Official BioShock Discussion Thread (part 2)

It can speed up FPS with regards to your hard drive not spinning all the time. No one should be running games in XP, and especially Vista, on just 1gb of ram. It's a sin. LOL.

And yes, your cpu is holding you back some...but mainly if it's at stock speeds. It would be a noticeable boost in performance if your cpu has a good oc.

 

lol im sorry

im getting ram soon tho hopefully it will let my 8800 do its work!

as far as oc'ing my cpu its not possible my mobo just wont.. plus i dont even know how too. eventually ill upgrade my mobo and cpu, till then lets hope the ram upgrade does the trick.

 

In games like the new aging BF2, without 2gb of ram you couldnt normally play it on max because it just used so much ram.

 

I see, everybody thanks for the help.

i dont want to make this thread about me and my crappy comp but heres my ram specs currently using x2 512 sticks believe its kingston ram. as far as upgrading can i get some tips should i just get a 2gb kit and remove the others, or possibly still use these ???



links to suggested kits would be appreciated , budget 100$-120$

 

hey everyone im having a problem i just got home with the full version that i bought at bestbuy today, installed it and activated it then i went to start the game and the game locks up on the second loading screen to the first level or whatever! im very frustrated with this, i played the demo just fine can anyone give me a hand?

 

Are you using the Bioshock drivers, they are suppose to fix locks up when using SLI.

 

POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!








I just got to that garden part (arcadi-something?) and OMG the story and stuff is so fun. Well worth the money.

 

yes im using the newest drivers im reinstalling it at moment ill post back with results in a few dojo dont ruin it for me lol!

 

i don't think it would be worth it.

 

I just got there too and i snapped a quick screenie its really pretty here


By unstable_hero at 2007-08-21

 

i still have this problem and im getting full game soon so i hope its just the demo


p.s. i have only had this problem with one other game and that was rainbow 6 vegas

 

still no luck but now i have a different problem when i double click on the icon i get this right now i am very disappointed

 

Use XP. Better performance, use of AA, and none of that crap.

 

i might just do that but this is just puzzling me...hummmm

 

this one was capped at 30


By unstable_hero at 2007-08-21

 

I have the same issue of it locking up during the loading for a new game. The only way around it that I know if is to use the -dx9 tag as turning off the DX10 effects is apparently not enough. Still, I'd love to play it in DX10 mode. I really wish I knew what the problem was that way I could fix it in another way.

 

As of this point in time, there's no real reason to play it under Vista. The apparent visual differences are almost imperceptible and the ability to use AA, along with increased performance, currently make DX9 under XP far more preferable.

Of course, things could change with future driver and game updates, but that's where things stand right now.

 

i agree and im only running vista 64bit.... ;P

 

I would prefer not to have to boot into another operating system in order to play a single game quite frankly. Having used Vista so much lately going back to XP seems rather alien and I miss the way Vista works. So, while I do have XP installed I don't care much for using it.

As for AA and Bioshock, I'm not really bothered like I thought I would be by jaggies. For me that's pretty pointless for this game as it looks fairly clean-lined as is on my monitor.

 

To each their own brother. However, I'm having a 65" 1080p TV delivered on Friday and I think that the ability to reduce AA may significantly improve my experience when I hook my PC up to it.

Until there is a game released that absolutely requires DX10 to enjoy, I'm avoiding Vista like the plague. But, that is merely my personal opinion so take it as such.