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Ogs · (06-12-2012, 05:30 PM)

Ogs · (06-12-2012, 05:32 PM)

joeygreco1985 · 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by Robin64:

God damn this brings me back. I used to play WoW on my old thinkpad, all settings at low. 30 FPS most times, 15 to 20 FPS in Stormwind

EatChildren · (06-12-2012, 05:33 PM)

EdibleExplosives · (06-12-2012, 05:36 PM)

Originally Posted by EatChildren:

Those buildings are disgusting.

JaseC · (06-12-2012, 05:38 PM)

Originally Posted by EatChildren:

Half-Life 2: GoldSrc Edition.

Angry Fork · (06-12-2012, 05:40 PM)

Originally Posted by Ogs:

This would be unplayable for me, I can't even look at this screenshot for 30 sec without feeling annoyed, just really straining on the eyes.

Someone put up Dragon Age 2 lol

Ogs · (06-12-2012, 05:40 PM)

Just noticed the weapons they are holding in that HL2 shot, say wuuut ?

EatChildren · (06-12-2012, 05:42 PM)

Originally Posted by Ogs:

Just noticed the weapons they are holding in that HL2 shot, say wuuut ?

I had some SMG replacement model active. It's the most detailed thing in the shot.

Ken · (06-12-2012, 05:43 PM)

Only thing that bothers me about low settings is the jaggies. :O

sykoex · (06-12-2012, 05:43 PM)

Originally Posted by joeygreco1985:

God damn this brings me back. I used to play WoW on my old thinkpad, all settings at low. 30 FPS most times, 15 to 20 FPS in Stormwind

Yeah I used to play it on a really crappy laptop. But the one setting I kept on max all the time despite the performance hit was draw distance. That's the one thing I couldn't live without, being on a flying mount and seeing fog everywhere just felt so wrong.

Dennis · (06-12-2012, 05:50 PM)

EatChildren has now posted more screens in this thread than the High Res thread.

thought-provoking

K.Sabot · (06-12-2012, 05:51 PM)

Ironically, this reminds me of Lineage more than anything else.

EatChildren · (06-12-2012, 05:51 PM)

Originally Posted by DennisK4:

EatChildren has now posted more screens in this thread than the High Res thread.

thought-provoking

This thread was just the reason I needed to dig up my TNT2.

Ogs · (06-12-2012, 05:52 PM)

Ogs · (06-12-2012, 05:53 PM)

Originally Posted by DennisK4:

Fuck this abomination of a thread.

I am the vanguard of your visual destruction.

Ogs · (06-12-2012, 05:57 PM)

Surprised how good CS:GO looks on the lowest. Do source games still support DX8 and below ? I remember HL2 automatically selected the DX level based on your card, and that had a significant impact on the visuals, is the same true for CS:GO if anyone knows ?

jbueno · 08:15 PM

Damn, Assassins Creed 2 is ugly and poorly optimized. Not much of a framrate difference from this and everything on high.

jmdajr · (06-12-2012, 06:02 PM)

A lot of these still look pretty good.

But wow at Doom3 and Half Life 2.

Rapstah · (06-12-2012, 06:04 PM)

Originally Posted by Ogs:

Surprised how good CS:GO looks on the lowest. Do source games still support DX8 and below ? I remember HL2 automatically selected the DX level based on your card, and that had a significant impact on the visuals, is the same true for CS:GO if anyone knows ?

HL2 was DX7 minimum at launch. They dropped support of DX7 around when Episode 2 and its improvements came around, meaning DX8 from that point, and Portal 2 required DX9 minimum. I'd guess GO is DX9 minimum too because higher makes no sense with their userbase.

jmdajr · 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by Rapstah:

HL2 was DX7 minimum at launch. They dropped support of DX7 around when Episode 2 and its improvements came around, meaning DX8 from that point, and Portal 2 required DX9 minimum. I'd guess GO is DX9 minimum too because higher makes no sense with their userbase.

Wonder what the minimum DX will be for the new consoles. I'm thinking they will skip Directx10 all together.

Ogs · (06-12-2012, 06:06 PM)

Thanks for the new avy jbueno :)

jbueno · (06-12-2012, 06:08 PM)

Originally Posted by Ogs:

Thanks for the new avy jbueno :)

My pleasure. I was kind of hoping someone would make one out of it.

mclem · (06-12-2012, 06:13 PM)

Originally Posted by Ogs:

Wait, is the 50 a separate texture overlaid on a base sign? That's minimising texture usage to an extreme extent!

Ghost Dad the Whip · 06:20 PM

Day-Z lowest settings. Felt like it was worth an extra screenshot ;)

Ciastek3214 · (06-12-2012, 06:19 PM)

Originally Posted by Ghost Dad the Whip:

ARMA 2 Vaseline Edition

LabouredSubterfuge · (06-12-2012, 06:30 PM)

It's nice to finally see some PC screenshots that don't have angular graphics.

