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    Best looking Game

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Chase.Barnett, Jul 26, 2008.

  1. informer

    informer Notebook Enthusiast

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    What's a good flight/space fighting game and street fighter type fighting games?
     
    informer, Jul 30, 2008
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  2. mkarwin

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    street fighter type? must be soul calibur series :D

    flight/space fighting game? i believe darkstar one is good enough to be advised here :D
     
    mkarwin, Jul 30, 2008
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  3. stirfriedsushi

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    i like virtua fighter for fighters, thats a fun one.
     
    stirfriedsushi, Jul 30, 2008
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    Lol action games are not my type
     
    AznFlamer, Jul 30, 2008
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  5. Chase.Barnett

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    If you want a realistic flight simulator, FS9 is a good start then toss some addons from Flight1, LDS, PMDG, etc...

    And for a action game, Crysis takes the cake.
     
    Chase.Barnett, Jul 30, 2008
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  6. AznFlamer

    AznFlamer Notebook Consultant

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    Crysis is a bit too demanding, not alot of people can play it that well.
     
    AznFlamer, Jul 30, 2008
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  7. unknown555525

    unknown555525 rawr

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    mass effect looks.. meh at best to me, Crysis wins all at very high settings with custom configs on XP. :D
     
    unknown555525, Jul 30, 2008
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  8. AznFlamer

    AznFlamer Notebook Consultant

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    ChEEEEEEAAAAAAP
     
    AznFlamer, Jul 30, 2008
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  9. Chase.Barnett

    Chase.Barnett Notebook Evangelist

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    It's not too demanding.. Who says you have to run at native res and high settings for it to look good? :D

    Crysis looks great with medium settings or higher. At 1440x900, I can run medium settings and steady fps, or if I want more detail, I run at 1280*800 with everything on high/very high keeps shaders on medium.
     
    Chase.Barnett, Jul 31, 2008
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  10. ViciousXUSMC

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    Mass Effect probably beats Crysis with the details to a persons face in the cut scenes, but the in game graphics when your on a mission are light years away from Crysis's in game graphics.

    UT3 looks great in game, and runs really well on slower hardware so that gets top marks from me, and CoD4 runs really well and looks great so that gets even higher marks.

    I say Crysis > CoD4 > Mass Effect > UT3

    Some older games that dont quite compete with the new games that still look great.

    F.E.A.R.
    The original Crysis - Far Cry (I need to go play this maxed out, it looked great only half maxed out in the day and I never beat it, as this game was hard)


    Honorable Mentions:

    Bioshock
    Race Driver GRID
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jul 31, 2008
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  11. Raven322

    Raven322 Notebook Evangelist

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    Bioshock ftw
     
    Raven322, Jul 31, 2008
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  12. Halo360Fan

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    Mass Effect looks really good on pc!
     
    Halo360Fan, Jul 31, 2008
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  13. Snowsurfer

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    Age of Conan has the best graphics by far better detail than Crysis. [​IMG]
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    Snowsurfer, Jul 31, 2008
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  14. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    LOL! I really hope that was sarcastic. Please say it so if not prepare for flaming.

    Those screen shots are not even half of a maxed out crysis config.

    Honestly those graphics done look much better than WoW or FFXI to me.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jul 31, 2008
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  15. Dook

    Dook Notebook Virtuoso

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    LOL. I, too, hope he was kidding.
     
    Dook, Jul 31, 2008
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    Magnus72, Jul 31, 2008
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    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Pretty nice screens, I only saved one that I liked for a wallpaper that I will upload later, but I had some nice ones of the snow area. Different than the jungle stuff you usually see.

    By the way what program is giving your temp overlay at the top left corner? Thats exactly what I need for my dual 4850's so I can see how hot they get in games. I doubt what ever it is that it works with dual 4850's anyways :(
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jul 31, 2008
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  18. Magnus72

    Magnus72 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Vicious I use Rivatuner for the overlay
     
    Magnus72, Jul 31, 2008
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  19. KGann

    KGann NBR Themesong Writer

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    Damn Magnus... I thought mine looked great... then you up and posted those screen shots!
     
