Bioshock shader model 2.0 patch

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bblackmon19

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Discussion starter · #1 · Sep 3, 2007

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Now you can play bioshock on shader model 2.0 cards. There are a couple differnt versions so take your pic and report back with which works the best.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/bi...ml?sid=6177855

http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5680

http://bioshocksm2.blogspot.com/

also check out here for updates

http://shadershock.tk/

 

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Licht

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#2 · Sep 3, 2007

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It wouldn't be worth playing on a card so low end in my opinion.

 

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you mean i get to play bioshock? on my computer? woo hoo

 

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iandh

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If this game was more texture oriented then I might say this was a good idea but it depends on mainly on lighting effects which just aren't there with 2.0.

Although for the extreme budget-limited, or those with say x850's that still want some more mileage out of them, I guess this is better than skipping the game.

 

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I'm going to DL the demo and see how well works.

 

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HrnyGoat

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Licht It wouldn't be worth playing on a card so low end in my opinion.

Still faster than a 2600XT.

 

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rabidgnome229

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This was out the day of the release. Here is what it looks like

 

yomama9388

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wow... that looks unbearable

 

ElementsRage

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Originally Posted by yomama9388 wow... that looks unbearable

That's not how it looks like...it looks pretty close to what the game would look like with a SM3.0 card.

 

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iandh

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Yeah, that screenie he posted I believe was from a bug-finding thread asking people to post the worst screenies they could find... for the most part the game looks fine as far as I've heard.

 

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Originally Posted by rabidgnome229 This was out the day of the release. Here is what it looks like

That right there is a 2900XT attempting to render Bioshock in DX10.

 

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Death

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#12 · Sep 3, 2007

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They need to patch that damn Anti-Aliasing.

 

Anth0789

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Originally Posted by Death They need to patch that damn Anti-Aliasing.

Yeah they need to make a patch for it.

 

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dhrandy

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How about, thanks for the find.

 

binormalkilla

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#15 · Sep 3, 2007

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Everyone.....1...2...3...

You can run it at 640*480, minimum settings! w00t

 

Unknownm

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Huh? ***

Did you search for this thread because I posted it over 4 days ago. Your alittle to late

http://www.overclock.net/video-game-...-bioshock.html

 

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dubz

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#17 · Sep 4, 2007

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Here's what I've got so far......

 

Hellisforheroes

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#18 · Sep 4, 2007

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If you can live with the black patchy shadows then I guess you may well be ok. Although I still wouldnt pay for the game if i wasnt seeing it in all its visual beauty. Its too much of an experience to lose out on so much.

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Originally Posted by Death They need to patch that damn Anti-Aliasing.

Funny really because the aliasing in the game isnt bad atall for me. The demo was particularly bad but the game is so good looking, if there is any aliasing i'm not paying attention to it. I'm just having too much fun!

I heard the engine isnt programmed to force AA so it may be a permanent problem. As with R6Vegas, MOH Airborne etc.

 

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The Problem with AA is due to How the Unreal 3 engine does lighting your not suppose to be able to have it. The game looks great and runs very well for me, but if i did the trick to force AA in the driver i think the frames would be unbearable

 

Hellisforheroes

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Yeah i've done the trick to force AA by renaming the bioshock.exe to oblivion.exe and somehow that enables you to force AA (all be it not completely) and it totally kills the framerates. 0-20 at the most. On the highest spec machines.