Sanctus
07-22-04, 11:58 PM
The official tech demos are finally out. (http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_nvidia.html) These are worth getting even if you've already downloaded them from the earlier leak.
The leaked timbury ran horribly on my computer, but the official one includes a Timbury and a Timbury Lite, both of which run well on my BFG 6800GT@stock. Will be trying out the Nalu to see if there's any improvement and Clear Sailing which I've yet to see.
edit: tried out pirates. Technologically it's neat I guess. It's kinda fun for a few minutes because it's more "interactive" than its brethren. You can launch cannons at the ship and return fire. The demo overall is kinda dull though since there is little else to look at other than the vertex/pixel shaded water. They should have gone with the full battle sequence they had originally planned. Oh and fair warning, I couldn't figure out how to close the "about" window once I opened it, had to restart the whole demo. Seems like the dev team spent all their time on nalu and timbury.
The leaked timbury ran horribly on my computer, but the official one includes a Timbury and a Timbury Lite, both of which run well on my BFG 6800GT@stock. Will be trying out the Nalu to see if there's any improvement and Clear Sailing which I've yet to see.
edit: tried out pirates. Technologically it's neat I guess. It's kinda fun for a few minutes because it's more "interactive" than its brethren. You can launch cannons at the ship and return fire. The demo overall is kinda dull though since there is little else to look at other than the vertex/pixel shaded water. They should have gone with the full battle sequence they had originally planned. Oh and fair warning, I couldn't figure out how to close the "about" window once I opened it, had to restart the whole demo. Seems like the dev team spent all their time on nalu and timbury.