    KGann, Jul 31, 2008
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  20. brainer

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    S.T.A.L.K.E.R witht he Sun shafts mod looks great , but since the mod is user made, those sunshafts took out 50FPS..xD
     
    brainer, Jul 31, 2008
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  21. Magnus72

    Magnus72 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Thanks KGann, yes I agree with the config I have for my desktop it looks and plays purely great. Also I have a max res of 1440x900 on my desktop so thereby the good framerates.
     
    Magnus72, Jul 31, 2008
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  22. KGann

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    It's nice man! I tried using the Triple C pack... not for me. Looked too much like Farcry. I'm now using 1280x800, all high except VL and Shadows on medium, with Textures and Objects on Very high, getting 35+ FPS. (Except the tank mission, if flopped down to 28 or so once or twice)
     
    KGann, Jul 31, 2008
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  23. ILuvAsians89

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    Hello Kitty Island Adventure looks pretty good
     
    ILuvAsians89, Jul 31, 2008
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  24. naticus

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    naticus, Jul 31, 2008
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  25. KGann

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    That's about what mine looks like, aside from 1440x900. (I run 1280x800)
     
    KGann, Jul 31, 2008
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  26. AznFlamer

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    Lol thats pretty impressive
     
    AznFlamer, Jul 31, 2008
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  27. KGann

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    Not really, with a better CPU, people run it better than I.
     
    KGann, Jul 31, 2008
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  28. Dook

    Dook Notebook Virtuoso

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    I'll sell you my T5550. I can assure you it's better than yours. Much faster and it whistles Yankee Doodle Dandy in D minor.
     
    Dook, Jul 31, 2008
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  29. KGann

    KGann NBR Themesong Writer

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    Ah man... Dm... I have to buy it now...
     
    KGann, Jul 31, 2008
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    Well, guess I'll add my .02

    Games that I think look pretty good are Mass Effect, Crysis, Assassin's Creed, TF2, and <cough> The Sims 2. And, I didn't choose the Sims because I'm a girl either. I think for what it is the graphics are pretty good and cute.
     
    xxAVxx, Jul 31, 2008
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  31. naticus

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    Well I have went back to playing Crysis again and I have to say there are much, much better configs out there these days. I downloaded the xconfig from crymod and I have to say that it makes the game look amazing on my laptop. Here are some screens.

    specs in my sig.

    settings: All high, except some settings very high @1440x900.

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    naticus, Jul 31, 2008
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  32. KGann

    KGann NBR Themesong Writer

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    Woah. Now that looks better than mine. But those framerates are too low for me... I gotta stay above 40 or I pout.

    Seriously.
     
    KGann, Jul 31, 2008
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  33. naticus

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    If i drop fro,m 1440x900 i think i can keep them above 25, but anything above 21fps on crysis is ok for me.
     
    naticus, Jul 31, 2008
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  34. KGann

    KGann NBR Themesong Writer

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    Just tried the xconfig... Wow. It looks fantastic, but my framerate hovers in the high 20's, low 30's.
     
    KGann, Jul 31, 2008
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  35. someone777

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    Oh....
    I feel little dizzy :p
    Too high graphic (a.k.a. Too Realistic)
     
    someone777, Jul 31, 2008
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  36. Dook

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    Yea those screenshots with the mod look awesome!
     
    Dook, Jul 31, 2008
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  37. Magnus72

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    Wow my screens I posted off my desktop runs great on my laptop too and this at 1920x1200 DX9 in Vista. Check it out, never thought it would run that great on my SLI setup, but it sure hell does and looks amazing. Do note this is DX9 Very High.

    http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot0005tb6.jpg

    http://img520.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot0004nr8.jpg

    http://img520.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot0003ac9.jpg

    http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot0002ke9.jpg



    Updated, the last images were too small to look at. Imageshack resized them to 1600x1200. Though my resolution when I played were 1920x1200.
     
    Magnus72, Jul 31, 2008
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  38. Dook

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    Very nice!
     
    Dook, Jul 31, 2008
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  39. KGann

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    Very nice! Dook, you should download the xconfig, it's fantastic!
     
    KGann, Jul 31, 2008
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  40. SonDa5

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    UT3 with an HD4850 AGP looks and plays great!

    A must have game IMO.


    [​IMG]
     
    SonDa5, Jul 31, 2008
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