Will Bioshock run on a SM 2.0 card?

JC316 · Sep 3, 2007

I can't seem to find the answer to this anywhere. My friend has an X850PRO and wants to know if it will run on his card. Does it require SM 3.0?

Namslas90 · Sep 3, 2007

Probably won't run very well, if at all;

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 disk space: 8GB free space

:toast:

15th Warlock · Sep 3, 2007

No

But there's a beta project to make it run on SM2.0 cards, it still has many graphic glitches though

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/b...html?sid=6177855&page=1&part=rss&subj=6177855

EDIT:

Namslas90 said:
Probably won't run very well, if at all;

No, it simply wont run out of the box, Bioshock, being based on the Unreal 3 engine requires SM3.0, you can try the unofficial patch though

mullered07 · Sep 3, 2007

no plain and simple it requires sm3, there is a patch out for it by a player who was prolly pissed off like a lot of people but im not tooo sure of the performance with the patch will be any good tbh http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5680

v-zero · Sep 3, 2007

15th Warlock said:
No

But there's a beta project to make it run on SM2.0 cards, it still has many graphic glitches though

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/b...html?sid=6177855&page=1&part=rss&subj=6177855

EDIT:

No, it simply wont run out of the box, Bioshock, being based on the Unreal 3 engine requires SM3.0, you can try the unofficial patch though

The patch works pretty damn well. Also, the UE3 engine was designed with SM2 and SM3 in mind, it is the fault of the developers not the engine, and it was a choice they made - it could easily work perfectly on SM2.

erocker · Sep 3, 2007

Once the patch is a little better your friends x850 should be able to run it fine. It has the power, just not the programming.

JC316 · Sep 3, 2007

erocker said:
Once the patch is a little better your friends x850 should be able to run it fine. It has the power, just not the programming.

Yeah, I mean, it runs Call of Duty 2, F.E.A.R, Oblivion, and Prey fine, so I can't see why it would choke of bioshock.

Easy Rhino · Sep 3, 2007

15th Warlock said:
No

But there's a beta project to make it run on SM2.0 cards, it still has many graphic glitches though

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/b...html?sid=6177855&page=1&part=rss&subj=6177855

why would anyone waste their time with that project? time = money and with all the time spent you might as well just buy a sm3 card.

wazzledoozle · Sep 3, 2007

The latest sm 2.0 patches are posted here-
http://www.paolofranchini.com/shshock/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=4379a8dd1d783157bec21fecdc456a18

It runs pretty well with the Asankel Fix v3, but it doesn't look that good compared to the 360 version.

zekrahminator · Sep 4, 2007

Trust me when I say, from personal experience...

No.

Which is a fancy way of saying, yes, you NEED SM3.

v-zero · Sep 4, 2007

zekrahminator said:
Trust me when I say, from personal experience...

No.

Which is a fancy way of saying, yes, you NEED SM3.

Trust me when I say (from personal experience): WRONG!

FFS! The thread's only one page long, read the bloody thing.

:rolleyes:

Sorry to mock.

pbmaster · Sep 4, 2007

I feel a reprimand coming on.

Ketxxx · Sep 4, 2007

not withoughtr a patch weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

v-zero · Sep 4, 2007

pbmaster said:
I feel a reprimand coming on.

These forums aren't that hypocritical (looks over shoulder nervously...), in my experience :wtf:

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Ketxxx · Sep 4, 2007

im drunk, have an penis an im glad to be a male

zekrahminator · Sep 4, 2007

I apologize for not reading the thread before responding.

I have tried several patches, including the Asankel mod (which, coincidentally, brought me the closest to success). I cannot play any part of the game without ctrl-alt-deleting (because alt-tab doesn't work) in/out of the game. I got 32fps in the beginning part, and then the whole thing froze.

Perhaps it is just my computer, perhaps it is Steam. However, all I know is, I can't play it, and BioShock is what's really pushing me to get an SM3/4 card.

v-zero · Sep 4, 2007

zekrahminator said:
I apologize for not reading the thread before responding.

I have tried several patches, including the Asankel mod (which, coincidentally, brought me the closest to success). I cannot play any part of the game without ctrl-alt-deleting (because alt-tab doesn't work) in/out of the game. I got 32fps in the beginning part, and then the whole thing froze.

Perhaps it is just my computer, perhaps it is Steam. However, all I know is, I can't play it, and BioShock is what's really pushing me to get an SM3/4 card.

I forgive you then (.... :toast:

....). It works on my x850xt from back in the olden days, but I guess it's not perfect....

At least Ket gave me something to put in my sig.

Ketxxx · Sep 4, 2007

its playable with sm2, developers were justg retarded. wait for a few patches an sm2 will probably be imoplemented

Ketxxx · Sep 4, 2007

v-zero said:
I forgive you then (........). It works on my x850xt from back in the olden days, but I guess it's not perfect....

At least Ket gave me something to put in my sig.

lol what? i dont remember what i sauyid

pbmaster · Sep 4, 2007

No! I put it in my sig too/first!!

v-zero · Sep 4, 2007

pbmaster said:
No! I put it in my sig too/first!!

I was first, hands down. I posted with it first - house rules.

zekrahminator · Sep 4, 2007

The proof of my frustration is in my screenshots

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pbmaster · Sep 4, 2007

Bah, now I have to wait for a new worthy one.

v-zero · Sep 4, 2007

pbmaster said:
Bah, now I have to wait for a new worthy one.

I'm sorry, I literally raced to my CP and then posted as fast as I could. I have waited a long time, finally Shakespeare has a friend.

Don't worry, I'm sure somebody will post something wanktastic soon!

Ketxxx · Sep 4, 2007

*feels confused*

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