Borderlands the game

[ArmoredCavalry]

Mordecai.

My video card isnt up to the job. I'm not going to play this game at 14fps on medium. the graphics remind me alot of champs online but this is more fun so far. I'm going to wait and get a new GPU.

That is very odd, I would think it would run better on an 8600gt. Especially considering there is no AA. I'm curious, I'll have to test it on my laptop (8600m gt) and see how it runs on there.

Edit: UT3 runs pretty well on 8600m GT, so that is why it surprises me that this wouldn't run well on a full fledged 8600. Maybe textures are too large, do you have textures set to lowest possible?

 

[DanishDevil]

AA doesn't work in this game, remember.

 

[ArmoredCavalry]

AA doesn't work in this game, remember.

Yeah I know, I was saying, it really shouldn't be killing an 8600 that much, with no AA.

 

[DanishDevil]

At that resolution, though?

 

[ArmoredCavalry]

At that resolution, though?

His system specs say 1920x1080.... Yeah I guess that would be a larger hit than what I'm used to (1280x800 on laptop).

 

[DanishDevil]

That's over twice the pixels.

1280x800 = 1024000
1920x1200 = 2304000

 

[ArmoredCavalry]

That's over twice the pixels.

1280x800 = 1024000
1920x1200 = 2304000

Yeah, at 1080p I could see Borderlands bringing an 8600 gt to its knees.

 

[lemode]

50 x 2 now and i still find tons of humor/enjoyment in this game!

rofl!

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Yeah, at 1080p I could see Borderlands bringing an 8600 gt to its knees.

1080p is 1920x1080, not 1920x1200. 1080p comes from DTV specifications which are 4:3 or 16:9 only. 1920x1200 is a 16:10 (8:5) resolution.

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx349/lemodetpu/rofl.jpg

rofl!

Oh my! I never really looked closely at anything in the environment.

 

[gvblake22]

My GTX280 gets bogged down every now and then playing at 1920x1200 with all settings on high with 16xAA, so I can imagine an 8600 having a hard time. Only level 10 (hunter) on single player so far though, so I haven't had a chance to get in any vehicles or excessively large group fights.

 

[ArmoredCavalry]

1080p is 1920x1080, not 1920x1200. 1080p comes from DTV specifications which are 4:3 or 16:9 only. 1920x1200 is a 16:10 (8:5) resolution.(

Yeah, I know. Right in his system specs (if you go back a page) it says 1920x1080 (1080p).

My GTX280 gets bogged down every now and then playing at 1920x1200 with all settings on high with 16xAA, so I can imagine an 8600 having a hard time. Only level 10 (hunter) on single player so far though, so I haven't had a chance to get in any vehicles or excessively large group fights.

Yeah, forced AA is a huge fps hit, so that's understandable, especially at 16x. I guess I'm just used to having overpowered graphics for my resolution (not even on purpose now), so I assume most games are light on resources. I'm sure the 256mb on the 8600 doesn't help.

 

[EastCoasthandle]

I've selected all the missions I could, when I could, without problems (except maybe being excessively difficult).

This isn'tt relate to what I've posted. After I finished a mission and remained in that area I selected the next mission that happened to be in the exact same area with the object(s) only a few feet away. MPs did respawn right in front of me.

 

[DanishDevil]

I have never had that happen to me. I do it all the time to save time going back and forth.

 

[EastCoasthandle]

I have never had that happen to me. I do it all the time to save time going back and forth.

Well it did for me, which is I post it.
It's possible that it's missions specific or it depends on how close you are to the next mission's objective. Whatever! It did happen.

 

[DanishDevil]

Not saying it doesn't Just saying that it didn't happen to me...yet.

 

[EastCoasthandle]

Not saying it doesn't Just saying that it didn't happen to me...yet.

Understood, I'm just detailing what happened that triggered it

 

[RevengE]

Is there a Demo for this game? I want to try it before I buy it.

 

[TheLaughingMan]

Ok it's installed and I am running it at 1920x1080 on medium. no AA.

First thing I noticed was alot of mouse lag and mouse jerkiness, screen tearing and FOV.

I'm gonna catch up on the tweaks then resume the game. looks bad ass on medium. I miss my GTX 275

Use the tweak guide posted earlier in this forum to adjust the mouse smoothness. That helps a bit. Also AA is defaultly off, but AF is defaulted to x16. Turn that down to x2 or x4 for your 8600 GT. That should take a lot of the strain off of it.

Spoiler

It kinda bothered me that only the first two Bosses, Sledge and Nine Toes had a P.S. Message They were funny and I have not seen any more for anyone else I have killed. I am at the Salt flats about to start this incursion so I can't say anything for Flynt, The chick from Lance, or the final boss but not having the P.S. messages for Mad Mel, Krom, etc. kinda pissed me off.

 

[xBruce88x]

yea i wish there was a demo so i could see how well it runs on my 9600gt 512mb.

 

[Zehnsucht]

It's based on the Unreal 3 Engine. So expect the same performance as Bioshock, Unreal Tournament 3 and Mass Effect.
I know that UT3 has a demo.

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

Ok I got Borderlands. Really fun game. Really fun. I had the game running all at low on my laptop, but then turned it up to high. Performance INCREASED, FPS INCREASED! I was so impressed, the engine optimizes very well, IE makes textures sharper when you get close to things. I am playing on my laptop (my system specs) and it runs AMAZING. Fun game, great engine, amazing optimization, game of the year material for sure.

 

[DanishDevil]

Don't click unless you've beaten the game already.

Spoiler

Not so sure about GOTY material anymore now that I've seen the ending. What. The. Fuck. That was a very disappointing ending for a very fun game. IMO, if these guys were better story writers and had an explosive ending, it would definitely be a winner. I was at least expecting some decent loot from the goddamn thing, but no! It was all shit. And honestly, $250,000 is a shit reward for that mission. I would have much rather had the game randomize one dark orange weapon equal to or greater than your current level. That would have been the shit.

Needless to say, I've already started on Lilith. I seem to like two very opposite playing styles: Mordecai (fight from a distance) and Lilith (get up in their ass and tear shit up).

Just started on Lilith. Post up some skill trees and let me know why you chose the skills that you did. I really don't like any of them TBH.

 

[RevengE]

I'm mad they don't have a demo

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I think this game needs to fall under JAS (Just Another Shooter). The only, only reason why it would stand out is if you intend to play co-op, a lot. I doubt I'll finish my second playthrough because I can't level up anymore and the last several hours of the game were tedious (very straight forward very limited ability to deviate). It just isn't fun any more.

Stats:

Spoiler

logged time: 1 day, 23 hours, 6 minutes, 54 seconds
character: Mordecai
level: 50 (bar is full)
inventory: 38 spaces (excluding equip slots)

 

[1Kurgan1]

I think this game needs to fall under JAS (Just Another Shooter). The only, only reason why it would stand out is if you intend to play co-op, a lot. I doubt I'll finish my second playthrough because I can't level up anymore and the last several hours of the game were tedious (very straight forward very limited ability to deviate). It just isn't fun any more.

Stats:

Spoiler

logged time: 1 day, 23 hours, 6 minutes, 54 seconds
character: Mordecai
level: 50 (bar is full)
inventory: 38 spaces (excluding equip slots)

Yep, this game is Co-op, SP was ok, but Co-op is where its at, tons of fun.