Graphically impressive games

[Mikeus Caesar]

Just got my new ATI 512MB x1950 graphics card working (finally!), and it runs the Bioshock demo on high like a dream. That means it can probably run anything and everything, so give me some very beautiful games i can buy for my swanky new piece of hardware.

And i mean everything guys. As long as it looks amazing on high settings, i don't care what it is.

[Bijo]

Graphics all you seek in a game? :P

Some suggestions:
* Crysis when it is released
* Far Cry + "Cold Renderer"
* World in Conflict demo... I bet you didn't think of this one :P

Well, what can I say... I don't play that many games.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Bioshock isn't that demanding - that is to say, it's well optimized.

See how you do at Supreme Commander (which only looks so-so) but is still a real hog.

Or World in Conflict at max settings, give that a try.

Or M2TW with no cap on the number of units in a battle. That plus max settings...

[Husar]

If the 1950 is anywhere close to a my 7950Gt in gaming performance, don't expect to get ultra high settings everywhere, but expect some very nice graphics nonetheless. World in Conflict Demo would be on my list as well as Medieval 2. Anno 1701 also has some nice graphics, as does Stalker.

Supreme Commander really looks just so-so and you need a beast of a CPU for it not to lag in big battles(I read about quad cores with 4GB RAM running it lag-free or something like that).

That's what I can say about the games I have, the BioShock Demo also has some nice graphics but you might weant to read the BioShock thread first concerning it's apparently invasive copy protection.

[Kekvit Irae]

I'm surprised nobody has yet to mention Oblivion

[The Spartan (Returns)]

I'm surprised nobody has yet to mention Oblivion

T'was just about to say that, yea run that on a 1900x(whatever res) +maximum on Oblivion.

[Bijo]

Splinter Cell 4. I thought part 3 (Chaos Theory) was already very good-looking but 4 takes it further.

[Zenicetus]

If you enjoy simulations, you might try Silent Hunter 4, a WWII U.S. submarine sim (Pacific theater). The sea and weather effects are pretty amazing. There is a user mod included in the uber-mod "TMaru" that makes the ocean even more realistic, so look for it on the subsim.com forum if you get the game. TMaru fixes most of the remaining bugs, and adds other features.

Here's a link to a user screenshot thread on the Ubi/SH4 forum. Scroll down the page to see all the images:

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...5/m/5181010975

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Actually, the new Medal of Honor is pretty nice looking. There's a demo out...

[Geoffrey S]

Drop-dead gorgeous, demanding game(-ish...)? Flight Sim X.

[Mikeus Caesar]

One of the first things i tried when i got the card was Bioshock, looked amazing.

As for the WiC demo, i'm having issues with it and can't play it. It can't find my user profile because My Documents is on an external hard-drive, so it plonked down the user data in my brothers documents on the C:, but despite me moving the user data to the My Documents on the external hard-drive and to my documents on the C: it still won't work.

Oh well :(

The other suggestions are all awesome. I still got Far Cry lying around somewhere, i need to test that on high.

[Dutch_guy]

You could also give FEAR a go, I've heard it's quite a demanding game.

[sapi]

I'm surprised nobody has yet to mention Oblivion

Oblivion + Qarl looks fantastic - pity it overflows my 2gb on Vista

You could also give FEAR a go, I've heard it's quite a demanding game.

Yeah, doesn't look too bad. It's pretty much all indoors corridor shooting, though...

The latest Source engine (ep2) doesn't look too bad, either, with dynamic HDR and the best rendered characters I've seen in a game...

[TinCow]

I just upgraded nearly every part of my PC, including the VPU (to an 8800GS 640mb). I have since re-installed several games to revel in the glory of maxed graphics settings at max resolution. This includes Doom 3, Farcry, Oblivion, M2TW, and now BioShock.

IMO, the most graphically impressive is M2TW. I threw all settings as high as they would go, enabled unlimited men on the field, set the game to Huge unit size, and made some custom battles. Running in widescreen, I have never seen any game more beautiful in my life than that. Though Oblivion trumps it on the details, the overall effect of 15,000 men duking it out in full glory without any slowdown at all is truly an incredible experience.

[Lorenzo_H]

Company of Heroes.

[Bob the Insane]

Get that World in Conflict demo on your machine and see how it goes... It has a sweet little test option in the video settings which runs through a town being blown to bits. Now that tests your machine...

First game I have had to move from Ultra High to simply High gfx setting in a while...

[Mikeus Caesar]

Get that World in Conflict demo on your machine and see how it goes... It has a sweet little test option in the video settings which runs through a town being blown to bits. Now that tests your machine...

First game I have had to move from Ultra High to simply High gfx setting in a while...

Tragically enough the WiC demo won't run on my computer right now (some issue to do with it not being able to install and run user profile data properly) but hopefully when i have some spare time i'll be able to make it work properly. I think i have a fix.

[The Spartan (Returns)]

FEAR is not demanding, I'm playing on highest and it runs very decently. (On a 7600 GS not impressive)

[Mikeus Caesar]

Well, the first game on this extensive list you've all contributed to is...*drum roll*...bioshock!

Shall be picking it up later today, hopefully.

[doc_bean]

Well, the first game on this extensive list you've all contributed to is...*drum roll*...bioshock!

Shall be picking it up later today, hopefully.

Enjoy the DRM...

[Mikeus Caesar]

Enjoy the DRM...

I honestly don't care about the DRM. I don't know why people are making such a big fuss about it.

[doc_bean]

I honestly don't care about the DRM. I don't know why people are making such a big fuss about it.

Well, in some cases I agree. However, if, like in this case, it means you can only install the game a limited number of times, I really do care.

[Mikeus Caesar]

Well, in some cases I agree. However, if, like in this case, it means you can only install the game a limited number of times, I really do care.

I'm not bothered about that because i know that after a while they will remove it. How long that will be, i don't know. And anyway, once i install a game, it generally stays there for 8 months, by which time i've played it into submission.

[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.

[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.

[Stig]

Anno 1701 and Settlers 6, beautifull colours