Is mantle supposed to do anything in way of effects advances or image quality in games? The gpu performance bump is one thing, but graphical fidelity is another.
I'm still on 8.1 preview, the performance increases on bf3 & bf4 were incredible. People on hardforum were laughing at me (before. 8.1 released), but mostly the ignorant win7 users that are too lazy to upgrade. Dice has said dx11.1/11.2 have rendering optimizations being used, with respect to...
I have the Ezio and it is amazing to game on. I wish the strobing feature worked at 100hz and had higher pixel density, but I'm satisfied. The gaming experience is so much better. The TN panels just tarnish all the hard work done by the gpu's.
I do think that I'm done with PC gaming after this...
The game is fantastically optimized, no question. Final build that is. Waaayyy better than bf3 was.
If you don't have the best CPU/gpu, aka 4960k and sli, lower your f'ing settings and accept your 4670k is not top of the line.
750w
Intel 4930k @ 4.5
Pny gtx 780 sli
P9x79 pro
2x ssd
4 fans
Thinking about adding another 780.
Thanks, just looking to reap experiences if possible.
It took awhile for it to grow on me. Now it feels BF2ish to me. Way more chaos and fun. If the maps are like the beta, it's much improved over bf3.
The gunplay in BF3 is better in my opinion though.
Loaded a jet ski with C4 and terrorizing boats is the way to go.
Yes, Dice please cripple the game so it runs [poorly] on both the best and most capable systems, so the cheap gamers don't feel bitter.
Warning issued for profanity.
-- stahlhart
I actually get pegged at 100% here and there on a 4930k @ 4.5.
That's with HT off, with HT on it's in the 40% range.
I can keep 100fps vsync consistently at 1080p, but it takes 780 sli. Hopefully the other maps behave the same otherwise I'm selling them for the 290x.
Do your research if you rely on specific games. Lot of time sli/crossfire doesn't scale well at all, regardless of a profile being released. It's pretty frustrating watching single gpu utilization at 99%, then sli utilization at ~50% per gpu.
I think it might be pretty fair to infer the performance we've seen so far of Battlefield 4 on the two next-generation consoles to mantles potential. If we do we should all temper our expectations of what it will do.
Yes, I may have generalized a bit much. But you have to admit, giving existing customers the option to gain a potentially higher value out of already purchased hardware is a bit nice, and pretty out of the norm.
Why do I care which company it is, if they allow me to play the games I enjoy, in the best experience? And yes, it is outside of the box thinking, regardless of it being done before. Glide supported games kicked ass compared to OpenGL/directx. And nobody said altruism or nobility is the...
The point is, selling me a card with some outside of the box thinking is better than selling me a card without. It shows me effort towards advancing the gaming experience. We both know each side is a shareholder motivated institution.
The mantle API is the deciding factor for me, regardless of it living up to the proposed perf add. I like that they are at least trying to address limitations in the PC gaming architecture, where I feel Nvidia is more interested in selling you a second card....which doesn't scale for 80% of...
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