GeForce GTX 295 Performance: Previewed

[tomc100]

With nearly all games going to the consoles with the pc getting a bunch of bad ports is there even a need for a more powerful gpu than what is already available? Are there any games in development that will use dx10 or 11 and push hardware like Crysis?

 

[neiroatopelcc]

[citation][nom]tomc100[/nom]With nearly all games going to the consoles with the pc getting a bunch of bad ports is there even a need for a more powerful gpu than what is already available? Are there any games in development that will use dx10 or 11 and push hardware like Crysis?[/citation]
The main reason developers care more about consoles is piracy - and since piracy on consoles by now has surpassed that on pc's I think there's very much a need for more power. I don't know the answer to your other question though, but I do know that a lot of people prefer the pc as gaming platform. Complex games just don't really work on consoles.

 

[wonton04]

Curious when an updated review will be released on this card

 

[hannibal]

With nearly all games going to the consoles with the pc getting a bunch of bad ports is there even a need for a more powerful gpu than what is already available? Are there any games in development that will use dx10 or 11 and push hardware like Crysis?

Well... The Shattered Horizont from Futuremark seems to have some kick ass graphic. It's allso only for Vista, so it's pure DX10 game like 3dmark Vantage. This seems to be good news to Nvidia because their new GPU's have been very good in their gpu test.
http://www.shatteredhorizon.com/

 

[STALKERX22]

Dang. I'd love to get me one of these cards. Too bad they're like, $500. What I don't understand is why it took nVidia so long to make a comeback to the 4870 X2. Although I guess it was worth them taking this much time to make something that almost completely destroys it.

 

[Guest]

You can't really compare software driven hardware (Graphics card) to a mostly hardware solution (car) I get what your saying but software evolves, hardware right now can not. Organic hardware anyone?

 

[neiroatopelcc]

[citation][nom]ryrynz[/nom]You can't really compare software driven hardware (Graphics card) to a mostly hardware solution (car) I get what your saying but software evolves, hardware right now can not. Organic hardware anyone?[/citation]
Ever tried driving a car from this century ? I don't know about american cars, but european and japanese are so full of software that they almost depend more on it than a computer does. Install the wrong air filter, and something else will stop working basicly. They aren't mostly hardware anymore. Sure if you look at some simple v8 setup with carbs yes, but a modern car has so much electronic stuff that software isn't an optional extra, but a nessecity. Cars of today aren't hardware mashines with an electronic brain, it's a computer on wheels.

 

[hannibal]

How true!
You have software updates that gives you more horsepower (with bigger consume of gasoline ofcource) etc...

 

[salem80]

anyone have seen Physics effect like this in
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5M0NeuCs5A
NV PhysX are Fake .even old Havok physics game can beat it.
who need to GPU physics, While CPU can handle with all physics the games need, we playing Physics games from years.
Wakeup people .

 

[neiroatopelcc]

I don't see anything special about that video? the physics are kinda weak, but at least the ragdoll system seems to work fine. And it has that max payne 2 kind of skillshot slowmotion. I like that.

 

[randomizer]

Stranglehold is all about breaking things and it does so quite well, but the game itself is pathetic.

 

[neiroatopelcc]

Well the video doesn't look impressive. Looking at the way the ragdoll breaks one single side of a crate by simply falling backwards past it reminds me of a crysis building where everything is jittering because the physics doesn't diminish the energy potential properly.
I'm not impressed with this kind of scripted physics. It's like the old games where you shoot a window in a corner, and a bullet hole appears in the middle. If it can't be done properly, why do it at all!