Bioshock in TripleHead ...

starfighter · Post by **starfighter** » 27 Aug 2007, 23:04

Does it work with the full version?

@Paddy: (You already know what I am goint to ask).. How it the performance ( UT 2007 ENgine?) in DX9 / DX10 mode?

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 27 Aug 2007, 23:55

The FOV hack works with the full version ... :D

Performance ... hmmm ...
DX10 isn't worth it ... imho ... don't really get much extra for the loss in fps ...
It is also slower in vista for me ... and the vista drivers are unstable for me ... dunno if it is my vista or not ... think I might have some problems.

So I have been playing in XP and it is fine everything at max ... haven't been watching the fps much but it seems fine ... at a guess 40-60 fps with the 163.44 beta drivers.

It is good ... I'm really enjoying it ... just got the shock of my life ... lol ... jumped out of skin ... :mrgreen:

Screenshots with framerates here ... http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=110473#110473

Post by **wazoo** » 28 Aug 2007, 00:06

FiringSquad has a good article about DX9 vs. DX10 performance and visuals:

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/bioshock_directx10_performance/

They conclude that performance is about the same and the visuals are difficult to *generally* distinguish. However... they have a few good screen shots that demonstrate how DX10 softens the edges around particle effects; one thing that I do find a bit distracting visually in games.

I only have 7800's.... so I can't run DX10.... but it might be a nice addition visually due to the large amounts of smoke and fog in the game.

starfighter · Post by **starfighter** » 28 Aug 2007, 11:49

[quote]The FOV hack works with the full version ... :D

Performance ... hmmm ...
DX10 isn't worth it ... imho ... don't really get much extra for the loss in fps ...
It is also slower in vista for me ... and the vista drivers are unstable for me ... dunno if it is my vista or not ... think I might have some problems.

So I have been playing in XP and it is fine everything at max ... haven't been watching the fps much but it seems fine ... at a guess 40-60 fps with the 163.44 beta drivers.

It is good ... I'm really enjoying it ... just got the shock of my life ... lol ... jumped out of skin ... :mrgreen:

Screenshots with framerates here ... http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/node/#comment-]

thats great for such a new game at this high resolution :)

The issue with bioshock according to computerbase is that SLI (only tested with gf7) is a bad fps experience because of stottering, lagging and slowdowns.

http://www.computerbase.de/news/software/spiele/actionspiele/2007/august/benchmarks_bilder_bioshock/

according to a german forum there are different opinions to this issue.

JazW · Post by **JazW** » 28 Aug 2007, 18:58

I just read that someone from 2k is trying to track racer_s down and give him a geforce 8800 in thanks for the fov hack? :)

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 28 Aug 2007, 19:29

They have already spoken to him ... it's on its way ... :D

b0n3z · Post by **b0n3z** » 29 Aug 2007, 06:56

The FOV hack works with the full version ... :D
It is good ... I'm really enjoying it ... just got the shock of my life ... lol ... jumped out of skin ... :mrgreen:

**** POSSIBLE SPOILER ****

Did it have anything to do with a particular dentist room and fog?

If you know what part I'm talking about - I about fell out of my chair. Playing this game at night with headphones or good sound, all the lights off - can really get the blood pumping with certain parts. :twisted:

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 29 Aug 2007, 07:43

Yes ... :lol:

starfighter · Post by **starfighter** » 29 Aug 2007, 10:57

They have already spoken to him ... it's on its way ... :D

Great, he really earnt it !

. Playing this game at night with headphones or good sound, all the lights off - can really get the blood pumping with certain parts.

Sounds promsing,
Stalker did hardly achieve that to me.

JosephJEHancock · Post by **JosephJEHancock** » 29 Aug 2007, 23:05

Yes ... :lol:

I know the exact part that you guys are talking about, and I absolutely BRICKED it! My stomach went all funny, and my hands scrabbled on the mouse and keyboard, respectively.

I haven't jumped like that for a long time.

escrotumus · Post by **escrotumus** » 20 Sep 2007, 00:41

Has 2k games released their own patch yet to fix the fov problem? I can't get over how well this game runs with everything maxed at 3840x1024. FEAR doesn't even come close to looking or running this good and it's 2 years old. Skills.

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 20 Sep 2007, 08:51

No patch yet ...

BTW ... Fear maxed out ... with the same AA I use in Bioshock ... runs at nearly twice the FPS for me.

escrotumus · Post by **escrotumus** » 20 Sep 2007, 13:32

That's weird. FEAR has never run good at 3840 for me on any machine I have tried it with. I had to run it at 3072 to get acceptable frames.

Rees · Post by **Rees** » 25 Sep 2007, 22:58

Hi,

Hope you can help a Noob out here as I've only just got my triplehead.
I've downloaded the latest app from Racer_S and run the application but I'm not sure what its actually doing all it seems to do is create a config file? Does this need to be placed somewhere and what values should the sliders be set to in the app?

I am running three 1280 x 1024 displays for a total screen size of 3840 x 1024

Any help would be great :)

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 25 Sep 2007, 23:39

Hi Rees ... welcome to the forum ... 8)

Just run the app ... set the sliders to ...

Width FOV: 0.37
Height FOV: 0.37

Leave the app running ... enter the game ... press the * key on your numpad to enable the FOV.

That's it ... play the game with the correct FOV for TH.

8)

BTW ...
The instructions on how to work the app are on the app ...
The settings for the app are in the first post ... :wink:

Oh and ... the App can be anywhere on your system ... the config needs to be in the same place as the app.

Rees · Post by **Rees** » 26 Sep 2007, 13:21

Thanks Paddy! :D

Really appreciate your help I'll give it ago tonight and hopefully it will work.

Thanks again.

MaxDarklighter · Post by **MaxDarklighter** » 20 Oct 2010, 23:49

And what about HUD. Can we bring it on centre monitor?

Dem Pyros · Post by **Dem Pyros** » 28 Dec 2010, 10:03

And what about HUD. Can we bring it on centre monitor?

Sorry to necro the thread, but I second this question.

Also - just as a note for others looking for Bioshock solutions, to run it in wide-Triplehead resolutions (4320x900, 5040x1080 etc.), you need to add "-dx9" to the start target. It's probably posted elsewhere in this thread, but I just had to go searching far and wide for that tidbit so I thought it should be mentioned.

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