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[Kobold]

Weapon models look alright. I heard the water is ubernice in motion. Still looks like a port, but at least it is a cool game and has a free expansion added.

Source: http://www.xbw.nl/news/7735/

 

[Lukkas]

Looks worse than the PC version running on a 9800 Pro that came out 4 years ago.

 

[Chiggs]

Looks worse than the PC version running on a 9800 Pro that came out 4 years ago.

No it doesn't. And if you even tried lighting effects like that on a 9800 Pro, the game would slow to 15 fps crawl. This runs at 60, according to the developers.

 

[Lukkas]

No it doesn't.

Yes it does. Doesnt even look like its using AA

 

[hadareud]

yeah, so much worse ...

edit: notice the superior PC AA

 

[Lukkas]

No it doesn't. And if you even tried lighting effects like that on a 9800 Pro, the game would slow to 15 fps crawl. This runs at 60, according to the developers.

Game ran great on a 9800 pro actually. You would know this if you werent talking out of your ass and actually played it when it came out, cause when it came out the 9800 pro was still the most popular card and it ran it great.

 

[Ronok]

It looks alright..... Looks pretty much the same as on the PC from what I can tell. :-/

 

[Blimblim]

You're getting rusty Kobold, these were posted yesterday here http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=85287

 

[Gattsu25]

No it doesn't. And if you even tried lighting effects like that on a 9800 Pro, the game would slow to 15 fps crawl. This runs at 60, according to the developers.

Holy shit... Did you even try the game on a 9800pro before making this comment?

 

[hadareud]

You're getting rusty Kobold, these were posted yesterday here http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=85287

with the exact same arguments too

 

[IJoel]

with the exact same arguments too

haha

 

[Slaaaaabs]

Looks a lot more alive than the PC version, and from what I've played of the XBox version it is a lot more fun. The fact that this is a 2-for-1 deal makes it even more alluring!

 

[shuri]

I mean why would you even want to argue with a guy that has a family guy avatar. This is one step away on the internet food chain next to the guys with Dragonball avatars, right below the the Legend of Zelda people

 

[syllogism]

edit: notice the superior PC AA

Yes, because posting some random screenshot with an unknown AA setting makes perfect sense

 

[Gattsu25]

Looks a lot more alive than the PC version

I'm not even gonna ask

Yes, because posting some random screenshot with an unknown AA setting makes perfect sense

that pic looks to be running on medium settings...not suprising considering the argument he's making

 

[Lukkas]

The fact that people are arguing if this 360 version looks as good, worse, or better than the PC version that came out in March 04 pretty much proves my point.

 

[Chiggs]

Game ran great on a 9800 pro actually. You would know this if you werent talking out of your ass and actually played it when it came out, cause when it came out the 9800 pro was still the most popular card and it ran it great.

I'm talking out of my ass? I did play Far Cry on the 9800 Pro when it first came out, and I know that when you maxxed out the lighting setting to where it would cast shadows for every individual leaf on a tree, the game would slow to a crawl, even on a fairly high end system equipped with a 9800 Pro (Mine was a 2.8 ghz p4 with a gig of PC-800 RDRAM). It did run pretty well, though. I generally got around 40 fps @ 1280 X 1024 with peaks and valleys as far as framerate consistency.

I look at those Xbox 360 shots and it looks fairly identical to the pc game, with the AA being slightly worse. Plus, like I said earlier, the game runs at 60fps, and that's something you could never achieve on a pc with a 9800, unless you lowered the visual settings to a point where the game looked like Cybermorph.

Holy shit... Did you even try the game on a 9800pro before making this comment?

Sure did.

 

[Lukkas]

I'm talking out of my ass? I did play Far Cry on the 9800 Pro when it first came out, and I know that when you maxxed out the lighting setting to where it would cast shadows for every individual leaf on a tree, the game would slow to a crawl, even on a fairly high end system equipped with a 9800 Pro (Mine was a 2.8 ghz p4 with a gig of PC-800 RDRAM).

I look at those Xbox 360 shots and it looks fairly identical to the pc game, with the AA being slightly worse. Plus, like I said earlier, the game runs at 60fps, and that's something you could never achieve on a pc with a 9800, unless you lowered the visual settings to a point where the game looked like Cybermorph.



Sure did.

"very simply select the game path (the .exe file is in the bin32 folder) and select resolutions and LOD...

max settings


Benchmark session result
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1 (2600.xpsp2.030422-1633)
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 1024MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (4.09.0000.0902)
Card name: ALL-IN-WONDER 9700 SERIES
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6436 (English)

Detailed info dir:
C:\Program Files\BenchemAll\result\2004.04.21.20.12.22.\

-----------------------------------------------------------
Far Cry

Using Max settings.
Map: Fort Demo: BenchemallDefaultDemo

640x480
run# 0: Average FPS: 60.94

800x600
run# 0: Average FPS: 55.61

1024x768
run# 0: Average FPS: 42.45

1280x1024
run# 0: Average FPS: 30.44

1600x1200
run# 0: Average FPS: 20.68"

This is the 9700 too. Looks like it runs at 42 average FPS on a 9700 at max settings. Who to believe, you or an actual benchmark.

