The day of judgment has arrived; can your PC still get the job done or will your Xbox 360 game collection get $60 bigger (or more if you splurge on the Limited Edition) come this August?
You’ve seen how spectacular BioShock looks, so it goes without saying that you’ll need a great rig to see the game’s full potential. Then again, there’s always the option of buying the Xbox 360 version, unless you seriously hate playing first-person shooters with anything but a mouse and keyboard.
Hit the jump for the specs and to find out how much BioShock will end up costing you.
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Operating Systems:
•Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista
Minimum System Requirements:
•CPU: Pentium 4 2.4GHz Single Core processor
•System RAM: 1GB
•Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550).
•Sound Card: 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card
•Hard disc space: 8GB free space
Recommended System Requirements:
•CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo processor
•System RAM: 2GB
•Video card: DX9: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better) DX10: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better
•Sound Card: Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series (Optimized for use with Creative Labs EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 or EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 compatible sound cards)
•Important Note: Game requires Internet connection for activation
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4:02 PM on 07.09.2007
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i'd like to thank my parents first and foremost for telling me i couldnt play video games.. making me want to even more... i'd like to thank newegg for my compy parts... and i'd like to thank my credit card for buying them all and making me go into debt
but that's cool.. cuz now i dont have to buy it for 360... on top of buying a 360
I think I will get the PC version only because it will be cheaper...
OH! Right. Sorry, my bad. Well, at least I have minimum specs on my end. Bleh, maybe the iMac port will be better.
But yeah... needing specs like that to run it fully shows the game will be, if anything else, very very pretty.
Yays.
But, what if I did have a NVIDIA graphics CAR...? Oh, the possibilities...
Also why in gods name would I want a top of the line PC in this day and age? All the good games will be released in consoles, cross platform play is possible, consoles able to perform in HD with awesome power, you can hook up a keyboard+mouse with the proper adapter for all those who whine about that...
The days of PCs bein the king of gaming are long gone... Piracy is rampant in PCs and the only way to make a real profit is to make MMORPGs with simpler graphics so everybody can play. (WOW)
And now with that PCIe, DDR2, SATA, Dualcore bullshit Ill have to buy a whole new PC to play... WOW? I can run it perfect... Counter Strike? thats so 1999 (when I got sightly interested)
OH!... Crysis! WTF I wont pay $600 err... $500 to play RFoM let alone $2000 to play that game... Even FarCry wasnt that good of a game...
Devs are moving towards consoles. Ill be glad to make a $2000... fuck, a $5000 PC if you can name me 10 games that will be released on PC ONLY that are not a MMORPG tomorrow Ill sell my car and buy the PC at Newegg.
but MOST IMPORTANTLY? NO VISTA REQUIRED MOTHERFUCKERS!!!
"•Important Note: Game requires Internet connection for activation"
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... After Bethesda/Take Two published Oblivion without a key or CD protection I was hoping more great games like this would follow suit, but this is probably pressure from MS. Too bad, guess my friends will have to buy their own copies. :(
I spent about $300 piecing together a system that'll run this game. Don't have to spend that kindda money to get into PC gaming 0bshaky. Upgrade here, a hand-me-down there, and you're good to go!
Sounds like someone's just whiny because they don't have a kick ass rig and don't have the money for one.
Personally, I could go either way. I have a 360, but I just upgraded to an Intel Core 2 duo E6600, 4GB of pc2-6400 RAM (though, only 3.5GB is recognized silly 32-bit OS.), BFG Geforce 8800GTX OC, two SATA 500GB Seagate drives, etc.. I was in the same boat you were. I upgraded from an athlon xp 2400+. No ddr2, no pcie, no sata. I'm much happier with a killer computer than every console out there.
The advantage with the 360 version is that when I go back to my parents' house I can play it in 50" 1080p surround sound though :-)
PC's will always be at the forefront of the graphics market, quite simply because there are people willing to pay silly money for "the very latest" piece of hardware. It's not always cost efficient, infact it's pretty much always backward, but if PC gaming wasn't around then half the innovations in lighting, physics and AA wouldn't be applied this console generation.
I by no means have a 1337 pc, but god damn I wish I did :P
3 cheers for disposable income!
Seems like only yesterday the 78XX mascot, that big dumb biker 'toon, was smiling out from the webpage urging me to buy the goodness.
I'm still on the fence about whether I should go with ATI's new chip or stick with nvidia. I usually have better luck with ATi's products.....
Plus, MOUSE AND KEYBOARD. I can't imagine playing an FPS without it.
I guess people don't understand that there's more to a great PC rig than just gaming. I myself do a lot of graphic design, so I'm forever upgrading my computer to keep it up to speed. My dream is to have a setup where I can create artworks at an insane DPI count, and not experience a hiccup.
My system specs is somewhere in between the minimum and recommended, but that isn't good enough. I'm going to need some upgrades.
E6600 @ 3.6 ghz FTW!
damn, time to get a new card.... "hey newegg how ya'll doin?"