BioShock PC demo officially released

[Sander]

Athlon XP2800+. 1GB RAM, Gfx 6600 using Nforce 93.71, 800*600 resolution, all effects off, v-sync off and the game runs quite okie. Playable. Frame-rate is between 30-21.

Haven't try the beta driver yet (don't trust beta thing) so can't say if I will get any fps boost.

It probably does, since it runs smooth as silk at 1280*1024 and a few more effects for me, and my rig's the same, except that I have an Athlon64 3000+ instead of your XP2800+.

 

[Makagulfazel]

Athlon XP2800+. 1GB RAM, Gfx 6600 using Nforce 93.71, 800*600 resolution, all effects off, v-sync off and the game runs quite okie. Playable. Frame-rate is between 30-21.

Haven't try the beta driver yet (don't trust beta thing) so can't say if I will get any fps boost.

It probably does, since it runs smooth as silk at 1280*1024 and a few more effects for me, and my rig's the same, except that I have an Athlon64 3000+ instead of your XP2800+.

Hmm... I usually use X-Treme G's drivers because they run Rainbow Six: Vegas a lot better than my old nVidia drivers. These beta drivers run Bioshock better, however. I would also suggest using them.

I should try Rainbow Six with the beta drivers, but right now I'm restricting myself to NMA and Bioshock.

 

[Kyuu]

If you have it, download it via Steam.

Egh, Steam. Hate that thing. Got rid of it as soon as I was finished with Half-Life 2.

Anyways, got it downloaded finally.

My rig's an Athlon 3200+, 1GB of RAM, 6800GT, and it plays fairly nice. Frame rate does drop, but I think I may be trying to run it beyond my computer's means. Always hated turning settings on a game to low though.

Edit: Oh, and I want this game. Loved everything about it so far, except that my rig can't handle it running with the settings up high. Maybe I'll just buy it for the 360 and play it at my friend's house...

 

[Tagaziel]

The game is simply dripping with atmosphere and the Art Deco stylisation is... awesome. I love the interface, the fluid combat, two plasmids, the entire style...

Too bad it is just a shooter, nowhere near SS2's complexity and lacks SS2's scare factor...

 

[requiem_for_a_starfury]

Egh, Steam. Hate that thing. Got rid of it as soon as I was finished with Half-Life 2.

Pity the steam download was really fast, especially since I downloaded it during the day.

My rig's an Athlon 3200+, 1GB of RAM, 6800GT, and it plays fairly nice. Frame rate does drop, but I think I may be trying to run it beyond my computer's means. Always hated turning settings on a game to low though.

Athlon 64 3400+ 2.2, 2048mb RAM, 8600GTs heh I'm glad I put in the extra ram and new graphics card last week, it runs well with everything set to high at 1280 x 1024. There's been only one glitch, when you go through the broken tail section in the transfer tube.

And I could actually read the text on the gift card, it was all a blur on the 360 version. Still I think I'll get the 360 version as I'll end up using the controller anyway, I might pick up the pc version at a later date if there's any add ons or mods released.

and lacks SS2's scare factor...

A bit too early to judge on that surely?

 

[SuAside]

a lot of people seem to have reading comprehension problems (on irc anyway), so i'll put it in big & bold for you people here as well:

Minimum System Requirements

CPU: P4 2.5 GHz single core.
System RAM: 1GB
Video Card: Pixel Shader 3.0 compliant video card with 128 Meg Ram and floating point frame buffer blending.
Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Hard Drive: 7 GB

this appears to be the biggest problem for people who cant run the game, you need dx9.0c SM 3.0 capability...

 

[Tagaziel]

A bit too early to judge on that surely?

Technically yes... but System Shock 2 made me feel a brick in my stomach, while the awesome Bioshock did not... still, it's a fantastic game. Especially the radio chatter.

And Atlas.

 

[Maphusio]

a lot of people seem to have reading comprehension problems (on irc anyway), so i'll put it in big & bold for you people here as well:

Minimum System Requirements

CPU: P4 2.5 GHz single core.
System RAM: 1GB
Video Card: Pixel Shader 3.0 compliant video card with 128 Meg Ram and floating point frame buffer blending.
Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Hard Drive: 7 GB

this appears to be the biggest problem for people who cant run the game, you need dx9.0c SM 3.0 capability...

Say where did you get those sys requirements? The back of the PC box states...

Minimum System requirement's:
Windows XP (with service pack 2) or Vista
Pentium4 2.4GHZ Single Core Processor <-Eh what about us dual?
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
6GB Free hard drive space

 

[SuAside]

Say where did you get those sys requirements?

demo readme file

Eh what about us dual?

any dual core should cut it. Bioshock is optimised for dual core use.