can my comp run bioshock?

[Elephant]

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System Information
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Time of this report: 8/23/2007, 23:42:12
Machine name: FAMILY-PC
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_rtm.061101-2205)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
System Model: RY875AA-ABA a6042n
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory: 894MB RAM
Page File: 1226MB used, 817MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6000.16386 32bit Unicode


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also in bioshock do you rarely find enemies (like one enemy every 30-60+ secs)

or is it constant fighting?

[ZeroTigerX]

You can run it, you got a dual core processor and DX10.

You could use another GB of Ram though. also, you should give us better specs than that.

For example:

Windows XP SP2
P4 Single core at 2.53GHz
1GB RAM
ATI Radeon X1300 256MB DX9
250GB HDD.

[Elephant]

You can run it, you got a dual core processor and DX10.

You could use another GB of Ram though. also, you should give us better specs than that.

For example:

Windows XP SP2
P4 Single core at 2.53GHz
1GB RAM
ATI Radeon X1300 256MB DX9
250GB HDD.


sweet, ram was my main worry though, really need to upgrade that.

BTW is bioshock amazing enough to make up for the lack of mutliplayer?

[skater910]

Wait a minute, since when did HP put DX10 cards in their computers? Something doesn't add up here. I would have to see a graphics card to confirm this, since there was none on the list. This is a make-or-break part.

[SmotPoker]

I googled a6042n and came up with HP Pavilion a6042n-b.
If it's the same as the one being sold on eBay it should be a nVidia GeForce 6150 SE Graphics 128MB dedicated, up to 319MB total.

Here's the eBay link:
http://item.express.ebay.com/Computers-Networking_Desktop-PCs__New-Sealed-HP-Pavilion-a6042n-b-PC-19-LCD-FREE-SHIP_W0QQitemZ120152932625QQihZ002QQddnZComputersQ 20Q26Q20NetworkingQQadnZDesktopQ20PCsQQptdiZ1129QQ ddiZ1192QQcmdZExpressItem

[rand0m]

If that is your graphics card ... no it will not play Bioshock

If your graphics card is a Geforce <number 7 or 8>600 or <number 6, 7 or 8>800

Oh and you have to change your PC name ... thats just lame.

[PsiRedEye22]

You don't need DX10 to run Bioshock anyways.

[rand0m]

No but if you are running DX10 it means you have a Geforce 8 or Ati thing, which means its a powerful card.

[Dr Jones]

download the free demo and find out

[Elephant]

If that is your graphics card ... no it will not play Bioshock

If your graphics card is a Geforce <number 7 or 8>600 or <number 6, 7 or 8>800

Oh and you have to change your PC name ... thats just lame.


gotta use the one in the family room for gaming, the one in my rooms complete shit.

so seeing as if i do get bioshock it would run just like shit, should i hold off on it until i get a better comp and bioshocks cheaper?

[IGneois]

yeah we were gonna rent bioshock..but we see its only single player which means....

...
..... how the hell can people say that it will be game of the year with no MP?

thats a bad move for an FPS

[veXati0n]

no.


happy?


NO.

[dwarfer]

Machine name: FAMILY-PC


Bioshock is ABSOLUTELY not compatible with PC's named 'FAMILY-PC'

[rand0m]

..... how the hell can people say that it will be game of the year with no MP?

thats a bad move for an FPS

Yup, this game looks like Multiplayer could be awsome. Many worst games have been knocked down for lacking multiplayer as well.

[SyDias]

On-board video controllers are the noes for playing this gen PC games.

That said, never purchase a PC for gaming unless it's from a company that specializes in building gaming specific rigs.

[SlOtH]

I'm pretty sure in vista it says you have DX10 regardless of what graphics hardware you have.

I think you are running integrated because it says you have 894mb of ram which indicates 128mb is being used for graphics memory. You are definitely going to need a graphics card.

[SatanTheSith]

I'm pretty sure in vista it says you have DX10 regardless of what graphics hardware you have.

I think you are running integrated because it says you have 894mb of ram which indicates 128mb is being used for graphics memory. You are definitely going to need a graphics card.

Yea which sucks because battlefield doesn't work well with dx10 or vista

[Elephant]

geuss ill hold off till i can buy myself a better comp.

[ZeroTigerX]

geuss ill hold off till i can buy myself a better comp.

or just fix up that one for cheaper.

[PsiRedEye22]

yeah we were gonna rent bioshock..but we see its only single player which means....

...
..... how the hell can people say that it will be game of the year with no MP?

thats a bad move for an FPS

Uhhh.....Deus Ex, Doom and Quake before their added modem capability, The first two System Shocks, and probably others I can't even think of were all game of the year in some year.

Wait, wait. Half Life 1 and 2. For their single player campaigns, also recieved game of the year.

[Molson]

yeah we were gonna rent bioshock..but we see its only single player which means....

...
..... how the hell can people say that it will be game of the year with no MP?

thats a bad move for an FPS

Yup, this game looks like Multiplayer could be awsome. Many worst games have been knocked down for lacking multiplayer as well.

What? Are people fucking stupid? Not so much rand0m, but a game does not need multiplayer do be good or to be game of the year. It's a single player experience, not a multiplayer game.

Let's list some of the best games of all time that are single player (a few have some multi games)
Zelda
Mario
MGS
Final Fantasy
Myst
Doom
Resident Evil
why should I even continue...

Just because a game isn't overloaded with 9000 features that it doesn't need, doesn't mean it can't be game of the year. Bioshock will prove this, even though too many others have already. Think before you type.

[rand0m]

Just got back from my mates house, he just bought Bioshock for the PC and found out rather soon it just wont run high settings on a 7800gt, the game just overloads the gpu and makes it crash.

[Knoxxftw]

Just got back from my mates house, he just bought Bioshock for the PC and found out rather soon it just wont run high settings on a 7800gt, the game just overloads the gpu and makes it crash.

i'm pretty sure thats a driver issue. its not normal for a game to overload a GPU. Rather it would just make extremely low frame rates. dont know a lot about the 7800 GT spec wise tho. so who knows. + i dont have that problem :)

[rand0m]

i'm pretty sure thats a driver issue. its not normal for a game to overload a GPU. Rather it would just make extremely low frame rates. dont know a lot about the 7800 GT spec wise tho. so who knows. + i dont have that problem :)

Yup a major problem that wouldn't go away no matter what drive i used, updated the BIOS to the 3 verisons avaliable, used 4 different Nvidia drivers, etc etc

No matter what I did everytime it loaded it crashed. Then you wake the graphics down, and well it worked flawlessly.

[Molson]

Well my computer can't even run the demo from steam, wtf. Nothing shows up properly in the game, and I have no cursors in the menu. Same thing happened on my school's computers which are Dell XPS's.

[OLIAX]

Oh and you have to change your PC name ... thats just lame.

my pc's name is BLACKKKNIGHT