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[citation][nom]Belardo[/nom]Some of the posts here are funny... like people couldn't read the words in the article. Things like "this will run on my 8800GT" is... a riot.The video you see on youtube is of a game engine demo, not a game. Its rendered in REAL-TIME from a desktop PC using THREE Gefore 580s. That's about $1500 in gaming cards alone. That level of detail will not happen on an xbox360 or any other current console.BUT, consoles coming out in 2~3 years from now should have GPUs with the 2-3x the horse power of todays top graphic cards.[/citation]

whatcha talking about man this will run on my TNT2 ultra no problem :)
 
The renderin was done with two or three 580, so it is more like "future" advantage. The point is that new engine can scale from very low end (today) to future high end cards. What we are going to see in real games are more or less what 360 and PS3 can do today... Even the engine allows much more...

Well, it is nice to see that there may be a need to have better GPU in some unknown future...
 
Didn't nvidia say that fermi will scale by 4x ont he next refresh, and 16x after that ? So in 2 generations a mid range card should run this engine. Sounds good to me.

All the people complaining really should buy a Wii and be done with it.
 
[citation][nom]ZyxMEvEuuxcZ[/nom]I not impressed at allHuman face still don't look 100% realistic.[/citation]
imo games should not look 100% realistic, otherwise you may as well join the army instead of playing unrealistic war games on pc.....
 
remember nvidia humanhead demo everyone? i think that was the most realistic skin/character recreation in respect of realtime rendering. and i want that quality in near-future game.
 
[citation][nom]soundping[/nom]Still looks computer generated.[/citation]
That because it is generated by a computer powered by 3 GTX 580's. "Aw, those computer graphics look computer generated." Oxymoronic?

I assume you meant prerendered. It just sounds completely stupid the way you wrote it.
 
[citation][nom]unionoob[/nom]sadly its on youtube and stream quality will be bad Is there anywhere to download 1080p video instead of youtube?[/citation]
FilePlanet has an extremely high bitrate 1080p version available for download, it seems practically uncompressed (although I haven't confirmed this), but it definitely has a lossless, better than blu-ray, look look to it. Highly recommended, I was able to pick out details I never saw in the 1080p youtube version.

http://www.fileplanet.com/219009/210000/fileinfo/Unreal-Engine-3-%27Samaritan%27-Real-Time-Demo-Video
 
[citation][nom]illuminatuz[/nom]ok lets see.. how many of you can keep changing hardware? i.e. buy a new mobo, a new processor, and a 3 way sli card every 6 months?? well in US you may be stinking rich.. every man maybe a richie rich.. but the whole world is not!! im asking the programmers to keep the common PC in mind when programming HD games.. i am not against any upgrades.. i say its good but constant upgrade is what i dont like. just one mega-jumbo upgrade would do good rather simply updating point by point.. today one is good tomorrow its old. feels retarded. the guy who purchased today a nice rig finds that he has the most obsolete rig right the next day feels cheated! and not everyone is rich like you remember.. graphics are manufactured in USA are the cheapest. if you convert it currency wise.. the gtx 580 costs around 300 usd is just 12000 INR but here in relality its selling for around 25000 INR!! wtf!![/citation]

blame your countries tax laws, import laws, and general "it came from the usa, lets tax the #$%^ out of it to discourage purchasing it" policies.
 
OMFG PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS SOMEHOW GOING TO BE Duke Nukem Forever's quality lvl ! Even tho i almost know its not it deff made my pants twitch tho!
 
[citation][nom]Sabiancym[/nom]Who cares? This isn't actual gameplay, so I really don't see the need to get excited about it. I get so sick of these CGI trailers in gaming. People always scream "OMG GRAPHIX R AWSUM", but the actual in game look is always much much worse.[/citation]

It is real time rendering dumb ass. It isn't prerendered so yes, the engine is actually this powerful.
 
Some of you people bashing others need a life. Should technology purposely be held back, no.. but because people can't afford the latest upgrades doesn't make them losers. Guess what, those of you throwing stones who have 2k invested in a pc probably don't own a lambo..so guess what, you're a piece of shit lamer too. lol.. see how easy it is? Back on topic, the graphics do look great and while realtime rendered I'm still skeptical if this will show during gameplay and not just during a few key scenes. My bigger concern is people getting too involved with graphics over content - I'd rather play a more thorough game with less graphics than have a plain run of the mill game with a pretty graphics wrapper. As far as developing a new engine, I think it's something we can all be excited about since it marks yet another milestone in the foundation for many newer games and not just a single release. That's why this is making headlines.

As for pirating being used for an excuse as to development of movies or games, the production co's or developers are making millions even billions, despite this woe of pirates. I suppose since they made 370mil instead of 380mil, we should cut them some slack.. lol. Blame companies like netflix, redbox and gamefly as they're impacting revenues much more than any pirating..and it's perfectly legal. After all, why the hell would I pirate a movie when I can rent it for a dollar? It'd cost me more time and money to pirate the damn thing. Some people just get stuck on stupid and keep ranting about the same crap being the downfall of everything.
 
so, in general it looked pretty good. Not nearly the quality of a modern CG movie, but then again this is supposedly running in real time. What impressed me was that wet things looked wet, hot things looked hot, the volumetric fog was passable (though not quite realistic yet), some of the textures seemed a bit off but I am assuming this is due to crappy youtube compression.
What really really really bothered me are the few frames after he lights his cigarette and is putting the blowtorch down. There are major alias lines on the tube of the torch! I mean really? They put that much detail in everything else, but forget to pretty up a simple tube?
 
[citation] There are people who want to play!! not just watch!! use this technology in making MOVIES!!! or atleast use simpler algorithms so that our graphics cards can ease out a little instead of so much complex ones that throws our brand new pc look like an old 1900's scrap!!!! please for god's sake!!![/citation]


Wow I'm having flash backs. Seems like every ten years or so, games get in a rut and hardware rushes a head. You can buy a sub $1,000 PC that will play anything out there or just upgrade your GPU for well under $200.

You may not be able to afford to upgrade, but I can, and it seems we are constantly waiting on you guys to get around to being old enough to get a "real job".

I say bring out the new software that makes the average PC melt. I need a good excuse to upgrade. As it is now I'm sitting on a 6 year old MB/CPU and a 3 year old GPU and the only reason I'm upgrading this year is due to component failure on my MB and video card, not because anything out there is even remotely taxing to my PC.
 
When I see cinematic cut screens that present all of the technological advances in graphic design I get feelings of nostalgia of days past when the cinematic cut screens created tremendous desires welling up inside of me to acquire these cutting edge games only to have my hopes dashed against the proverbial rocks of shame and I am left crying in some dark hotel shower in the fetal position punching myself in the face!!!
 
Chomlee The Samaritan demo is generated in realtime by 3 GeForce GTX580 graphics cards running in SLI mode rather than the demo being a GCI render.
 
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