Parias wrote on May 15, 2013, 16:59:

TheEmissary wrote on May 15, 2013, 16:56:
The response to the FOV question by the dev is a cop-out because all they would had to do was put a disclaimer in the ini file or in the menu saying it could affect the performance. Let people tailor the performance for their own systems.

Well, there's the bit about how changing the FOV will break a lot of the first person animation sequences in the game too (i.e. seeing through your own arms, etc), but I agree - this should have been included with the release with a disclaimer.

At least they recognize the issue and are working to add the functionality now though.

Techie714 © wrote on May 15, 2013, 11:35:
You people bitch so much about trivial things...Wait this is Blues..Nevermind..lol

Cutter wrote on May 14, 2013, 11:49:

InBlack wrote on May 14, 2013, 09:44:
It really touches my heart when I see a billionaire tear up over the terrible fate of another billionaire. Really does...

*disclaimer*

I dont think that all billionaires are douches, I really dont. I just think that in this case one really was, and the other while good intentioned is still naive as hell.

You nailed it. Jobs was one of the world's great douchebags and his death shouldn't mitigate it anymore than when other douchebags die. He was a bully, a thief, and just an all around incredible asshole. When people spoke of Jobs assholishness it was spoken of with awe because of its magnitude...'What an asshole!!!'

killer_roach wrote on Apr 29, 2013, 20:29:

The Half Elf wrote on Apr 29, 2013, 20:13:
Halo is still a strong franchise, same with Forza.

Oddly enough, just about the only IPs that Microsoft owns and develops on the Xbox.

Odds are this new project will compete with Ryse to see which becomes the new Xbox's Gears Of War.

Creston wrote on Apr 17, 2013, 11:52:
Interesting Excel article. A buddy of mine who works in IT security has always said that he's glad that virus creators only focus on causing noticeable damage. Wipe your harddisk, infect your computer with a trojan, etc.

If a virus writer REALLY wanted to cause incredible damages that aren't noticeable, they'd write a virus that simply alters a few random numbers in every excel sheet it finds. And simple changes too. Change a 3 to a 5 ten times in a single sheet, change a 6 to a 2 five times in another.

The financial chaos would be incredible...

As for MS: Backscrabbling already, fellas? What, did your brilliant "Works on tablets!!! (oh, and sort of on desktops too)" operating system not vault you to the top of the tablet market like you predicted it would?? Oh wait, you have 3% of that market and no sign of growth. Yeah, smart decision to focus all your efforts there. Ballmer for President!

Creston

UConnBBall wrote on Apr 13, 2013, 20:01:

WaltC wrote on Apr 13, 2013, 13:34:
Wow..;) The BS in this thread runs deep...;) Microsoft takes its cues on the formulation of D3d versions from AMD & nVidia--of course--as these are the companies who support the APIs with their hardware.

WHAT? So AMD and NVIDIA want to support OpenGL AND DirectX and they control the API and the tools that the devlopers use???? LOL dude seriously need to not call people BS when you don't get the fact that no M$ no DirectX everyone uses OpenGL.

edaciousx wrote on Apr 13, 2013, 00:40:

tehnolan wrote on Apr 12, 2013, 21:09:
I can't even tell the difference between DX9,10,11.. that is until I get a screenshot bigger than my monitor to point it out

A lot of that stems from the fact that you can run the same exact graphics/game in dx9 or 10/11 without adding any visual benefits to the game's graphics from 9. In other words..... just because it's in 10/11 doesn't mean the developer's going to use all the cool bells and whistles offered in 10/11 to make the game look awesome.

nin wrote on Apr 8, 2013, 09:08:

Report - Next Xbox priced at $500.

Strike two! Keep it up!

m0deth wrote on Apr 8, 2013, 14:15:
This is just a question really...

Will Phoronix ever produce an article that shows off Linux graphics doing anything other than testing 5+ year old games that nobody plays?

Or how about him going into exactly how hard it really is to get AMD drivers working properly on just Ubuntu alone?(AMD releases, not those shitty ones in the repo that mess up 1080 resolutions, making Unity crash and become useless)

Nevermind the other distros. It's always some hope-filled jargon-drop that somehow leads the author to believe the open source community even has a shred of possibility that they can come up with a decent driver without the source code. This of course comes right after direct comparisons showing the FOSS drivers being blown away by even buggy driver sets from the manufacturers.

In other words....why is Phoronix still relevant....and why do we see it here? It's not like this fanboy shlock is helping linux gaming, or adoption...so what's the point man?

Redmask wrote on Apr 6, 2013, 00:45:
Microsoft apologizes with non apology and doesn't commit to anything.

Julio wrote on Feb 23, 2013, 18:44:
I hope the new anti piracy system is used fairly and the RIAA and FBI are taken offline when they continue to steal movies. Equal system for all?

swedishfriend wrote on Feb 18, 2013, 16:01:
Seems to me he is saying that no console ever could match a "nuclear power plant" level extreme special built PC in terms of raw power. He isn't really putting down the consoles at all, just talking about where his company is aiming vs where the mainstream is aiming. If you can afford to aim further ahead into the future then that might be a good strategy. Console makers cannot afford to do this as they don't want to take a loss on their hardware for too long. Personally I am excited for both the PC space and the console space now that gaming is becoming more accepted in general.