I have had better results with the Nvidia 6800 than some professional cards *ahem* "wildcats". The eVGA card has a lifetime warranty and I think they are going for around 130 USDs these days. I've heard good things about ATI's x line. I didn't realize they had an AGP version of the X1600. maybe check out…
I partitioned my harddrive and installed windows xp 64 it runs fine and the 8800GT seems to be performing well but now I cant find any wireless network drivers for my asus wl-138g v2 so vista64 = no working video card drivers(driver stopped responding errors) xp64 = no working network card drivers so no internet access has…
I guess it depends on your budget but i would have picked different hardware for a gaming rig. For CPU choice it's ok, but you could have gotten more power at least for gaming. A duo 8600 3Ghz outperforms any quad on crysis @ 1680x1050, except the QX9770 which is a real bargain at 1319$! ;)…
You say you're not aiming to be a texture artist, what is your goal? Environment artist? if so you will need to do texturing and a lot of it. So this is one model? not broken up into modular pieces, why? And out of curiosity how many triangles are we talking about here? If your engine can't handle a real time directional…
as far as i know there will be Armed assault due out sometime this year .. which will be a visual makeover combines with some improvements additions and some new campaign material .. http://ofp.gamepark.cz/news/pics3/armans3.jpg Operation Flashpoint sequel will be a complete next generation title ... from the looks of it…
Also, gotta I give it up for Earth. They rock. Frightmare, Friday the 13th pt 2: [ame] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDb-z_lnhA8[/ame] Hexen, State of Insurgency: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1KGOgxrPTQ&feature=related[/ame] THorr's Hammer, Norge (same girl does all the vocals w/ no effects): [ame]…
Thanks a bunch Spark and $inz For the door, if I have a chance to go back to this project sometime in the future it is definitely something I'll take a look at, since a few people have mentioned it now. Anyway, I'm not sure if it's considered a sin to link to a rival message board here... but... I posted a full-size…
The words "AO render" and "Professional" when referring to showing off a wireframe / clay render don't generally belong in the same sentence. It's almost as professional as throwing down some uber-1337 lens flare. Unless of course, you know what you are doing.