Bioshock doesn't run well on any PC. Not even a $3,000 one. Wake up mate. It's a console port. Console ports don't run well on PC's. Why on earth would you buy a PC to play Bioshock on? What's the point if you own a console? You already have the perfect hardware for it. Why don't you buy a PC to play a PC game on?
Just to point out Bioshock runs just fine on my £800 2 year old computer with no lag.
Another great example of Moore's Law. Give people access to that much space (developers and users alike) and they'll find uses for it that you can never imagine. "640K ought to be enough for anybody" - Bill Gates 1981
Not exactly a great example. He’s a former Microsoft employee and doesn’t seem to understand why computer chips can’t keep advancing the way they have on the PC. Cell is in fact an enormously powerful signal processing architecture that has applications far beyond computer gaming. (look at it’s performance in folding at home for example)
The actual Cell Processor isn't even done yet. It was developed by multiple IP companies, and actual use outside the PS3 isn't expected to start until 2009 at the earliest. Its specs for 2009 are powerful, beyond anything currently on the markey. However, the one in the PS3 is a stripped down incomplete cell processor.
Bioshock doesn't run well on any PC. Not even a $3,000 one. Wake up mate. It's a console port. Console ports don't run well on PC's. Why on earth would you buy a PC to play Bioshock on? What's the point if you own a console? You already have the perfect hardware for it. Why don't you buy a PC to play a PC game on?
Just to point out Bioshock runs just fine on my £800 2 year old computer with no lag.
Really? I had trouble running it on mine. I have a single core 2.0 Ghz system with 2 Gigs of ram and a 512 meg graphics card and it ran like a slide show. Of course, I'm running XP and I built this system with budget parts...
I didn't have any trouble running COD4, so I'm not sure what the deal was...
Originally posted by baff Bioshock doesn't run well on any PC. Not even a $3,000 one. Wake up mate. It's a console port.
Waaa!!! What the hell is all this crap. I don't like double posting but I can't believe someone is crapping this stuff up. Not even sure who originally posted it.
1. Bioshock runs well on any PC. If you can't run it on a $3000 PC you did something wrong. I got it to run on a Single Core 2.0 GHZ AMD, with an X1650 and 1024 MB Ram on MAX settings. It also ran above 60 FPS. Maybe you are talking about Crysis that cannot even port to console because of how harsh its hardware requirements can be.
Not exactly a great example. He’s a former Microsoft employee and doesn’t seem to understand why computer chips can’t keep advancing the way they have on the PC. Cell is in fact an enormously powerful signal processing architecture that has applications far beyond computer gaming. (look at it’s performance in folding at home for example)
The actual Cell Processor isn't even done yet. It was developed by multiple IP companies, and actual use outside the PS3 isn't expected to start until 2009 at the earliest. Its specs for 2009 are powerful, beyond anything currently on the markey. However, the one in the PS3 is a stripped down incomplete cell processor.
Unfortunately for the Cell people, the specs for Intel and AMD's 2009 releases are also beyond anything currently on the market.
Bioshock doesn't run well on any PC. Not even a $3,000 one. Wake up mate. It's a console port. Console ports don't run well on PC's. Why on earth would you buy a PC to play Bioshock on? What's the point if you own a console? You already have the perfect hardware for it. Why don't you buy a PC to play a PC game on?
Just to point out Bioshock runs just fine on my £800 2 year old computer with no lag.
Really? I had trouble running it on mine. I have a single core 2.0 Ghz system with 2 Gigs of ram and a 512 meg graphics card and it ran like a slide show. Of course, I'm running XP and I built this system with budget parts...
I didn't have any trouble running COD4, so I'm not sure what the deal was...
I was lucky enough to get a duel core processor on sale
Another great example of Moore's Law. Give people access to that much space (developers and users alike) and they'll find uses for it that you can never imagine. "640K ought to be enough for anybody" - Bill Gates 1981
PC gaming isn't going anywhere. But if I must answer, I would say the solution is to make good games, highly Moddable, and just to piss off all the torrent folks: A secure system in which it can't be torrented.
Thats impossible .... unless you dedicate a server to log in... and you need to log in to play the game over the net even if is single player because your saved games are on the server... that can be a way to block just a BIT the torrenting.
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Just to point out Bioshock runs just fine on my £800 2 year old computer with no lag.
Another great example of Moore's Law. Give people access to that much space (developers and users alike) and they'll find uses for it that you can never imagine. "640K ought to be enough for anybody" - Bill Gates 1981
The actual Cell Processor isn't even done yet. It was developed by multiple IP companies, and actual use outside the PS3 isn't expected to start until 2009 at the earliest. Its specs for 2009 are powerful, beyond anything currently on the markey. However, the one in the PS3 is a stripped down incomplete cell processor.
Just to point out Bioshock runs just fine on my £800 2 year old computer with no lag.
Really? I had trouble running it on mine. I have a single core 2.0 Ghz system with 2 Gigs of ram and a 512 meg graphics card and it ran like a slide show. Of course, I'm running XP and I built this system with budget parts...
I didn't have any trouble running COD4, so I'm not sure what the deal was...
Waaa!!! What the hell is all this crap. I don't like double posting but I can't believe someone is crapping this stuff up. Not even sure who originally posted it.
1. Bioshock runs well on any PC. If you can't run it on a $3000 PC you did something wrong. I got it to run on a Single Core 2.0 GHZ AMD, with an X1650 and 1024 MB Ram on MAX settings. It also ran above 60 FPS. Maybe you are talking about Crysis that cannot even port to console because of how harsh its hardware requirements can be.
I stand corrected.It runs well on an older mid range gaming PC.
The actual Cell Processor isn't even done yet. It was developed by multiple IP companies, and actual use outside the PS3 isn't expected to start until 2009 at the earliest. Its specs for 2009 are powerful, beyond anything currently on the markey. However, the one in the PS3 is a stripped down incomplete cell processor.
Unfortunately for the Cell people, the specs for Intel and AMD's 2009 releases are also beyond anything currently on the market.
Just to point out Bioshock runs just fine on my £800 2 year old computer with no lag.
Really? I had trouble running it on mine. I have a single core 2.0 Ghz system with 2 Gigs of ram and a 512 meg graphics card and it ran like a slide show. Of course, I'm running XP and I built this system with budget parts...
I didn't have any trouble running COD4, so I'm not sure what the deal was...
I was lucky enough to get a duel core processor on sale
Another great example of Moore's Law. Give people access to that much space (developers and users alike) and they'll find uses for it that you can never imagine. "640K ought to be enough for anybody" - Bill Gates 1981
Thats impossible .... unless you dedicate a server to log in... and you need to log in to play the game over the net even if is single player because your saved games are on the server... that can be a way to block just a BIT the torrenting.