Something is troubling me (short rant)

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brasscorpion

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I have been doing some reading and for about 6 months (maybe longer) I have seen a trend that I don't like. Now that DX10 is out (for a year now) and manufacturers are cranking out games "optimized" for DX10, why is it going to cost me 350.00 to 500.00 in a GPU to play a 50.00 game and within 6 months even that GPU will need to be upgraded???

On all the new game boxes I have read and I have been reading all the web "hardware review requirements" it seems that games being produced now work best or require a dual core set-up and a bare minimum of a 8800GTS 640. I just upgraded to a 64 4000+ single core at 2.6G and now it's obsolete...I guess for only 70.00...what did I expect right?

Have games written in DX10 code outran/surpassed what video cards can handle??? I just bought (shortly after it was released) a 8600 GTS OC and it now seems an advertised "DX10 capable card" wont play DX10 games at a respectable level. From what I read I will have to play most games like Crysis, Bioshock, World at Conflict with a resolution of 1024x768 in order to maintain FPS's over 30.

Heck, I have to play at those resolution now with my old card.

Doesn't this bother anyone else? Maybe I am just late to the party here...but I wasn't expecting to have to go out an purchase a 8800GTX or Ultra to be able to turn on AA.

When will a card valued at $150.00 be able to rip through a game of Crysis???

Brass
 
I feel your pain, but thats how it is and always has been. No matter how powerful a video card gets dev's will want to future proof their game to make it look great even years after its released. It gives motivation to the consumer to buy newer cards and to the companies to produce more powerful ones. But I do agree with what you say. If you refuse to follow it, you can always just stay with console systems.
 
Progress.

New games get created on new engines that have new complexities to take advantage of new graphic techniques to bring us new gaming experiences.
 
PC gaming has never been synonym of 'cheap'. If you cannot afford a better card I'd suggest you buy an Xbox 360.
 
It'll settle back down in a year or so as DX10 hardware hits mainstream with sometime next Christmas season. Right now buying good DX10 hardware is like buying a good 3D card back when we transitioned to 3D cards (ie 3dfx voodoo and GL Quake days), it's just part of being on the cutting edge of this type of transition. Of course being PC gaming there's always someone that's looking to push the envelope and pushing people to newer faster hardware to some extent.
 
Personally I like it. Although it sucks for my wallet, look at the crazy progress we've made in the past 15 years alone. Doom to games like Crysis. Makes you wonder, what will we have 15 years from now? :eek:
 
First, read my post on the Crysis demo. "Crysis-how to run it"

Second... I suppose you're a new gamer?

The expected rate of capability among computing technology is
expected to double every 1.5 years. I suppose the part I should
emphasize is DOUBLE. That speculation is purely among hardware
or transistors, (who's theory was that btw?).


So to answer your question in short, yes, in order to play games
that are ahead of their time in technology, while utilizing said
technology, you should expect to buy better hardware frequently.

As PornoSatan said, good devs will want to look toward the
future. Releasing a game that is a year, maybe 2 years ahead of its'
time? Well, that's the company you'll be looking up to when it's time
to head back to the vendor, right?

Now, as for Crysis and other DX-10 titles? Try playing them on XP.
You'd be shocked at the performance increase. It isn't just an issue
with gaming cards in any sense. In fact... what time of the year is it?
Ah... Christmas bonus time of the year...
need I say more? :p

Hang in there... and,

Happy gaming!

-Whiteout.
 
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