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News PC BioShock demo incoming

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by CardJoe, 20 Aug 2007.

  1. CardJoe

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  2. Rebourne

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    They sure are taking forever to get that demo out. Hilariously enough there was a loophole that has since been closed that allowed you to download it early from file planet unencrypted and ready to go. I was lucky enough to get in before they figured it out and the demo is great fun I can't wait for the full thing.
     
  3. Neogumbercules

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    Sweet. Hopefully someone torrents it up. I wanna see how my PC compares to the 360.
     
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    The FilePlanet downloader has nicely downloaded it for me already, just waiting for the unlock code now! :D
     
  5. steveo_mcg

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    Guess i'll have to wait till tomorrow, way past my bed time. I don't suppose i'll even be able to get a slot to start downloading tonight.
     
  6. Rebourne

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    what types of rigs are you guys playing it on, im not overly impressed with the 360 to be honest, i think the sharper, cleaner visuals a pc can provide might be the better choice
     
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    Fantastic! I was tempted to pre-order last week, but at least now I can try out the demo and just make sure it runs ok (my machine pretty much matches the 'Recommended' requirements, so I should be ok).

    Minimum;
    CPU: Pentium 4 2.4GHz Single Core processor
    System RAM: 1GB
    Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550).
    Sound Card: 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card
    Hard disc space: 8GB free space

    Recommended;
    CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo processor
    System RAM: 2GB
    Video card:
    DX9: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better)
    DX10: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better
    Sound Card: Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series (Optimized for use with Creative Labs EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 or EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 compatible sound cards)
     
  10. Ramble

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    Not bad, hopefully I'll be able to play it with some quality.
     
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    Well it's downloading but it's very very slow, so slow infact that it looks unlikely it will finish before the demo is out officially anyway. So i may just wait untill tonight and get it, seeing as i have a day off tomorrow:D

    I'm a bit worried about the recommended graphics card tbh, mine has just 256mb so hope it won't make too much difference.
     
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    Try getright, im running 4 segments 5% done at 150K @ 3 hours to go
     
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    I have a 6800 gt, 1 gb ram, and a 3700+ 64 AMD single core.

    I can run it with everything on high at 1280x1024, except actors at medium, vsync off, and high detail post processing off...

    All things considered it runs great and looks great.
     
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    Really?
    That's excellent news.
     
  18. Ramble

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    There's a torrent out for anyone who's still getting rubbish speeds.
     
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    have you got a link? or is it a less than reputable site?
     
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    I'm using this one at the moment. Getting okay-ish speeds (60k odd). Might pick up a bit later on when all the downloads are flooded.
     
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