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By the guys, have any of you managed to play Ass Creed 4 on max settings? I have an overclocked GTX 780 and it's surprising that it's struggling immensely with this game to maintain 60fps. I have everything on Normal, with PhysX turned off and I'm still experiencing frame-dips :dunno.
 
Off topic!

Totally loving this new Nvidia thing: Shadowplay. Lets you record (and stream) in-game-quality video with no important performance hit. Totally free (if you have the card and a 64-bit system). Amazing!

That does sound nice.
 
It is! If you guys have a recent NVidia Card, you ought to check it out! No more need for capture cards or FRAPS.
 
Yeah shadowplay is excellent! I've struggled with fraps and dxtory despite having a decent system and multiple hard drives. Shadow play however is lag free... Love it. Do wish they would add the ability to take screen shots though.
 
water cooling fan making noise again. probably just 1 of the 2 fan. might as well blow out the dust next time Mr. Green have a chance.
 
man, bought a buttload of cheapies for myself for Christmas off of GOG and Steam, fun times ahead!

Tombraider GOYE
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (pretty sweet so far)
Dishonored
Overlord 1&2 (soooo underated, never got around to the sequel)
Transistor
Portal
Mirror's Edge
Prince of Persia 1,2,3,4
Grotesque Tactics 2
Shadowrun Returns and Dragonfall DC


Probably gonna keep me busy for a while :chillpill:

hey btw, I got a 4k tv and when I upped my resolution my mouse cursor got all funky... turned arrow green, bent sideways and added a grabby hand to the arrow cursor- any quick fix ideas? got a GTX 970 updated drivers
 
Keep meaning to play Dishonored, I've had it is my steam library since it released but never have gotten around to it, it looks great. I'm engrossed in South Park: The stick of truth for now and have Elite dangerous and Sins of a solar empire: Rebellion (never played this type of game before but liked the look of it) lined up after it.

Not to mention the DCS: Mig 21 I bought in the flash sale yesterday!! Never ends...
 
^I hear you, I've wanted to get it since it came out but never had the time and too many other games- finally couldn't say no at $10
 
Its AR. (Augmented Reality) Different, but related to VR. You see the real world around you, but virtual images are projected into your eyes giving you the illusion that they are existing in the real world. It's very cool tech, but also early and unpolished right now. I dont expect it to be available for a good while based on the first hand impressions Ive read. It a mobile device that works independently of a pc or xbox which is awesome, bu also means limited processing power. It's great to see a juggernaut like MS tackling something like this. It means tons of money going into r and d for AR which I think is important for future tech. AR has the potential to change the landscape of how we consume digital media and how we interact with it. Exciting stuff.
 
said around the windows 10 release time frame (later this year) but that doesn't mean to the public i'm guessing.
 
Yeah, Im guessing a dev kit will come out some time this year. Considering the roughness of the protos that were being demoed, it could be a long time before we can get our hands on them for ourselves.
 
Its AR. (Augmented Reality) Different, but related to VR. You see the real world around you, but virtual images are projected into your eyes giving you the illusion that they are existing in the real world. It's very cool tech, but also early and unpolished right now. I dont expect it to be available for a good while based on the first hand impressions Ive read. It a mobile device that works independently of a pc or xbox which is awesome, bu also means limited processing power. It's great to see a juggernaut like MS tackling something like this. It means tons of money going into r and d for AR which I think is important for future tech. AR has the potential to change the landscape of how we consume digital media and how we interact with it. Exciting stuff.

The weird thing is, NASA is planning to use it to control the Mars rover.

Plus they 3D mapped the planet (I think) so you can wear the goggles and it would be like you're there.
 
The weird thing is, NASA is planning to use it to control the Mars rover.

Plus they 3D mapped the planet (I think) so you can wear the goggles and it would be like you're there.

Sounds exciting. Can't wait.

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The weird thing is, NASA is planning to use it to control the Mars rover.

Plus they 3D mapped the planet (I think) so you can wear the goggles and it would be like you're there.

Yeah, the impressions I've read of that demo were pretty positive. Thanks to the positional tracking, you can walk around and even crouch down and look at the rocks closer. The current fov of the area that actually renders images is apparently pretty small so that you still see a good deal of the real world around you which probably kills immersion a bit for an experience like the Mars demo. Thats where VR would likely win out, but AR has endless possibilities for gaming and work related applications. I see AR being more mainstream friendly with a device like this. If they can pull off that design that they're showing, I can see moms and grandpas using it and VR will have a hard time getting that market. I'm really excited to see where it all goes. Apple is working on something. ar or vr related..who knows what. Google and other companies have invested crazy money into Magic Leap which is an AR device similar to what MS has just shown with the HoloLens. Sony is still working hard on their vr device and Oculus will likely be releasing the Rift this year. The next year or so should be really interesting for technology.
 
Yeah, the impressions I've read of that demo were pretty positive. Thanks to the positional tracking, you can walk around and even crouch down and look at the rocks closer. The current fov of the area that actually renders images is apparently pretty small so that you still see a good deal of the real world around you which probably kills immersion a bit for an experience like the Mars demo. Thats where VR would likely win out, but AR has endless possibilities for gaming and work related applications. I see AR being more mainstream friendly with a device like this. If they can pull off that design that they're showing, I can see moms and grandpas using it and VR will have a hard time getting that market. I'm really excited to see where it all goes. Apple is working on something. ar or vr related..who knows what. Google and other companies have invested crazy money into Magic Leap which is an AR device similar to what MS has just shown with the HoloLens. Sony is still working hard on their vr device and Oculus will likely be releasing the Rift this year. The next year or so should be really interesting for technology.

Thats for sure..... maybe now we can get past some of the gimmicky crap and move onto the real stuff
 
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