Bioshock specs

[crazy]

who plays Bioshock on the highest settings (DX10)?
could you post your specs/resolution.... please
and...do you experience any choppy performance at times?

thanks

[acrobat]

I play at highest settings in DX9. And if I installed Vista, it would run at highest settings in DX10 too.

I actually also use my graphics card tweaks to force the game to use anti-aliasing. Although I read that that doesn't work in DX10 because the game is.. silly. (Thats partly why I am sticking with XP for now).

No choppy performance for me at all, although I got the occasional hitch - but that went away after I ran a defrag.

My pc is C2D E6600, 2gig of ddr2 ram, 8800gtx, 320gig seagate barracuda, gigabyte ds4 motherboard (965p). I play at 1680x1050. (everything at stock speed - no overclocking at all).

p.s. For Vista 64 bit, its best to use 4 gig of ram. I use 2 because I'm just using XP.

[Andy3536]

I have near Max specs, with Dx10.

Just V/sync off


Have to use the Beta drivers for the 8800 other wise you can get some issues with frame rate/tearing.

Edit
Forgot to add, 1280 x 1024

[Clunk]

DX10
1920x1200
q6600 @3.2Ghz
2x1GB RAM @ 1080Mhz (4x1GB makes no difference to this system)
8800GTX 625/2000
Vista x64

Edit: Everything on except Force Global Lighting.

Everything on High.

No problems at all so far.

[crazy]

does 4gb ram make any difference usually in games?

[RavenNight]

XP Home
e4300 @ 2.66GHz
2GB RAM
8600GTS

I can run it at max settings, on 1024x768 on that!

[kalniel]

Dx9 here, but highest settings and v-sync on @1680x1050. Spec in My System. Never seen a moment of choppiness, it's all smooth and fast

[Skinleech]

1280x1024
All details to max, runs like a dream
E6600 (stock)
2gb Corsair ram
8800 GTS 640mb
Vista 32

[Salazaar]

1280x1024 on xp32 but I have to turn off High Detail Shader or it freezes up in a few second! Bloody PCs! Time for a full system reinstall soon I think.

[s_kinton]

Dx9 here, but highest settings and v-sync on @1680x1050. Spec in My System. Never seen a moment of choppiness, it's all smooth and fast

Are you running XP or Vista? Im suprised you can run highest settings @1680x1050. My system is not 100% smooth at those settings and my mates PC, which has got a 512mb x1900xt is the same as mine.

[kalniel]

XP home.

I think the x1950xt is a bit faster than the x1900xt and 7900GTO in shader heavy games. The GTO does better on doom3 engine and texture heavy games like gothic 3.

What are your RAM timings?

[tigerboyce]

Vista DX10 1440 x 900

All MAXED out with Vsync on because there is tearing withought it. With it off i get 50-70FPS. Specs in 'my system'

[crazy]

thanks people, got another question
at which point would I expect choppiness (e.g. below___ FPS) and what would you say are suitable frame rates for fps games

[Odc]

DX9, Max settings @ 1680*1050. No problems whatsoever here.

[s_kinton]

at which point would I expect choppiness (e.g. below___ FPS) and what would you say are suitable frame rates for fps games

People always argue about this. Its generally accepted that anthing below 30fps is choppy, ideally you want about 60+fps on average. Some people will argue though.

[s_kinton]

What are your RAM timings?

My CPU is running at 3Ghz and my RAM is running on a divider at about 250mhz at 3-4-4-8 (stock timings at that speed). I doubt its CPU or RAM making a difference though.

Admittedly, Im not using the latest nvidia beta drivers, which are specifically for Bioshock, because. They're very buggy in CoH and a couple of other games.