Make a list of games that worth upgrading to Crysis-levels

[Jak]

I've been having some fun with my (significantly) beefed up PC. Orange Box, Doom 3, and now Bioshock all run beautifully. So these games and then some (I've barely delved into Dreamcast emulation what with the large list of fighters I have for it) are going to keep me busy for some time.

After taking a look at Ibuypower.com and seeing that a quad core machine with some bells and whistles will cost me about a grand all together. I have decided, should I see the need for it in the future, to use this current PC mainly for video editing, browsing, etc. And get a new quad core machine around 09 or so, this would be the gaming rig that I will hook up to a 1080p LCD set, and enjoy some Blueray stuff.

The question lies; what games (now and forthcoming) are worth upgrading aside from Crysis and its intended sequels? The only other one I can think of is Duke Nukem Forever, and that's about it.

[Phil]

Pcsx2

like what games are you in to?

[Jak]

FPS and 2D fighters. I'm also thinking my current rig should be able to handle Street Fighter 4 if its ported to PC.

[Thanakil]

Well, 256mb ain't much for a GPU so that could become a bottleneck quite fast.

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Possibly Assassin's Creed once they stop wasting their time and release it on PC.
Devil May Cry 4 (playing it with even better gfx should be niiiice)
Mass Effect (same thing, but may not be what you're looking for in a game).
Alone in the Dark (yay! but it may not require that much power).
Stalker Expansion (may not require that much too, not sure)
Postal III (may not require much too)
Bionic Commando
Far Cry 2 (should demand quite a PC)
Alan wake (WILL YOU BE RELEASED ALREADY X_X)

And some more.

[Phil]

well if he's playing at a resolution of 1024 by 768 it shouldent matter. if youre gunning for a res higher then that then youre asking for trouble

[John Aiton]

Originally Posted by Jak

I've been having some fun with my (significantly) beefed up PC. Orange Box, Doom 3, and now Bioshock all run beautifully. So these games and then some (I've barely delved into Dreamcast emulation what with the large list of fighters I have for it) are going to keep me busy for some time.

After taking a look at Ibuypower.com and seeing that a quad core machine with some bells and whistles will cost me about a grand all together. I have decided, should I see the need for it in the future, to use this current PC mainly for video editing, browsing, etc. And get a new quad core machine around 09 or so, this would be the gaming rig that I will hook up to a 1080p LCD set, and enjoy some Blueray stuff.

The question lies; what games (now and forthcoming) are worth upgrading aside from Crysis and its intended sequels? The only other one I can think of is Duke Nukem Forever, and that's about it.

duke nukem forever has terrible graphics


but a GTAIV port is almost a certainty, it'll be a year at least
GTAiv on high res with AA and AF full should look pretty

[Thanakil]

Originally Posted by John Aiton

duke nukem forever has terrible graphics

You can judge that from one teaser picture + a short trailer ?

[Cid Highwind]

Mafia 2, I hope you're patient

[runawayprisoner]

Originally Posted by Phil

well if he's playing at a resolution of 1024 by 768 it shouldent matter. if youre gunning for a res higher then that then youre asking for trouble

Actually, I think 256MB of VRAM would be the bare minimum for Crysis on Medium at 1024 x 768. It just depends on how "detailed" the high-res textures of the game are... and I guess games like GTA IV would have pretty high-res textures.

[John Aiton]

Originally Posted by Thanakil

You can judge that from one teaser picture + a short trailer ?

yep, plus the fact it's a duke nukem game. If the graphics are remotely close to crysis levels i'll eat my own hat (by which i mean piece of cake)

[Thanakil]

Originally Posted by John Aiton

yep, plus the fact it's a duke nukem game. If the graphics are remotely close to crysis levels i'll eat my own hat (by which i mean piece of cake)

How does "plus the fact it's a duke nukem" has ANY impact on what the game should look like?

We havent seen a game in what, 10 years? (except if counting manhattan project, in 2002).

We can't judge the gfx quality after such a long time, there is nothing to judge from. You don't use a 1996 FPS game to say "meh, this 2008-2009+ game will look terrible".


AND you can't compare it to Crysis levels, since both games are not using the same style of game. While both are FPS, Crysis is more of a "corridor" game with very linear progression.
DNF has been announced to have a open/free-roaming world, a world full of NPC + buildings is harder to generate than a world full vegetations with low numbers of NPC (crysis) with HEAVY clipping.

On top of that, Crysis graphics are not that impressive. Once they unlock everything + we get cards to run it all smoothly it may be nice. But atm it's not "out of the world". (only the physics were very interesting)

But atm, the textures quality is uneven (some places got great textures, other places are freakin lame), the models are very nice, but nothing "ZOMG". The sfx are nice, but only the nukes impressed me. The game has too much clipping.

And yet overall, while the game looks quite good, it's nothing to be blown away with.

Let's see more than ONE model of Duke at low resolution and a very short teaser before we say "TERRIBLE GFX". Past games offer nothing to judge with too. The technologies used are way too different.