Graphically impressive games

[TinCow]

I wouldn't call Bioshock graphically impressive so much as impressively stylish. What makes it great is the art-deco style and the attention to detail by the art team, not the graphics engine itself (Unreal Engine 3). It makes for a very interesting environment and I personally spend a lot of time exploring every nook and cranny just to see all of the interesting things they have hand-placed. Truly an achievement in design.

[Monarch]

Without turning this into a system spec thread, Tin Cow...I'm just wondering what CPU you upgraded to? I'm not sure but it seems to me that all those guys on the battlefield could be quite a big cpu hog...

Well anyway, back on topic, obvious one is Crysis soon. However afaik the x1950 is still only a directx 9 card so you probably won't be able to max that, but it''ll still look great on dx9.

[Mikeus Caesar]

Well anyway, back on topic, obvious one is Crysis soon. However afaik the x1950 is still only a directx 9 card so you probably won't be able to max that, but it''ll still look great on dx9.

Balls to dx10, dx10 will probably be ignored. People will only start caring about new directx's with the release of dx11, and that won't be for a while.

[Stig]

Anno 1701 and Settlers 6, beautifull colours

[TinCow]

Without turning this into a system spec thread, Tin Cow...I'm just wondering what CPU you upgraded to? I'm not sure but it seems to me that all those guys on the battlefield could be quite a big cpu hog...

Core 2 Duo 2.66ghz, but I don't think M2TW actually takes advantage of the dual core. I 'upgraded' from a P4 3.0ghz. It was not by choice; I was perfectly happy with the P4. I needed a new VPU, which meant PCI-Express and my old mobo was AGP. That in turn meant a new CPU as well, because I had the old Socket 478.