Maxing Out Your Graphics Card With Tomb Raider Legend

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In Tomb Raider Legend, Lara Croft is back with a vengeance as the title's developers took advantage of what high-end graphics horsepower can offer. See what happens when the Next Generation Content power mode is activated and your graphics card's pixel shader and other features are pushed to the limit..
 
so basically they screwed up the game.... the water effects should look better in next gen mode not totally dissappear. and whats with the global light source? in RL im not lit by a global light source there are many light sources and this should of been incorperated into both modes not just normal mode.

do you think they will fix the next gen mode in a patch?
 
is it just me or does she looked like she just crapped her pants. :twisted:

Also i dont really find any mode what you would call breathtaking. Especially in nex-gen mode lara looks like she is made out of plastic. It should be renamed to: Barbie the game
 
On my system the game ran great. I played with next generation content "on" at all times. With the resolution set to 1600 x 1200. There is water droplets on Lara's skin and she looks moist. I didn't experience any glitches in the Japan level. Maybe the newer card from nvidia helped.
Nice article.

AMD 64 X2 4400
A8N32-SLI
2GB Corsiar XMS
NVidia GeForce 7900 GTX (single card)
 
Lara's skin and she looks moist.
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dunno where you were looking! 😛

and could you post a screen shot of lara on the new card....just to see the difference between the 7600 and the newer card. it could be a limitation of the gfx card. and it would be nice to see a comparision with next gen between new and old cards incase the mode scales to different cards.
 
I didn't think the screen shots looked all that great and Laura looks like a mannequin, or like that one guy said barbie. If what the last reviewer said it true about his gaming experience I guess if you have a high end system you get to have your cake and eat it too. By the way this was a boring article. Snore zzzzzzzz
 
The funny thing is when you are running next gen mode for a 20fps boost all you have to do is disable shadows. Shadows do not completely go away when you disable them as there will still be plenty of them around in the right places, the good thing is that the game goes from being too dark too just right! it really brightens it up and you can actually see the next gen textures on the walls and other stuff.


Bottom line is that the shadows are overkill in this game and they kill performance and make the game way to dark in next gen.
 
Ha ha ha, this is rather surprising. Max out your video card. This game might max out my 6600GT, but come on if a 6800 still gets 60-200 fps on it, that's not maxing in my book. This game is just another soft porn title. I'm sure it's all about the gameplay. Sure it is.
 
Ha ha ha, this is rather surprising. Max out your video card. This game might max out my 6600GT, but come on if a 6800 still gets 60-200 fps on it, that's not maxing in my book. This game is just another soft porn title. I'm sure it's all about the gameplay. Sure it is.
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Umm that 60-200fps is in current gen mode. Put it in next gen mode and your 6600gt will cry. Trust me.
 
I liked the article. I'd like to see more just like it on various games. I'm always curious what I'm getting for my expensive graphic card purchases. Good article.

I wonder if there's a nude patch for this game :) I'm 30 and still think that would be just great fun.
 
I liked the article. I'd like to see more just like it on various games. I'm always curious what I'm getting for my expensive graphic card purchases. Good article.

I wonder if there's a nude patch for this game :) I'm 30 and still think that would be just great fun.
 
But how much of the "maxing out" is just due to shitty coding?

I'm sure these morons could make tetris a resource hog...
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It is definenlty shitty coding. My X1900XT can be playing along around 50-60fps in next gen mode and then suddenly dip to 18fps just because I turn the camera around and look at a rock or something :roll:
 
I liked the article. I'd like to see more just like it on various games. I'm always curious what I'm getting for my expensive graphic card purchases. Good article.

I wonder if there's a nude patch for this game :) I'm 30 and still think that would be just great fun.
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Yeah thats what I need, me sitting upstairs jacking off to nude lara and then my wife unexpectingly walks in on me 😳
 
Oh man, I think my wife would laugh at me for 10 years if she caught me doing that!! Jerking to a video game..... but dang, the way these graphics are getting nowadays :lol:
 
Isn't the point of this article just to show you different angles of her breasts & ass ??! :lol:
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The pictures seem to be mostly down Lauras top or from behind angled up at her ass.

I mean come on!
 
Ok now you guys are getting a little silly. The screen shots don't look that good. Also if you spend your time getting off on a computer game you not only need to work on your social skills you need to get a life!
 
I'm not impressed with the screenshots of the next gen mode at all. That plasticcy effect looks like crap IMO and what's with the lack of any light source other than the global one. I've seen plenty of games that can handle both at once. I personally think the graphics on F.E.A.R. look better and that's been out for awhile now.
 
Ok now you guys are getting a little silly. The screen shots don't look that good. Also if you spend your time getting off on a computer game you not only need to work on your social skills you need to get a life!
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Someone seriously lacks a sense of humor :roll:
 
I lack a sense of humor? I don't think so.....What I posted is the truth and that is what makes it so dang funny. Is there anyone out there who would honesty play this game?
 
I lack a sense of humor? I don't think so.....What I posted is the truth and that is what makes it so dang funny. Is there anyone out there who would honesty play this game?
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I see a lack of humor is not the only thing you come up a little short in :roll: I was reffering to the nude and jack off comment you tool.
 
I havn't actually played the game. But, from what I've seen, it looks fairly lame after playing FarCry1 and Oblivion. The charactors also don't look any better than Sims2.
I know the article was about the new power-mode. I just don't see a great improvement. It's like going from low settings to medium settings in Oblivion.
I'll be more impressed if all this came last year. (like before HL2)
I am sure people will disagree, but I just don't see it.
 
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