Quoting: Lapinopl

QuoteBorderlands 2 still has abysmal performance on my rig.
Phenom II + Radeon HD 7950.
Runs perfectly smooth on Win7, though (same machine)

HD 7950

Here's your problem... I don't think it's even officially supported by aspyr (AMD that is)

That is some sloppy work if they don't support AMD video cards. I would say his Phenom II may have more to do with it. Does he mean a Phenom II dual core or a Phenom II quad core ? Big difference.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I read a lot of "it's a new game, a AAA game, so it's to be expected". Anyone else find that sad ? That these days it's become commonplace that a game has such easy to spot bugs at launch. That it doesn't run smooth on a $400 graphics card unless you go to 720P. I was running games on 720P back in 2004.

Thanks for the preview of Dying Light, it makes me feel justified in sticking by my purchasing rules.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

They have a DRM free version on Desura but sadly only the Windows and Mac versions are on there at this point.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

[quote=Sered]

Quoting: Sabun

QuoteThe closed source drivers have been another thing entirely, still I think that most information regarding AMD is outdated and many nvidia-"fanboys" spread misinformation and FUD, for whatever reason (I guess they are simply pissed).

I wish you would not refer to the proper comment on concern to AMD's graphics situation as FUD.

I wish one could differentiate between "proper comment on the concern" and stupid bashing of the only real competitor of an otherwise monpolist.

Quoting: SabunThere have been users who have given up on trying Linux solely because of AMD's graphics driver situation. It is NOT a boon to us.

There have been users who gave up because NVIDIA as well (me, 3 years back), because the proprietary nonsense often broke my system (in fact always if a new update of the x-server or kernel came along. hence I had to wait, which is not the point of a rolling release distro)

Quoting: SabunNew users or unfamiliar users to Linux need to know that there is a very big caveat to using AMD graphics hardware in their systems. They will not be getting their bang for buck. This is not the fault of Linux, or the community. It is entirely on the shoulders of AMD.

Quoting: SabunProtect Linux before you would protect AMD.

I prefer to protect the open source idea instead of helping yet another quasi-monopolist to get a full monopoly and putting us in the very dire situation of either using proprietary technology or not being able to enjoy even the simplest games.

Quoting: SabunIn that regard, it is also entirely the fault of Nvidia for having such weak Open Source Nouvaeu drivers. Same goes to Intel.

Hence I openly encourage to try out the open source AMD drivers. As the poster before you will probably already have an AMD card it's nonsense to tell them "buy nvidia". In such a case it would even be better to switch to a Windows partition to enjoy one game, possibly not working well on certain hardware, than to buy another graphicscard and use proprietary drivers just to enjoy a game in an open source operating system.

(Which is really kind of ironic, don't you think? I mean, many users switch to Linux because it's open source and free (as in freedom) and all and then you use proprietary technology?)

Quoting: SabunIn Dying Light's system specs, they state that a HD6870 is the minimum requirement. It seems to be a very high requirement game (I only have a HD5750). So any adventurous AMD user, please note the required card.

With all that said, I couldn't hold off. I've pre-ordered the game. I really hope it counts towards Linux, I made sure to buy it whilst running Ubuntu.

----

I simply think, that the concept of Closed Source drivers being marketed as the only way to enjoy gaming on Linux is completely wrong. Sure enough I can't play some games on Linux with my attitude towards open source drivers, but generally speaking they work really great. As I have 96 Games for Linux in Steam alone and only a few do not work (3/4 of those because of the lack of interest from the devs, 1/4 because the state of opengl implementation in the open source drivers) and the absolute majority works out of the box, I think it's pretty save to say you can enjoy gaming with an AMD card (and the open source drivers) on the open sourced kernel named Linux ;)

Many people immediately cry "Go nvidia, never buy amd" and that's something I can not understand. I have had nvidia and I've had amd (and voodoo's back in the days, and matrox ;)). I never was a fanboy of either (because what's the point anyway?) but the open source drivers for AMD are far better than those of nvidia (and I can compare) and AMD generally is more open.

The situation is somewhat like it was under Windows, where everybody complained about the bad AMD drivers years after they had improved heavily. Sure there is always stuff that can be improved, but spreading information people got a few years back in a fast-living market such as this, is bullshit!

All I can do is state my limited experience on Linux. I have never once had any issue with AMD drivers installing. I have had huge issues with Nvidia. My new GTX 980 won't even work with Linux. I have done fresh installs with Ubuntu and Mint and both crash after install of the OS let alone the driver. My old Radeon 7950 never gave me any issues at all. I didn't even have to use the terminal to install the AMD driver, with Nvidia not only did I have to but many times it made my OS unusable.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Hopefully this isn't just for European physical editions. I'm hoping that GOG's version goes Linux as well.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I'm very happy that Techland is bringing Dying Light to Linux but it won't make me break my rules. I don't buy a game until six months after launch and I don't buy a game with DRM for more than $5.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

It's always a good sign when AAA publishers support Linux. Linux has a lot of support from the indies but AAA games will attract more users. Now let's just hope Dying Light is a good game.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Very fun game that's well worth the money. The developers have a history going of making good PC exclusives. Maybe this means Hard reset will get a Linux port eventually.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I own it already but I haven't played it yet. Looks like I'll be holding off playing it until I can do so on Linux. Hopefully GOG gets the Linux version as well as Steam.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Looks interesting. Good news is if you buy from their website they say they will offer a DRM free copy to you once the game is finished. I think I'll wait until that's offered for sure before buying.

View this comment - View article - View full comments