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Kent_Diego
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 Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:51 pm Post subject: Spiderman3 Not Supporting X850 Cards |
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I just installed Spiderman 3 PC game. The screen is mostly all black with
grey blotches during play. I have high end computer with X850 Pro 256MB
video card and Catalyst 7.4 drivers. I looked at system requirements and
X1300/7300 256MB or better were minimum supported video card. Even though
the X850 is slightly older, it is a much higher performing card.
What gives? A two year old card not supported for a main stream game? |
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Kent_Diego
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 12:25 am Post subject: Re: Spiderman3 Not Supporting X850 Cards |
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| Quote: | I just installed Spiderman 3 PC game. The screen is mostly all black with
grey blotches during play. I have high end computer with X850 Pro 256MB
video card and Catalyst 7.4 drivers. I looked at system requirements and
X1300/7300 256MB or better were minimum supported video card. Even though
the X850 is slightly older, it is a much higher performing card.
What gives? A two year old card not supported for a main stream game?
I just found out Shader Model 3.0 is required for this game so only ~20% of |
all gamers can play. Is that the biggest mistake ever made in the history of
PC gaming or what? Spiderman should be a mainstream game. |
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DerekBaker
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 12:30 am Post subject: Re: Spiderman3 Not Supporting X850 Cards |
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* Kent_Diego:
| Quote: | I just installed Spiderman 3 PC game. The screen is mostly all black with
grey blotches during play. I have high end computer with X850 Pro 256MB
video card and Catalyst 7.4 drivers. I looked at system requirements and
X1300/7300 256MB or better were minimum supported video card. Even though
the X850 is slightly older, it is a much higher performing card.
What gives? A two year old card not supported for a main stream game?
I just found out Shader Model 3.0 is required for this game so only ~20% of
all gamers can play. Is that the biggest mistake ever made in the history of
PC gaming or what? Spiderman should be a mainstream game.
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Don't think it's a bigger mistake than Ubisoft doing it for multiple games.
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DerekBaker
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 12:35 am Post subject: Re: Spiderman3 Not Supporting X850 Cards |
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* Kent_Diego:
| Quote: | ......
I just found out Shader Model 3.0 is required for this game so only ~20%
of all gamers can play. Is that the biggest mistake ever made in the
history of PC gaming or what? Spiderman should be a mainstream game.
Don't think it's a bigger mistake than Ubisoft doing it for multiple
games.
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Derek
This is the first I have ever heard of SM 3.0 only games. What other games
can only be played on a SM 3.0 card?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splinter_Cell_4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy%27s_Rainbow_Six:_Vegas
are the two that immediately spring to mind.
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Kent_Diego
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 12:35 am Post subject: Re: Spiderman3 Not Supporting X850 Cards |
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| Quote: | ......
I just found out Shader Model 3.0 is required for this game so only ~20%
of all gamers can play. Is that the biggest mistake ever made in the
history of PC gaming or what? Spiderman should be a mainstream game.
Don't think it's a bigger mistake than Ubisoft doing it for multiple
games.
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Derek
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This is the first I have ever heard of SM 3.0 only games. What other games
can only be played on a SM 3.0 card? |
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xterra
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 12:45 pm Post subject: Re: Spiderman3 Not Supporting X850 Cards |
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Ive heard of this but I also heard of games running either 1.1 shader and
2.0 then there is 3.0 the latest . Must be there way of helping ati sell
more product.
"DerekBaker" <Derek@DontBother.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | * Kent_Diego:
......
I just found out Shader Model 3.0 is required for this game so only
~20% of all gamers can play. Is that the biggest mistake ever made in
the history of PC gaming or what? Spiderman should be a mainstream
game.
Don't think it's a bigger mistake than Ubisoft doing it for multiple
games.
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Derek
This is the first I have ever heard of SM 3.0 only games. What other
games can only be played on a SM 3.0 card?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splinter_Cell_4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy%27s_Rainbow_Six:_Vegas
are the two that immediately spring to mind.
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Derek |
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First of One
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| Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 1:03 am Post subject: Re: Spiderman3 Not Supporting X850 Cards |
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To be fair, nVidia had SM 3.0-capable cards a long time before ATi did. The
primary market for Spiderman 3 is XBox 360, so for Ubisoft, limiting the PC
version to SM 3.0 may maximize code commonality and save development costs.
It's not the first time a PC game had to be compromised in favor of its
console version...
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"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."
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| Quote: | Ive heard of this but I also heard of games running either 1.1 shader and
2.0 then there is 3.0 the latest . Must be there way of helping ati sell
more product.
"DerekBaker" <Derek@DontBother.com> wrote in message
news:f108dk$1i49$1@energise.enta.net...
* Kent_Diego:
......
I just found out Shader Model 3.0 is required for this game so only
~20% of all gamers can play. Is that the biggest mistake ever made in
the history of PC gaming or what? Spiderman should be a mainstream
game.
Don't think it's a bigger mistake than Ubisoft doing it for multiple
games.
--
Derek
This is the first I have ever heard of SM 3.0 only games. What other
games can only be played on a SM 3.0 card?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splinter_Cell_4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy%27s_Rainbow_Six:_Vegas
are the two that immediately spring to mind.
--
Derek
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