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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings |OT| Plough 'Em All
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BoobPhysics101
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abunai said:
It's called 'more money than sense.'
HAY GUYZ I JUST BUY FERRARI
WILL I BEAT DODGE CHALLENGER
Edit: He's just e-peening his PC rig.
Why would else would he include this?: "Sony Bravia KDL-55HX800 55" 1080p 3D TV"
BoobPhysics101
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Max said:I wonder how long it'll take them to patch in 16:10
Will 16:9 look funny on my monitor?
No, it should letterbox.
Minsc said:Yea, I think it's you (no offense), playing on medium definitely lowers your time a little, and skipping a lot of the VA does as well, as does taking advantage of igni early on and playing games quickly in QA. There's no shortage of people who take 60+ hours to play the game, I just didn't want someone to think it'd be normal to have a 25-30 hour playthrough, unless they're the type of person to blast through games. I did more or less claim it was impossible earlier though, so that is wrong, just highly unlikely for someone to have such a short run through TW1.
As for the books, they're no substitute to the game, I agree, but the game is usually around 50 hours, and for 1/5th that investment, you can have a great feeling for the characters by reading The Last Wish. A lot of people find the game's combat and pacing horrible too, which wouldn't be a problem in the short stories. Just a suggestion for those who want a little more than nothing going in on the game in the next few days.
No offense taken - and if you had posted this before instead of calling me out as a liar, I wouldnt of posted as I had.
And your right about the book vs the game, its the perfect counter argument. I just felt that at the time, people shouldn't skip the 1st game because the sequel is only a few days away. I think (after playing it), its worth investing the time to experience what it has to offer. It's a good game with a rich world and some fairly great concepts. (loved going into Act4 from Act3, felt very refreshing) I doubt many players will go back to the 1st game if they just launched themselves into the 2nd, so I think its preferably avoided.
I've got launch fever now, but I have an exam the day after the game is launched so got to put it on hold for another day..
Hawk269
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BoobPhysics101 said:
Why are some being such dicks about this? I am a noob pc gamer, I have been a console gamer for over 30 years. I built the above rig and I just copied and posted my specs from teh EVGA forums because whenever you have a technical issue, they suggest you put your specs entirely so people can help out. All I did was copy my sig from the EVGA forums.
And like I said, I have been only PC gaming for a short time and although I know my rig is powerfull, I do not know alot of what some of these settings do to games that hamper fps and what exactly "uber" settings consist of.
I was just wondering what and if my rig would max out the game and maintain a steady 60fps. no reason to be a dick about it!
Hawk269 said:
so you know how to overclock a 2600K and SLI 580s but you're not sure if you can max out Witcher 2 at 1080p?
OK well anyway, it's a new game so SLI might need a driver update to maximize potential but if you can't run it at highest settings 1080p with that rig then something is very wrong
Hawk269 said:
Hmmm, people asume you are trolling because your sig contains almost the best tech available currently.
So yes, unless devs are out of their mind, you should run any games at their utmost settings all year long.
Now about that Sony set.... I think yours might need a little "professional" calibration. I'll pay for shipment.
One way shipment fee buahahaha
The only thing that could hinder you would be poor software / OS configuration. But still, you'd have to be pretty shamefull to get such a rig down with any kind of wacky config.
Vinsanity0723
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I wonder how my GTX 280 and Q6600 will handle this game...
Dont mind it Hawk it's a legitimate question. Afterall you didn't ask " can I run it " rather " Can I run it ubersettings @ 60fps " which people somehow foolishly interpret as somekind of bragging.
we have quite similar setups, same cpu and OC , same amount of ram and same motherboard etc. Main difference is your two 580s vs my 560s. Nonetheless we simply gotta wait to see how this elusive uber-mode performs.
we have quite similar setups, same cpu and OC , same amount of ram and same motherboard etc. Main difference is your two 580s vs my 560s. Nonetheless we simply gotta wait to see how this elusive uber-mode performs.
Hawk269
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Mareg said:
Thanks for the reply. Appreciate it. Posting the specs was not meant to troll at all...just a ex-console gamer wondering about my rig and this game, that is all. I know the rig is powerfull, but in this day and age and the fact that Witcher 2 is one of the rare PC games as of late that is not a "console to pc port" so not sure about how it wil run at uber settings or not.
Uber sampling shouldn't be that hard to run. It's probably just another name for supersampling.
Depends how many levels of it.
