Crysis single player demo

There has been significant hype when it comes to release of the Crysis demo. I have been evaluating the demo over the past 24 hours. The game is absolutely superior as far as graphics is concerned. Of that there is no question. However to really enjoy the game at it's highest setting in MS Vista 64 bit my 8800 GTS 640 meg card doesn't display enough framerates for the game to be enjoyable. I have an E6700 Intel Duo Core processor so that is not the problem. That means I would need an SLI configuration (my motherboard doesn't support it) or a much greater and far more expensive video card. To play the game at 1680 x 1050 I have to choose medium graphics settings. Even at medium settings the graphics are wonderful but I should be able to run the game at the highest settings. Please note that my processor speed is slightly overclocked as well as my video card. The newest beta video card driver from NVIDIA is also installed.

Another thing that didn't work well is that the demo did not install properly. After three uninstalls and three reinstalls the game never displayed in all programs in Vista 64 bit. I had to physically search for the Electronic Arts folder on my PC. That is not a good thing.

FEAR: Perseus Mandate Game Demo

When fear was introduced about two years ago we saw top of the line graphics. The following year fear extraction point was developed with good first person combat action. Unfortunately the after sales service of extraction point was very poor. There never was any updates to allow for larger capacity viewing screens such as 1680 X 1050. (The original FEAR was updated to alllow for this). Here we are with Fear Perseus Mandate and the demo doesn't even support the higher screen resolutions. This is a very poor introduction to the game. In Vista colors are not displayed well in the fear engine because the engine wasn't built for it. You can still see terrible color banding in dark areas and I don't see an improvement in graphics but I suppose we'll have to wait for the 2008 fear sequel before that happens.

MS Vista DX10 games to come in September?

Probably the most eagerly awaited game this year is Crysis. Everyone is waiting to see what DX10 gaming features have been employed within the game. Curiously enough also on or about that same date other exciting game titles will become available such as Unreal Tournament 3. I have to say that I am quite excited about these particular games as developers have been focusing on coding for DX10 which at this time is only found in MS Vista. While it is true many new game releases will also work on Windows XP the extra gaming features for DX10 will be truly exciting to watch.

Many users have been putting off buying MS Vista because they wish to wait for MS Vista service pack 1. A majority of bugs and drivers with MS Vista have been fixed. It's a good bet that Windows XP won't be sold anymore starting next year so putting off the purchase of MS Vista doesn't really serve any purpose. Once you get used to MS Vista you really would not want to go back to Windows XP. Those that have gone back to Windows XP did so because of 3rd party incompatibility. Most of that should be fixed, but there are still a few 3rd party manufacturers who still haven't been able to fully adapt yet.