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Mantle update for BF4 about to go live.

See more here.

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/ne ... ntle-live/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Some very impressive performance gains, mantle might be the real deal after all, NVidia owners am cry.
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http://techgage.com/news/amd-shares-fre ... t-it-soon/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/17567 ... not-gpus/2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
In Battlefield 4, we have more robust information. AMD claims that the FX-8350 + R9 290X will see an average of 23.8% better performance under Mantle, while the Core i5-4670K + 290X will see a performance improvement of just 7.5%.
Seems like the performance gains aren't as stellar if you have a decent cpu, ie core i5-i7. NVidia intel owners no reason to cry yet.
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Just finished re-playing through hl2 / plus ep 1 & 2 this game is fucking greatest single player fps yet created imo. The world valve have created is just fantastic. The art style, sites and sounds are all soo well done.

Graphics still hold up to this day running 1200p, 8aa ,16x af maxed everything 100fps plus

Recommend everyone give it another play through and relive the sensation which is hl2 :up:
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Funny you should mention that Sveky! I recently bought the Orange Box and am ready for my first ever play-through on Master Race
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saw a few screens of a left 4 dead reboot in Source 2 engine the other day
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Early days, but promising.
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Candy Arse wrote:Funny you should mention that Sveky! I recently bought the Orange Box and am ready for my first ever play-through on Master Race
You're in for a treat Candy! :o

Had been so long since i played it last it all felt new... allot of the story i had completely forgotten.

Its really jaw dropping stuff even compared to todays standards ( or lack of)
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Candy Arse wrote:Funny you should mention that Sveky! I recently bought the Orange Box and am ready for my first ever play-through on Master Race
JOKE GAMER CONFIRMED!

Also enjoy those seesaws...
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Yeah gotta admit candy, that goes against your argument with lestat earlier.
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How? That part where I said I only played Rome TW for years meant I literally only played Rome TW for years. That would mean there was a lot of stuff I missed out on, I didn't play through HL2 until it came out on 360 and now I'm looking to rectify that. Don't we all have a list of shame?

Not a huge surprise that it is the hardcore, emotionally-invested xbots that are taking offense. Must have been the XBL cancellation thing. Defend the hive etc
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I know how you feel buddy. You should have seen them savage me when I decided to quit PS+.

See you on master race. I'll be using different drivers bro but I think we'll still find each other. :aussie:
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Not playing HL2 isn't shame list, it's sacrilege.
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Training wheels confirmed. ;-)

Mantle update, drivers are out, tried star swarm and there is a huge increase in performance, 2-3x increase with Mantle, which is impressive. Bf4 with mantle seems to smooth out the hiccups and dips on busy maps.

So there is a definite inprovement on draw call performance and CPU Util. Feels like I got a nice CPU upgrade from a driver update. :up:
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Madmya wrote:Not playing HL2 isn't shame list, it's sacrilege.
This was my favourite games years ago when i was into modding and having the best of the best pc's.
These days with kids and life in general i can't invest $2000 plus into a pc but have opted for quick and easy gaming with consoles.
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Madmya wrote:Not playing HL2 isn't shame list, it's sacrilege.
I've played through it + Ep1 and 2 something like 3 times...just never on PC.
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I was thinking over the weekend that I haven't upgraded my PC in ages & probably not going to do a full rebuild until end of the year or maybe early next year. Still running an Intel i7 920 @ 4GHz, Radeon 6970 & 8GB DDR3 RAM. I usually play my games at 1680 x 1050 (native monitor resolution), unless I run them over the long HDMI cable to the lounge room TV at 1080p.

Most games I throw at it play at highest graphical settings, even Bioshock Infinite, Crysis 2 etc & not much of a performance hit at all. I don't really want to put much money to it now, but do any of you Ranchers think it'll be worth waiting until I do a full rebuild later or upgrade my video card now?
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I think you said it best - the games you're running are running well. Why upgrade now?
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Definitely wait until the Maxwell cards are out. Maybe this time next year would be a good time?
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Candy Arse wrote:
Madmya wrote:Not playing HL2 isn't shame list, it's sacrilege.
I've played through it + Ep1 and 2 something like 3 times...just never on PC.
I'm not doubting your gaming pedigree, I just can't understand how you can avoid HL2 at launch when you've got a PC capable (assuming it was capable). HL2 then CS:S was gold, loved those early days of steam.
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MiNiStRy wrote:
Madmya wrote:Not playing HL2 isn't shame list, it's sacrilege.
This was my favourite games years ago when i was into modding and having the best of the best pc's.
These days with kids and life in general i can't invest $2000 plus into a pc but have opted for quick and easy gaming with consoles.
Yeah I'm not questioning your decision to go console only. Your reasons are completely understandable. Just want to state though that you don't need to spend $2k on a console to match the quality of a PS4 and xbone. I think that's the main difference about this gen compared to previous gens, a cheap PC can easily match and trump brand new consoles. Console games will get a lot better though, of course, but so will PC hardware. I can't justify the price gap anymore given the freedom of PC, personally.

Edit: Christ I sound like Kanye West in the last two posts.
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Can never find a game of counter strike these days on steam. Still to this day one of the best fps online imo.
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Madmya wrote:
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Madmya wrote:Not playing HL2 isn't shame list, it's sacrilege.
I've played through it + Ep1 and 2 something like 3 times...just never on PC.
I'm not doubting your gaming pedigree, I just can't understand how you can avoid HL2 at launch when you've got a PC capable (assuming it was capable). HL2 then CS:S was gold, loved those early days of steam.
No it sure as hell wasn't capable. It was literally a Rome:TW machine.

Owning Ocarina of Time on two different platforms and still never finished it...that's probably closer to sacrilege :lol:
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Well shit, not having a PC capable changes the story just a little bit! :lol:

I bought CS:GO recently (runs well on my surface!), and I could find a game but yeah you're right, nowhere near as popular as it once was. I was disappointed you couldn't spraypaint a tag anymore either! I guess there was too much porn around.
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I think the years of rampant cheating in that game ruined it, I picked up CS:GO in the recent steam sales, had a play, it's ok but the core gameplay hasn't really evolved/changed much at all, they just keep re-skinning the thing. I didn't have any trouble finding active servers though, seems to be a few still playing it, probably had a player base spike due to the steam sales.

I'm gonna try and play a bit more warframe with my brother, seems like a fun co-op action game, runs rock solid 60fps on PC with lots of nice particle effects, some of the warframe designs and weapons my brother unlocked look pretty nice. For a free to play game, they're not to obscene on the item upgrades.

I also tried another free to play shooter, "Loadout", has TF2 art style but plays like a cross of TF2/UT/Quake. Was fun, the hook is in the crafting of weapons and gear, which is where some of the upgrade prices looked obscene imo, especially considering the game isn't very deep at all.

Seeing a lot of free2play stuff popup on steam now, I think mobiles/tablets have ruined the industry and steered us towards this model. Maybe this model is better suited for online games, since we already have a semi implementation with season passes/DLC.
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