I gots me a dum question

[zombieturtle01]

If you download Bioshock from steam, does it run on different graphic "specs" or whatever?

Or would it be just as difficult to run if I bought the game at the store?

[IonizeMyAtoms]

Seriously?
It's the same game no matter where you buy it. Same specs.

[zombieturtle01]

das why i sed itz dum

[Laivasse]

What are your system specs?

[zombieturtle01]

eh, it's probably pointless to post them on here considering F.E.A.R. ran horribly (really really bad, I dummed it down so much it looked like Doom 2 graphics, and it still lagged) on my computer, so I can only assume Bioshock would hardly even load

[Gunner]

It requires an SM 3.0 capable gpu.

[zombieturtle01]

I wish I knew exactly what that is, but I can probably guess I don't have it

[Steel.Inferno]

Sm 3.0 = Nvidia 7 series or better iirc, and I've no idea on the ATI side. Probably x800 and above.

[Laivasse]

x8xx series is only SM2, it requires x1300 or later.

[Steel.Inferno]

Well there ya go, if you don't have an upper-end 7 series or a x1300 it's not going to work.

There is a hacked together patch to force it to run on SM2, but it isn't pretty from what I saw.

[Laivasse]

I think I read that it will also run on an Nvidia 6600, or 6 series generally? I could be wrong, and even if I'm right it goes without saying that it will run very poorly.

[burnzie]

It plays pretty well on a 6600, if you can handle setting the graphics to low... wont look the prettiest but it still looks good and runs smooth.

[Kadayi]

"Minimum: Operating System: Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista, CPU: Intel single-core Pentium 4 processor at 2.4GHz, System RAM: 1 GB, Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM and Pixel Shader 3.0 (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550), Sound Card: 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card, 8GB of free hard drive space.

Recommended: CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo processor; System RAM: 2GB; Video Card: DX 9 - Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB RAM and Pixel Shader 3.0 (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better), DX 10 - NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better; Sound Card: SoundBlaster(r) X-Fi(tm) series (optimized foruse with Creative Labs EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 or EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 compatible sound cards);

Game requires Internet connection for activation

Note: Contains SecuROM copy control software. Installations limited to five PCs per license"

Iz itz toooz hardz toesz checkz teh spex 1sev?

[Nemesis6]

Vy ar vee torking englisch viz ein german aksent?

[GordonFreeman911]

Becuz ve ar vereh kool torking in disch englisch aksents. Obveeusleagh.

[Sam]

Does the activation crap that you get from the retail copy still come if you get it over Steam?

[GordonFreeman911]

Nope.

[zombieturtle01]

mmm das why I likes steam, but it's also why I hate dial up D:

[giant384]

mmm das why I likes steam, but it's also why I hate dial up D:

umm ok??
technically your activating over steam but not in the same way as you would with retail.

Also what he means by this " Note: Contains SecuROM copy control software. Installations limited to five PCs per license" is that you are able to activate 5 times before it will expire and not let you. so if you decided to format your computer or change a major component like a motherboard then that would count as being a different pc.

EDIT: also since its run off steam then you wont have the limited license thing that i mentioned above.