Painkiller ... a truly killer difference!

[MrAustin]

Just wanted to see if anyone has tried this game with nVidia based cards and ATi cards? I couldn't even run the Demo with my old 5200FX, but I can get 60FPS with all settings maxed (1600 x 1200 Rez, 4x AA, everything maxed) with my new ATi 9200 -- which I was told is not much faster than the 5200FX.

Anyone else think that is rather odd?

[Hi Ho]

Just goes to show why ATI is recommended so much around here. That's the thing with the FX series. The specs seem to be comparable but real world performance is horrible.

[grasshopperbe]

On my aopen gf4ti4200 128mb (athlon2200+, abit nf7s, 512mb ddr333) painkiller works great. I run it at 1024*768 with settings at max . I never play at higher resolution settings, my monitor is 17 inch and my eyes are not good.

Im still glad i bought one of the older nvidia cards back when i built my system.
It has worked great on every game i tried on it .

[aym]

Runs great on my GF 4 Ti 4200 too.

1024x768 @ max settings.

[oleblue73]

I also played the demo, and I got great frame rates with my FX5700 Ultra, also at 1024x768 w/ all settings maxed.

[Driv33R]

that game is great but i sometimes get wierd sound problems with my audigy gamer at the same places in different levels anyone knows what the problem might be

[Spartan]

Just bought it today, will be loading it tonight. I use a 9800 pro. Will post results.

-Spartan

[Spartan]

This is a pretty cool game. Not to complicated so you can just sit down and play for the fun of playing. Worked my way to the first boss, but I can't kill him. I didge and weave and fire away but he just won't die. Any hints? I think he is the first boss....I am underground and he is a zombie like creature and when he hits you you go flying....

-Spartan

[calmius]

I run Painkiller on ATI 9200 and it runs MUCH better than any other game I played.

[Force Flow]

The machine in my sig is my fragging machine of choice. Haven't run across any problems with painkiller.

[Hi Ho]

Hey Force Flow, I never noticed before that you have a triple boot system. Why do you need so many OS's?

[Force Flow]

First I had 98SE installed, then I slowly migrated over to 2000 and XP. I still use 98SE for some apps that won't run on 2k/XP. Another reason for the multiboot is that I tend to toy around with O/S settings and tweaks from time to time and it's handy to have a backup O/S to use in case I render one inoperable for a short time.

As for doing tech support, I've since found it's handier to have a seperate workstations with the approprate O/S than having to reboot a multiboot system into the O/S I'm trying to give a walkthrough with.

[aym]

Originally Posted by Spartan This is a pretty cool game. Not to complicated so you can just sit down and play for the fun of playing. Worked my way to the first boss, but I can't kill him. I didge and weave and fire away but he just won't die. Any hints? I think he is the first boss....I am underground and he is a zombie like creature and when he hits you you go flying.... -Spartan

Is there a pit in the area? *hint* Look at the ceiling.

[Spartan]

Is there a pit in the area? *hint* Look at the ceiling.

Yeah I took out the star but still no help. Once I got my groove going I fired, dodged, ran for 20 minutes straight shooting every bullet in every gun I had and he still would not go down. So I tried the cheat for all weapons and nailed him with 1000 rounds from the mini gun, the shuriken gun, and the grenade launcher and he didn't go down. Finally I tried the cheat to reduce him to 1 hit point and he finally died with one shot. Weird. It hasn't happened to any of the other monsters/bosses after that.

-Spartan

[aym]

You should have lured him to the middle of the pit after shooting the star.

Walk across the bridge, wait until he follows you, then jump to the ladder on the left, and he will fall into the pit.

[Spartan]

Sweeeet! I didn't even think of that. I am going to go back and try it.

-Spartan

[Tony Glass]

He's a vampire, if you shoot the boards above and lure him to the sunlight
he'll die.

[TheAxeMurderer]

Once the boards break, where on the floor is the sunlight?

[netnamakan]

http://db.gamefaqs.com/computer/dosw...iller_boss.txt

[regans cortina]

Originally Posted by Spartan This is a pretty cool game. Not to complicated so you can just sit down and play for the fun of playing. Worked my way to the first boss, but I can't kill him. I didge and weave and fire away but he just won't die. Any hints? I think he is the first boss....I am underground and he is a zombie like creature and when he hits you you go flying.... -Spartan

Spartan , you gotta make him follow you downstairs , to where all
the kids are trying to do you in , go right down and keep hammerin him !! waste the kids too , and hel die .