Metalmurphy · (06-12-2012, 06:31 PM)

Originally Posted by EatChildren:

This thread was just the reason I needed to dig up my TNT2.

That was one hell of a card. When my 9800XT died I had to go back to it and I was surprised at the amount of games that actually ran with it. I was expecting most of them to not even boot.

I still have some screenshots from that.

FIFA "Something"

Flatout

Half-Life 2

zkylon · (06-12-2012, 06:35 PM)

Originally Posted by Metalmurphy:

That was one hell of a card. When my 9800XT died I had to go back to it and I was surprised at the amount of games that actually ran with it. I was expecting most of them to not even boot.

I still have some screenshots from that.

FIFA "Something"

That's PES, dude :P

Rapstah · (06-12-2012, 06:35 PM)

I wonder how Duke Nukem Forever looks, anyone?

Metalmurphy · (06-12-2012, 06:38 PM)

Originally Posted by zkylon:

That's PES, dude :P

Of course. Should have been able to tell that from the font, which they are STILL using.

abracadaver · (06-12-2012, 06:42 PM)

Would be interesting to have 1 screen on lowest settings and then 1 screen on highest settings to compare

jbueno · 08:14 PM

Holy fuck, unmodded Oblivion at lowest settings is brutal.

Piercedveil · (06-12-2012, 06:46 PM)

Originally Posted by Ken:

Only thing that bothers me about low settings is the jaggies. :O

That is definitely the first thing I notice!

derwalde · (06-12-2012, 06:49 PM)

and we have a winner. superb thread btw!

Agent Ironside · (06-12-2012, 06:49 PM)

Originally Posted by jbueno:

diffusionx · (06-12-2012, 06:53 PM)

I beat HL2 on a terrible computer back in the day. It was a Pentium 4 1.3ghz (Williamette, the first really crappy ones, as opposed to the later really crappy ones) and a GeForce FX 5200 (the whole FX line was an abomination, and this was the worst FX). It ran at about 15-25 FPS at 640x480 at low settings, and paused for a second whenever anything physics heavy happened on screen.

It was still kind of fun, though.

Cantstandya · (06-12-2012, 06:56 PM)

zkylon · (06-12-2012, 06:57 PM)

Originally Posted by Metalmurphy:

Of course. Should have been able to tell that from the font, which they are STILL using.

Either that, Peter Brackley or the unlicensed shirts :D

Mount & Blade: Warband (broke the rules a bit but for some reason M&B changed to 1280x1024 after I told it 1280x800...)

Mustache looks alright.

dallow_bg · (06-12-2012, 06:59 PM)

Love this thread!
Awesome idea too. I'm surprised it wasn't done already?

Originally Posted by jbueno:

Holy fuck, unmodded Oblivion at lowest settings is brutal.

[IMG]http://i.minus.com/iCkjd2Xzt6CrL.jpg[IMG]
[IMG]http://i.minus.com/iiTyfruMJh4FF.jpg[IMG]

Holy crap man!

Angry Fork · (06-12-2012, 07:00 PM)

Originally Posted by jbueno:

Holy fuck, unmodded Oblivion at lowest settings is brutal.

Looks like a chocolate milkshake or something.

Nemesis121 · (06-12-2012, 07:00 PM)

Guildwars

Biggzy · (06-12-2012, 07:01 PM)

Originally Posted by jbueno:

Holy fuck, unmodded Oblivion at lowest settings is brutal.

WTF! It doesn't even look like the same game.

Agent Ironside · (06-12-2012, 07:01 PM)

Metro doesn't look half bad.

Biggzy · (06-12-2012, 07:02 PM)

Seems totally playable to me.

jmdajr · (06-12-2012, 07:08 PM)

I remember trying to install a Devil May Cry 4 benchmark on my old Athlon system...

It wouldn't even let me install it. CPU instruction set too limited!

-SD- · 07:28 PM

I see Risen 2 was already posted so here's Legend of Grimrock.

Someone do Far Cry, thanks.

Nemesis121 · (06-12-2012, 07:10 PM)

Crysis

I changed it to the lowest res on 4:3 but it didn't stay for some odd reason, just notice the screens are bigger...sorry...

RoadHazard · 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by Cannon Goose:

Oh god D:

Are these upscaled from a much lower resolution or something...? If so, I think that's a bit misleading. At native res the jaggies should be pixel-sized, and they're clearly not.

EDIT: Hmm, the text for the ammo and such looks fine, so... does the game actually render the 3D stuff at a lower res and then scale it up to native, like some kind of ultra-low-res mode, or what's going on here?

Metal-Geo · (06-12-2012, 07:18 PM)

Originally Posted by RoadHazard:

Are these upscaled from a much lower resolution or something...? If so, I think that's a bit misleading. At native res the jaggies should be pixel-sized, and they're clearly not.

EDIT: Hmm, the text for the ammo and such looks fine, so... does the game actually render the 3D stuff at a lower res and then scale it up to native, like some kind of ultra-low-res mode, or what's going on here?

It's an option, I believe. Double pixel it's called? I think?