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    Best game to demonstrate graphics power?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Querulous, Jul 18, 2011.

  1. Querulous

    Querulous Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have ordered a powerful laptop ; What game would anyone recommend to best blow me away with the super (non 3d) graphics for a good start?
     
    Querulous, Jul 18, 2011
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    Crysis, Metro 2033 and such... Ain't played any of them, but those are always "GPU test" games
     
    assaultsuit, Jul 18, 2011
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  3. hockeymass

    hockeymass that one guy

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    Crysis 2, make sure you DL the Ultra Upgrade DX11 patch.
     
    hockeymass, Jul 18, 2011
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  4. The Happy Swede

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    The witcher 2 will be sure to challenge you´re rig! And then theres Metro 2033 and Crysis 1/2 : )
     
    The Happy Swede, Jul 18, 2011
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    The Witcher 2 kills. xD
    For me its much more demanding that easycake Crysis 2 + High resolution textures and Dx11.
     
    DEagleson, Jul 18, 2011
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  6. hockeymass

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    That's because it has features that current cards just don't support effectively.
     
    hockeymass, Jul 18, 2011
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  7. jerg

    jerg Have fun. Stay alive.

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    GTAIV with the ICE ultra-realism mod thing.

    Heck even vanilla GTAIV maxed out will give your laptop a run for its money.
     
    jerg, Jul 18, 2011
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  8. hockeymass

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    That's because it's poorly optimized for PC hardware, not because it looks great. GTAIV is by no means a graphical powerhouse.
     
    hockeymass, Jul 18, 2011
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    If you can wait until October from the reports and hype it seems like Battlefield 3 will be the next benchmark it FPS graphics.
     
    osakaboyryu, Jul 18, 2011
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    And it will soon be surpassed by Carmack's RAGE :p
     
    mvorbrodt, Jul 18, 2011
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    I finally played Metro 2033 and it is one of the most beautiful and atmospheric games I have ever played. Granted, I played it on a desktop with GTX 480s in SLI, so not a fair comparison to notebooks.

    Its levels are also quite small and linear but still a VERY visually impressive game.
     
    Rahul, Jul 18, 2011
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  12. Tthursday

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    My vote goes to Crysis 2.

    Surpassed? Where did you hear that? I think BF3 will be the next graphics champion, although to be fair some other games on the horizon like RAGE and BioShock Infinite look amazing as well.
     
    Tthursday, Jul 18, 2011
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    SCREW THIS! Just get duel 6999m or duel 585m and run Battlefield 3 like a champ! :D
     
    _Cheesy_, Jul 18, 2011
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    I agree, the Witcher 2 will challenge anything you put in front.
     
    lozanogo, Jul 19, 2011
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    Rage is a tech demo, its cartoony, wait till doom4 before slinging crap around. But until then BF3 is utilizing DX11 to make stunning graphics, something rage doesn't support.
     
    daranik, Jul 19, 2011
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  16. Kevin

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    1. Install The Witcher 2
    2. Select Ultra
    3. Turn on Ubersampling
    4. Cry
     
    Kevin, Jul 19, 2011
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    Not sure about demonstration, but if you want to tax your system to the most, easily ARMA II. Set draw distance to maximum and all other settings and pray that your system forgives you.
     
    @nthony, Jul 20, 2011
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  18. The Happy Swede

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    Nono,

    1. Install The Witcher 2
    2. Select 1080p and medium
    3. Turn off Ubersampling
    4.cry
     
    The Happy Swede, Jul 20, 2011
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    Get Nvidia Quadro 6000 and play like a company chief hahaha!

    @topic:
    Crysis 2 with Dx 11 max settings or Witcher 2 with latest update then start scratching your head.
     
    Hedonist, Jul 20, 2011
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    Here's a screenshot in 1080p with fps in Pure Ultra setting, uber and all enabled, ..9 fps even OC'ed to 830 (cry)..
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    The next are with no uber, no aa, no ssao, vsync off, etc.., still 1080p and OC'ed, high decals, very large texture memory size, no texture downscaling, vignette on.. All the pics became blurry though after uploading here..
    View attachment 67889
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    thief1958, Jul 20, 2011
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  21. Simplified

    Simplified The Most Awesome

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    I agree, that game is insane. Probably very badly optimized.
     
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  22. tetutato

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    Arma 2 all the way :D
     
    tetutato, Jul 20, 2011
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    Witcher 2 Ultra settings you going to feel like your new GPU is something from the 90's :D
     
    Speedy Gonzalez, Jul 20, 2011
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    A bunch of these games don't demonstrate graphical power so much as they demonstrate how a badly coded game can run like garbage on the best systems.
     
    hockeymass, Jul 20, 2011
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  25. Querulous

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    All good tips - perhaps I should have narrowed my question. Rather than straining due to poor graphical technical problems (or future cards needed etc), I would like a game that will look better than anything I will have played in a while ; it has been a year or more since I last played anything on a high setting.
     
    Querulous, Jul 21, 2011
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  26. DEagleson

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    Witcher 2 does not appear to be poorly optimized, its just that certain gfx options slaughter performance.
     
    DEagleson, Jul 21, 2011
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    thief1958, Jul 22, 2011
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