GPU Transcode on AMD?

[Space Coward]

Is there any way to force it? 17 Texels/second isn't going to fly with me, but supposedly my 3GB R9 280 has "insufficient memory" for it.

[Nevander]

Sadly I believe it's an Nvidia only feature. I have an AMD card and can't enable it even though it appears in the menu.

[Space Coward]

Well, that's a load of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

I'm probably refunding it anyway. It would be an alright shooter, but as I've stated on this forum before, id Tech 5 is atrocious. The pop-in and streaming issues are just disgusting to look at, and turn an "alright" experience into a misereable one. I thought Wolfenstein was bad about this, but Rage... ugh.

Oh, well. id can get my money when they stop cashing out to Nvidia when CUDA and Stream are the same damn thing.

[Ypulse]

u dont need gpu transcode, that feature was developed for weak CPU users and advertising new tech
look up my guide

[Space Coward]

Originally posted by pulse_:

u dont need gpu transcode, that feature was developed for weak CPU users and advertising new tech
look up my guide

My Pentium e6600 qualifies under that field. Not that it matters, I've already refunded the game for its meh gunplay, awful texture streaming/pop-in, and disgusting car physics, just playing like a crappy mash-up of Borderlands and Quake 4.

[WordAsASchons]

yeah it pisses me off that my r9 290 can't use the feature

[Space Coward]

Originally posted by (@)™:

yeah it pisses me off that my r9 290 can't use the feature

What pisses me off is what an abomination the engine is in general. So, why does only Nvidia deserve a slightly bearable experience?

($4.99 pending)

[Hudson 826]

The 60 fps cap could worth more wrath than the subpar graphics.

But you are taking things too seriously. This is not Crysis. Focus on gameplay. It's old school fun.

[Space Coward]

Originally posted by Himuton:

The 60 fps cap could worth more wrath than the subpar graphics.

But you are taking things too seriously. This is not Crysis. Focus on gameplay. It's old school fun.

It's really hard to focus on gameplay when the graphics are DISTRACTINGLY bad and there's constant microstutter. If it were just a low res environment, you could at least play, but the pop-in and disappearing objects are constantly fighting for your attention and enemies disappearing entirely when behind cover is unacceptable. Not to mention the microstuttering... Oh God, the microstuttering...

That said, the gameplay itself is nothing special. The guns need more recoil and don't give the feeling of impact. The car physics are the worst I've seen in years. The gameplay overall feels like a weird mix between old and new, and it didn't work out at all. Again, I couldn't help but compare it to Wolfenstein, a far superior game that makes the most of this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ engine and understood that a middleground has to be drawn with more of both, not less of anything. That game's damn near flawless in my opinion, all it needs is to be on a less ♥♥♥♥♥♥ engine like Unreal 4 and it would be without a doubt the best singleplayer game to come out in 2014.

By the way, I actually have been playing Crysis recently. I do focus more on the gameplay, because the actual graphical effects add to the game. When you switch grenade types, you hold it up to show that you have it. You hold objects in your hand, so you know what you're throwing. The nanoweave color of your suit will tell you exactly what power you have currently enabled. When you pick up a weapon off the ground, you hold it up to the screen before putting it away so you know exactly what you had. The environments still don't have any pop-in, so you can focus on the game.

[cartman-2000]

It doesn't really matter if you have an nvidia card, it's broken on the newer series of Nvidia cards, the 900 series cards. You can still turn it on, but it still does the transcode on the cpu with it enabled.

I have a i7 6700k with a 980 running at a 4k res with everything maxed and 8xAA(Only utilizes about 70-80% of the gfx card at most.).

[Hudson 826]

Interesting