PC gamers will be able to get their clawed hands on Capcom's Lost Planet 2 come October 15th. This game has DirectX 9 and 11 support inside, and also plays nice with NVIDIA's 3D Vision and 3D Vision Surround tech. Capcom says that with DirectX 11, "smoke will have lifelike volume and depth, water surfaces react realistically to player interaction and bullets, and level bosses are rendered with more detail than ever before."
If you've got the rig and want to check out how the game will run on it, help out with Capcom's benchmark test. There's a preview of the game you can download that has two tests in it. The first test is to give an indication of typical game play performance running the game. The other test is to push PC rigs to their limit to evaluate maximum performance. They say it is very demanding, so watch out. If you're down for the test, visit this page and download the 955mb file.
Right now the recommended requirements for the PC version of Lost Planet 2 look like this:
- Windows Vista or Windows 7
- Intel Core2 Quad/ AMD Phenom x4
- 3GB or over RAM
- 13 GB free space
- 1280x720 resolution or higher
- Nvidia GeForce 9800, ATI Radeon TM HD4800 (512mb RAM or higher)
- Xbox 360 Controller for Windows
We've got some PC version screenshots in our gallery below.
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1:20 PM on 08.16.2010
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That's one of the wonders of MW 2, it can run perfectly on low settings on my PC while Plants vs Zombies can't run perfectly at full settings.
If you're like me and don't see the point in upgrading your OS every time something new comes out, don't worry. You aren't missing much by skipping this one.
And the game looks shit...
Does not compute...
I don't have DX11. GTX 280's don't support it :(, or at least last time I checked they don't. Will probably upgrade at Christmas when everything is on sell :).
"Dude, XP has been around for 8 years, TIME TO UPGRADE. I skipped Vista, but Windows 7 is great stuff."
Why? Because a certain number of years have passed?
I upgraded from 2000 to XP because 2000 was giving me problems. If I were to upgrade now, it would only be because I wanted to play a couple games that don't run on XP. Games that, I should point out, have to have special attention drawn to that fact because XP is still around on a lot more PCs than those devs care to admit.
So far, the big selling point of the newer versions of Windows has been DirectX 11. The big selling point of DX11? Slightly nicer shadows.
Right now, I have neither the disposable income, nor the interest, to buy a whole new operating system for a slight improvement in graphics. And I shouldn't have to, because that's silly.
"I have neither the disposable income, nor the interest to buy a whole new operating system for a slight improvement in graphics".
Are we forgetting about EVERYTHING else windows 7 does other than gaming?
I couldn't find the minimum specs around, so I just went with what was in the blog post.
@Kytherno
Is this going to be like the PS3 commercials, "it only does EVERYTHING"?
But no, I don't know much beyond that. What does it have to offer a guy who uses his computer for gaming, word processing, and the internet? Sell me on it!
"Compared to the time between other Windows OS's (95-98-2000-2002) the time between XP's release and now- 8 years- is huge. I don't think it's unreasonable, at this point, for people to expect you to have upgraded to 7 or Vista. Especially if you game on your PC."
So, yes, I should upgrade because a certain number of years have passed.
I only have 2GB of RAM. That, combined with my GPU and CPU, is all I've needed to play every game that has come out in the past few years at a high resolution with all the trimmings and graphical tweaks. The only ones I have not been able to run well are sloppy ports like Saint's Row 2 and games that require 7 or Vista.
Therefore, I see no reason to spend over $100 for a few improvements to lighting and cloth effects that have yet to be fully realized. I'm not an early adopter; When all that takes off and a lot more games start to show off those features, I'll start thinking about it. In the meantime, I just can't justify the pricetag of a new OS.