine what they're doing is forcing it through the settings.
I'm going to check it out right now.