Bjossi on 19/11/2011 at 21:11
I am very happy with my HD 5770 (My first ATi card.). Been using the 11.1 Cats for close to a year now with almost zero problems, just the inability to play some legacy OGL games, which supposedly is no longer an issue with the recent driver releases. But I do get the impression that ATi is a lot more in the spotlight whenever new releases behave abnormally.
EvaUnit02 on 19/11/2011 at 21:19
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
Did you post this in 2002 or something? Pretty much every one of my friends has used ATI/AMD GPU's since the 9800 pro without a problem. I think I'll miss having (shitty) hardware physx support, but I can live with the improved image quality and vastly more reliable hardware.
In regards to recent memory I've seen countless tears shed over AMD drivers in relation to Rage, Skyrim and Saints Row 3. Do what you like, but don't say that you weren't warned.
Sulphur on 19/11/2011 at 21:23
Well, I've got Saints Row 3 running just fine on my AMD card with everything on high except for shadows, which are a killer. What are these complaints?
And Rage's issues were due to AMD not releasing the proper drivers on time, as Carmack said, which doesn't mean they weren't at fault, but it was down to messed up release/schedule management, and not poor coding.
Jason Moyer on 19/11/2011 at 21:25
Rage was completely broken on nvidia hardware when it was released too. All of my RL friends who are playing Skyrim have AMD cards (mostly 6850's I think) and seem very pleased with it so far.
Bjossi - what games have you been using the 5770 with and how is the performance? Any problems with Thief/SS2/DX?
Malleus on 19/11/2011 at 22:36
I played through Thief 2 on my 5770 without any problems. I tried Skyrim recently, and it was fine on almost Ultra detail without AA. I'd say Arma 2 is fine on it too on high-ish settings, but sometimes it's still not fluid, and depends on your tolerance of fps. Also Chernogorsk still lags. :)
Bjossi on 19/11/2011 at 23:39
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
Bjossi - what games have you been using the 5770 with and how is the performance? Any problems with Thief/SS2/DX?
Aside from cutscenes SS2 works flawlessly. Haven't tried Thieves or DX1 with it though. STALKERs run flawlessly and quite well (Can't fully max out Call of Pripyat though.). Cryostasis is fairly stable but runs like crap, but that is to be expected from a badly optimized NVIDIA-sponsored tech demo. Other games that run smoothly on high/max settings: Serious Sam 2 & HD, Bioshock 2, Quake powered by DarkPlaces (With hi-res texture/skin packs and rtlights installed.), Necrovision, Crysis, Dead Space 1&2...
lost_soul on 20/11/2011 at 01:32
I would really like to give this Spectrum game a try. (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rWooGqqQ5w)
The music is great and it is cool to see that sort of game running on a device as old as I am. He can even look up and down! I wonder if they could squeeze a few extra FPS out of it...
Kaleid on 20/11/2011 at 15:10
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
HAHA, AMD GPUs. You'll be condemning yourself to consistently shit drivers. Enjoy your stay.
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henke on 20/11/2011 at 18:48
Finished Halo Reach. Mighty fine first person shootering. Lots of variety in the missions as well. Jetpacks and space-flight missions were a nice addition to the series. Good story too, and the ending is very depressing though I can't say I didn't see it coming. :erg:
june gloom on 20/11/2011 at 19:06
Somehow by some miracle I finally got past the dreaded Nazi frontline in Metro 2033. Every time I tried to put out some lights in a small room I was hiding in at the top of some stairs, I was immediately spotted, even though nobody was looking at me... but if I hung back and waited for a patrol to rush past, I could put out the lights with impunity. Once I was past that part and the Nazi trolley, everything was gravy. I'm now on the next stage and into unfamiliar territory- I ended up ragequitting before here last year.