News PC BioShock demo incoming

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/08/20/pc_bioshock_demo_incoming/1

Not got an Xbox 360, but still want the best game since Jenga? Then thank the lords that the PC demo of BioShock is coming your way later tonight!

There is no smilie that can encapsulate our joy...

 

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.

 

Sweet. Hopefully someone torrents it up. I wanna see how my PC compares to the 360.

 

The FilePlanet downloader has nicely downloaded it for me already, just waiting for the unlock code now!

 

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.

 

http://games.softpedia.com/get/Games-Demo/BioShock-PC-Demo.shtml

Wooo! get it now!

 

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

 

Seems to be down for me.
Bugger.

I've been a little out of the BioShock news, what are the minimum and recommended specs?

 

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)

 

Not bad, hopefully I'll be able to play it with some quality.

 

Ooooo thanks, getting it now

 

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

I'm a bit worried about the recommended graphics card tbh, mine has just 256mb so hope it won't make too much difference.

 

Try getright, im running 4 segments 5% done at 150K @ 3 hours to go

 

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.

 

Another mirror:
http://chonnom0.filezaru.com/BioShockPCDemo.zip

~700KB/s

 

Nice thanks. I'm getting about 300KB/s and at 32% so not bad atall. Looking forward to it now

 

Really?
That's excellent news.

 

There's a torrent out for anyone who's still getting rubbish speeds.

 

have you got a link? or is it a less than reputable site?

 

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.