Deus Ex 2 first game to require a DirectX 8 card?

Wolfram · Post by **Wolfram** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:28 am

Here is a picture of a Deus Ex 2 package from an online shop. It says: Geforce3 or higher required, GF4MX excluded. Which should mean DeusEx2 requires a DX8 card. Given that picture is not a fake (is ebgames a big dealer?), it looks like that DeusEx2 might be the first game without DX7 fallback support. Or is there any other game out yet that actually requires DX8 hardware?

Btw, WHERE ARE THE GAMES? I just bought a 9800 non-pro to do myself a favor because I was so disappointed by seeing everything delayed to spring 2004 or later... HL2, Doom3, Far Cry and DeusEx 2. Where are the games I could buy for christmas? Am I expected to buy more pre-interactive media like books and go back to reading?;)

kuun · Post by **kuun** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 12:58 pm

lol

apparently there is a summer rush next year

most ppl buy games right before summer or during summer because all the kids are out of school and need something to do

Kuun

Post by **Derek** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 6:44 pm

Well your 9800 comes with DX9 support

So you're all set!

onelegdis · Post by **onelegdis** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 7:22 pm

Give "Call of Duty" a try, if your into WW2 FPS, its stunning!

Post by **Derek** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 9:42 pm

Halo is another awesome game to try.

Wolfram · Post by **Wolfram** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 4:36 am

Yes, Halo, Call of Duty and Max Payne2 will be next. It´s just that all games I was really waiting for are delayed. I definitely prefer a polished release to an unfinished still-beta. But I thought publishers were all after the christmas business. Maybe we should stick to kuun´s theory. I´ve seen the first christmas decoration in german shops this year in late summer/early autumn, so what´s the difference anyway

Post by **Derek** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 6:44 pm

Max Payne 2 is really awesome. Don't hesitate to play it!!

Dave Rave · Post by **Dave Rave** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:20 am

Tomb Raider - Angel of Darkness

required updating to the latest DirectX 9.0 compatible drivers and DriectX 9

mind you, it runs fine on my onbaord Sis 650

man, where's the drool icon ????

Wolfram · Post by **Wolfram** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 8:25 am

Dave Rave wrote:Tomb Raider - Angel of Darkness required updating to the latest DirectX 9.0 compatible drivers and DriectX 9

mind you, it runs fine on my onbaord Sis 650

man, where's the drool icon ????

LOL... unbelievable, SiS 650

Here are some benchmarks of that game...

http://www.de.tomshardware.com/graphic/ ... xt-21.html

... and here are some numbers indicating the performance loss when using pixel shaders 2.0:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1896&p=39
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1896&p=41

Looks like this game is an good example of bad programming. Even the absolute scores seem to be way too low for the given graphics quality (may of course still be a good game in terms of gameplay).

Just tried Halo, not as disappointing as I had expected. In fact, the graphics engine produces really nice outdoor scenery IMO. But the performance, especially indoors, is ridiculous. Maybe a bad console port, but I was told that performance is also hampered by an unnecessary over-use of shaders for effects that could be accomplished easier.

johnli · Post by **johnli** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 4:50 am

The trouble Halo has is that it was a port of a port - the developers were originally developing it for PC, then MS bought them and forced them to port it to Xbox first; now they've re-ported it back to PC.

Wolfram · Post by **Wolfram** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 5:57 am

johnli wrote:The trouble Halo has is that it was a port of a port - the developers were originally developing it for PC, then MS bought them and forced them to port it to Xbox first; now they've re-ported it back to PC.

Yes. I´d like to add that Halo multiplayer is _really_ fun. The vehicles add a lot to conventional gameplay modes. Easy to get in and the player community seems to be friendly... almost no teamkillers or borers. Not too many internet servers available, but still enough. Unfortunately they didn´t include the COOP mode of the Xbox-version.

vgoraz · Post by **vgoraz** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 8:51 pm

championship manager 03/04, best game ever