Call of Juarez ...Another Gun?

[apoppin]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: MegaVovaN
This is why you wait for DX10 games to come out, read up what hardware pwns it ez and THEN buy the hardwarez!
owned</end quote></div>what do you suggest? i doubt a GTX ultra will do it with absoluetly everything that can be maxed, maxed fully ... at even 12x10

no single card on the DX10 pathway ... imagine it on a 2600 or 8600 series video card.

well, IF i keep my HD2900xt, you can be sure that i will get a second one
... i think X-fire's 2900xts will run it at 14x9 'maxed' except for the fancy new filtering ... and maybe only 2- or 4xAA

and it still looks beautiful on my GTS 640 OC ... full DX10 SM4.0 with the mid/low testures/HDR but ZeroAA/8xAF [trilinear AF is 8x, right?]
--and the jaggies don't bother me a bit

OF course i am SURE i can run it in DX9c with everything maxed ... i will try run the DX9 path in Vista and let you know

it is a Western ... for sure ... good voice acting ... good start


EDIT: actually, i got it running pretty good at 14x9, everything 'medium' [and may still be adjust individual settings upward], DX10, HDR, and probably 4xAF and zeroAA ... looks really nice at these settings ...
tomorow i will play it on my 2900xt ... but so far the game is telling a story very nicely ... and the controls are good. Cast of characters filling in ...

--back to CoJ

UPDATE:
OK, back ... it is awesome with everything maxed in DX9c with 4xAA/16xAF ... i prefer the DX9 pathway for performance vs. visuals of dx10
. . . after all they are SHOOTING at you! ...

i think this will be something like FarCry ... it still challenges video cards ... and in a couple of years these games will run really well on midrange HW - then.

 

[miniMUNCH]

I'll pick it up out of a bargain bin in 6 months.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: miniMUNCH
I'll pick it up out of a bargain bin in 6 months.

i probably would have waited ... i have a pretty established reputation here as a 'bargain-bin diver' - except i need a DX10 game ... for ME, it's [exactly] like spending $1,000 on a HW upgrade and then being too cheap to spend another $40 to really test DX10 out and my two video cards out [i am returning one on Monday].

it is not really a "compelling" title ... but i DO like the "western' theme ... and this game appears a solid FPS with a good story, voice acting and visuals.

i couldn't really "afford" to wait 6 months ... but so far, a cautions 'thumb's up' ... i wasn't expecting anything ... i'll update if anything changes in my opinion.

i am SO far behind in my games now with all this benchmarking ... unplayed games are actually stacking up ... Condemned and Dreamfall are covered with a layer of dust!