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bioshock on a geforce 6 card - anyone tried?
« on: August 31, 2007, 07:43 AM »
i'm about to hit the buy now button for Bioshock but i'm wondering how well it will actually play - i know i'll buy it regardless.

anyway, i'll be playing it on a geforce 7800 gtx which i think should be okay but a friend nearby has a geforce 6600; they'd also like to buy it but i have my doubts it will be bearable on such a card.

anyone tried playing it on a lower end graphics card like the 6600?

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Re: bioshock on a geforce 6 card - anyone tried?
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2007, 10:46 AM »
i have tried the demo on my 6600, it ran but VERY poorly
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Re: bioshock on a geforce 6 card - anyone tried?
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2007, 11:02 AM »
time for an xbox 360 premium, let's do a mass buy-in for all members with member-discount  :-*

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Re: bioshock on a geforce 6 card - anyone tried?
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2007, 11:22 AM »
i have tried the demo on my 6600, it ran but VERY poorly

oh dear.

i've ordered the game now as i'm pretty confident it will play okay on my card - it's about time my friend with the 6600 card upgraded his machine anyway.

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Re: bioshock on a geforce 6 card - anyone tried?
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2007, 12:10 PM »
yeah me too. i am gonna buy/get F0dders 7800
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Re: bioshock on a geforce 6 card - anyone tried?
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2007, 12:21 PM »
fingers crossed that a geforce 8 isn't essential then.  :Thmbsup:

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Re: bioshock on a geforce 6 card - anyone tried?
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2007, 01:33 PM »
p3lb0x: the 'f' in my name isn't capital, and I only have a 7600... but yeah, you'll hopefully be getting the card in a couple of weeks :Thmbsup:
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Re: bioshock on a geforce 6 card - anyone tried?
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2007, 02:15 PM »
weeks? hehe, i promise not to tell you how the game finishes by the time you get the card.

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Re: bioshock on a geforce 6 card - anyone tried?
« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2007, 02:27 PM »
f0dder... right, ooh really? thought you said 7800 :S nevermind any upgrade is a upgrade
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Re: bioshock on a geforce 6 card - anyone tried?
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2007, 10:48 AM »
Get ready guys. Next month we're getting Crysis demo ;)

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Re: bioshock on a geforce 6 card - anyone tried?
« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2007, 11:18 AM »
Get ready guys. Next month we're getting Crysis demo ;)

sounds good - if it happens.

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Re: bioshock on a geforce 6 card - anyone tried?
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2007, 12:44 PM »
My computer is awful, at best, for gaming--but I was quite excited to play Bioshock on my 360.  Naturally, though, the system went "red ring of death" the day before the game's release.  I was thrilled.

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