 

[hadareud]

I'm not even gonna askthat pic looks to be running on medium settings...not suprising considering the argument he's making

I posted the pics from IGN.com, I did not choose the worst ones either. If people are arguing that it looked better 4 years ago, well, this is how it looked 4 years ago.

It will look better today on a high end machine, but that was not the point, or was it?

 

[Gattsu25]

I posted the pics from IGN.com, I did not choose the worst ones either. If people are arguing that it looked better 4 years ago, well, this is how it looked 4 years ago.

It will look better today on a high end machine, but that was not the point, or was it?

It looked better on my fucking 9800pro when it was released, bud

 

[Confidence Man]

Lukas you're the most annoying prick motherfucker ever. Just shut the fuck up.

 

[truffleshuffle83]

Lukas you're the most annoying prick motherfucker ever. Just shut the fuck up.

:lol

 

[DCharlie]

we already had this shitty thread once today right? Why the hell do we have to go through the same shite again!?

 

[hadareud]

It looked better on my fucking 9800pro when it was released, bud

well then post some pictures, if you think the ones above are mediocre for the time it was released.

here's one from the official website (as is one of the above ones btw), but probably the developer used medium settings to show off their game.

 

[Chiggs]

Benchmark stuff...

Please tell me that benchmark actually includes gunfire, character movement, etc. I'm basically just asking how good of an indicator that demo really is, compared to real world gamplay, because I would love to see that configuration maintain a steady framerate in the game's Volcano level, or the Crater finale.

 

[hadareud]

we already had this shitty thread once today right? Why the hell do we have to go through the same shite again!?

you're right. i should stay away from this discussion ...

 

[Gattsu25]

well then post some pictures, if you think the ones above are mediocre for the time it was released.

:lol

I sold the game back in 2004.

 

[Lukkas]

Lukas you're the most annoying prick motherfucker ever. Just shut the fuck up.

:lol

 

[tahrikmili]

I'll grab screenshots for you from a 9800PRO running at high resolution in a few minutes.

 

[The Faceless Master]

You're getting rusty Kobold, these were posted yesterday here http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=85287

:lol :lol :lol

man i was wondering why someone bumped yesterday's thread until i saw this...

 

[raYne]

Lukas you're the most annoying prick motherfucker ever. Just shut the fuck up.

:lol

You're getting rusty Kobold, these were posted yesterday here http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=85287

with the exact same arguments too

:lol!

 

[Pimpbaa]

Jesus people, the PC version looks the same if not better (with the higher detail options) with the bloom lighting cranked up. Posting low res shots of the PC version with the bloom off just makes you look stupid.

 

[StRaNgE]

Looks a lot more alive than the PC version, and from what I've played of the XBox version it is a lot more fun. The fact that this is a 2-for-1 deal makes it even more alluring!

What you talkin bout willis?


splain yourself? 2 for 1 ?

 

[Borys]

Jesus people, the PC version looks the same if not better (with the higher detail options) with the bloom lighting cranked up. Posting low res shots of the PC version with the bloom off just makes you look stupid.

Xbots can't hear you.

But actually Lukkas is wrong this time. Chiggs is right - Far Cry ran like ass on 9800.

 

[Martini]

to be fair, this is using hdr lighting right? afaik this wasnt a feature in the PC one until a patch that came out way after release. i remember it having a performance hit in my 6800, but it looked great.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

Jeez, it looks like crap given the power of the 360. It looks WAY better than that on my X800 XT PE.

I refuse to support cheap ports, so this game is getting a pass for sure unless they can polish it up.

 

[EnvoyDenali]

I mean why would you even want to argue with a guy that has a family guy avatar. This is one step away on the internet food chain next to the guys with Dragonball avatars, right below the the Legend of Zelda people

nice avatar BTW

 

[Warm Machine]

Those PC shots of your are missing the HDR lighting that the 360 version has and was only put into the PC version sometime last year.

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

edit: notice the superior PC AA

Are you daft?
You can turn up the AA.

 

[Borys]

Anyway,

could we have just on PC thread without Xbox retards ruining it and just one 360 thread without PC retards ruining it?

please.

I'm guilty as well but come on - somebody has to stand ground for the hated and spit upon PC gamers.

 

[hadareud]

Anyway,

could we have just on PC thread without Xbox retards ruining it and just one 360 thread without PC retards ruining it?

please.

I'm guilty as well but come on - somebody has to stand ground for the hated and spit upon PC gamers.

qft

Are you daft?
You can turn up the AA.

yeah

edit: not trying to be sarcastic, you're right obviously. Should have thought before posting it, but it took a long for somebody to notice.

 

[EOGamer]

Looks really good, but I wanna see a video. Instincts I passed on, but Instincts plus an expansion with juiced up graphics is a must buy.

 

[railGUN]

I used to play Far Cry on my PC using a 9800 pro... and it ran like shit. Sure, it looked pretty, but it was a complete ssssllliiidddeeessshhhooowww....

 

[Smilebit]

Short movie comparing 360 water to PC version here from the Ubisoft forums .