I've tried 2xSupersampling in Crysis 2 and i got 40-60s with the GTX480.
If the engine is optimised enough, you SLI guys can surely run ubersampling easily. :/
Or just force supersampling through Nvidia inspector or Ati Radeon pro.
Depends how many levels of it.
I've tried 2xSupersampling in Crysis 2 and i got 40-60s with the GTX480.
If the engine is optimised enough, you SLI guys can surely run ubersampling easily. :/
Or just force supersampling through Nvidia inspector or Ati Radeon pro.
Hawk269 said:
Thats the best thread on gaf, imo. I love those guys, they were a huge help when I built 2 years ago as well.
Just think, if GOGs original plan held, us GOG buyers would be playing the game 24 hours from now. Why did they have to change the unlock time!
Countdown for the unlock:Amir0x said:
http://www.en.thewitcher.com/
It wont be right at midnight, I think it comes out to 2 or 3am Tuesday or something.
fizzelopeguss
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Amir0x said:
Start it in the morning and play it when you come home.
Salaadin said:Thats the best thread on gaf, imo. I love those guys, they were a huge help when I built 2 years ago as well.
Just think, if GOGs original plan held, us GOG buyers would be playing the game 24 hours from now. Why did they have to change the unlock time!
Countdown for the unlock:
http://www.en.thewitcher.com/
It wont be right at midnight, I think it comes out to 2 or 3am Tuesday or something.
Looks like around 1AM my time.
Hawk269
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n0n44m said:
The overclocks were a product of asking for alot of help in the 2011 PC thread. I was actually scared to do it at all, but many convinced me it is super easy to do. The CPU Overclock was just me keying in what another user put into his bios. An EVGA Tech/Programmer posted a screen by screen description on how to key the stuff in, so all I did was follow that with the settings from a guy here on Gaf.
For the GPU's, same thing. EVGA forums where like 3/4 of the folks OC the GPU's helped alot and just walked me through it.
Pretty amazing how much help people give a noob PC gamer, but I am glad they all did because it made it easier on me. I am now able to help others out on what I learned, but still am learning about graphics settings, know what level of AA to use, super sampling etc. That is stuff I am still reading up on and learning...hence my post here in this thread and wondering if such a new game like TW2 would I be able to max.
Aha I told you your question was perfectly legitimate Hawk :
"I was getting around 45-55 but the game is not yet optimized for Ultra settings, so its hard to say what I will get in the final build. "
" Asus P6T Motherboard
- Intel Core i7 CPU 975@3.33GHz
- 12GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 Ram
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 / Nvidia GeForce GTX560ti (PhysX)
-1250w CoolerMaster PSU
- Asus VG236 23″ HD Monitor (3D Enabled)
- Windows 7 x64"
"I was getting around 45-55 but the game is not yet optimized for Ultra settings, so its hard to say what I will get in the final build. "
" Asus P6T Motherboard
- Intel Core i7 CPU 975@3.33GHz
- 12GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 Ram
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 / Nvidia GeForce GTX560ti (PhysX)
-1250w CoolerMaster PSU
- Asus VG236 23″ HD Monitor (3D Enabled)
- Windows 7 x64"
EternalGamer
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I kept hoping for a pre-load on Steam. I just finished a grueling semester (both taking and teaching) and this was the offical kick off of my vacation. I don't want to start anything else in the meantime, but it totally sucks that I will probably have to wait an extra day or two to play it simply because my download speeds where I live aren't that hot and Steam isn't offering a pre-load.
I'm actually thinking about canceling my pre-order this afternoon on Steam and ordering it through GOG for this reason alone. I really want to be able to play this as soon as its released as this is my break week before Summer school.
Has anyone tried to cancel a Steam pre-order before? Is there any chance at all we will get a pre-load tomorrow?
I'm actually thinking about canceling my pre-order this afternoon on Steam and ordering it through GOG for this reason alone. I really want to be able to play this as soon as its released as this is my break week before Summer school.
Has anyone tried to cancel a Steam pre-order before? Is there any chance at all we will get a pre-load tomorrow?
For all "can my computer play this game?" questions, check out:
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/
The Witcher 2 is in there now to check against.
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/
The Witcher 2 is in there now to check against.
I don't know what your performance will be, but it will certainly be able to run the game.RyanFYD said:
BoobPhysics101
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Sinatar said:
Over 110k preorders (supposedly) says it's looking like a pretty big hit.
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