O petróleo está em queda, mas a incerteza continua em alta

[LuisFTAntunes]

[Fast_Cris]

Excelente qualidade de imagem,

Tenho uma ati 9600 .. será que funcionará os jogos com esta placa? ou terei de abrir os cordões à bolsa

Pelo menos uma 9800Pro... Pelo menos!
Mas repara que ESTA ultima geração de jogos mudam drasticamente de qualidade de DirectX9 para DirectX10... Pelo que é aconselhável o uso de um sistema (Vista...) e placa gráfica (terás de investir numa muito recente) que suporte DX10.

O meu conselho vai para qualquer coisa assim:
HP BlackBird - http://h20435.www2.hp.com/
(mesmo que nas especificações mais "fracas")...
Quando fizer um trade de jeito! Quem sabe!

Abraço!

Obrigado pela Informação,

Vou esperar que as placas fiquem mais baratas para fazer o investimento

[marcolopes]

Excelente qualidade de imagem,

Tenho uma ati 9600 .. será que funcionará os jogos com esta placa? ou terei de abrir os cordões à bolsa

Pelo menos uma 9800Pro... Pelo menos!
Mas repara que ESTA ultima geração de jogos mudam drasticamente de qualidade de DirectX9 para DirectX10... Pelo que é aconselhável o uso de um sistema (Vista...) e placa gráfica (terás de investir numa muito recente) que suporte DX10.

O meu conselho vai para qualquer coisa assim:
HP BlackBird - http://h20435.www2.hp.com/
(mesmo que nas especificações mais "fracas")...
Quando fizer um trade de jeito! Quem sabe!

Abraço!

[Fast_Cris]

Excelente qualidade de imagem,

Tenho uma ati 9600 .. será que funcionará os jogos com esta placa? ou terei de abrir os cordões à bolsa

[Keyser Soze]

Can Halo 3 Put Microsoft In Console Control?

Written by Wagner James Au
Thursday, September 27, 2007 at 6:19 PM PT

By now you’ve probably been buried in the hype surrounding Halo 3, Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox 360’s exclusive “killer app” game released this week– the canny live action commercials featuring old veterans praising the franchise’s hero, Master Chief, the prominent coverage in the New York Times, the long lines and Chief tattoos and other totems of gamer enthusiasm.

With all that excess, you might assume this means Halo 3 is the game phenomenon of the year. And that would be a mistake. From the market’s point of view, all that fanboy energy is a sideshow. The reality is that the 360 is no longer the market’s most popular next gen console: the Wii owns that spot, now with more than half a million more units sold worldwide (currently 11.78 to the 360’s 11.10 mil, according to Video Game Chartz). For that matter, the 7 year old Playstation 2 is still going strong, and even into this year, was still outselling the 360.

(Only last month did the 360 finally manage to slip past a system released during the Clinton administration, for God’s sake.) On pure numbers, then, the 360 is still a niche system, and while Halo 3 will sell well with the 11 million who already own one, the big question is, will it move significantly more 360s? And the even more crucial question, will it move the 360 back to its short-lived lead among next gens?

I’ll go on record right now and say No and No.

Hardcore gamers dominate console adoption patterns in the first couple years, and not coincidentally, Halo 3 will appeal to them most. So it’s safe to say most of those who want to play Halo’s final chapter already own one. Of course there’s stragglers (like me), but will they spend several hundred dollars for a new system plus $60 dollars for the game itself just to find out what happens to Master Chief? (Especially when influential game reviewers are beginning to express buyer’s remorse and deep disappointment with Halo 3.)

“I don’t think it’s really going to do much for the 360,” says Alexis Madrigral, very recently a game industry analyst with DFC, now a contributing writer for Earth2Tech. “The rest of their holiday lineup is what’s going to count. Can they get games out there that appeal to kids, women, and non-FPS fans not just in the US but in France, in Spain, in Germany?”

And of course, the significantly cheaper Wii has far more appeal to all those groups, not to mention the market-driving Japanese, who’ve never taken to anything from Microsoft. Meantime, Nintendo, which had a dearth of Wii titles at launch, is rolling out a massive variety of games and peripherals for the holidays, including a Wii-exclusive Metroid title, and even more seductive, a gun-shaped controller. And while Nintendo’s new console has already won over non-traditional gamers, these will do a lot to bring the hardcore into the Wii fold. While hurting the 360’s sales.

Don’t believe me? According to the Wall Street Journal’s game blog, just days into Halo 3’s launch, the Wii is back to outselling the 360 on Amazon.

[marcolopes]

Apesar de este ser o meu sistema, o crysis não pede algo tão puxado. Aqui ficam as specs mínimas:

CPU: Intel P4 2.8Ghz or AMD equivalent
RAM: 1GB
Video Card: 6800GT (256mb) or ATI/AMD Radeon 9800 Pro (256mb)
HDD Space: 16GB
OS: Microsoft Windows
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible

Exacto, mas as specs mínimas são sempre para o "desenrasca", com limitações no ambiente gráfico (para não falar em suporte DirectX10 - um espanto!) e um framerate demasiado baixo para um jogo "suave".

NOTA: eu consigo jogar HL2 num PIII com uma ATI9200... E não se joga mal... o motor é excelente, mas quase todos os efeitos volumétricos, sombras, luzes dinâmicas têm de estar desligados... ou em qualidade baixa. E assim lá se vai metade do realismo.

[urukai]

IMAGINO o que deve ser necessário para correr o Crysis em PC...!!!! Uma boa forma de obrigar os gamers a fazer upgrades.

Algo deste género:

Processador - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Box;
Motherboard - Asus P5K Deluxe WiFi-AP
Memória Ram- OCZ DDR2 2GB PC2-6400 Gold GX XTC 5-5-5-12
Disco Rígido Interno - Seagate 500GB SATAII 16MB
Disco Rígido Externo - Seagate 500GB USB (mas posso ligar SATAII)
Placa Gráfica- Sapphire HD2900XT 512MB
Leitor DVD/CD - LG DVD-RW GSA-H44N 18X
Tower - Thermaltake Soprano DX Black
Fonte - LC-Power 850W Arkangel V.2.2 140mm
Monitor - Samsung 206BW
Colunas - Logitech X230 2.1
Teclado - Logitech Elite Keyboard
Rato - Logitech MX518
Headphones - Logitech USB 350 Headset
Tapete Rato - Razer ExactMat (dual side)



Apesar de este ser o meu sistema, o crysis não pede algo tão puxado. Aqui ficam as specs mínimas:

CPU: Intel P4 2.8Ghz or AMD equivalent
RAM: 1GB
Video Card: 6800GT (256mb) or ATI/AMD Radeon 9800 Pro (256mb)
HDD Space: 16GB
OS: Microsoft Windows
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible

[marcolopes]

Eu estou à espera é do Crysis

Muito interessante este Crysis... e este MOTOR "CryEngine2". DirectX10... A única coisa que não gosto dos engines da "Crytec" é o facto de serem MUITO pesados.

O motor da Valve (Source Engine), foi pioneiro na parte de física, e embora apenas suporte DirectX9, é quanto a mim 50% mais leve do que o motor ANTERIOR da Crytec... (usado no Far Cry)

IMAGINO o que deve ser necessário para correr o Crysis em PC...!!!! Uma boa forma de obrigar os gamers a fazer upgrades.

[atomez]

Eu estou à espera é do Crysis

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[marcolopes]

1 milhão de "Pre-orders"...
Impressionante...
Actualmente rendem mais do que uma estreia de um filme (e bem merecem...)

[Keyser Soze]

UPDATE 1-Microsoft readies 'Halo 3' video game for launch

By Franklin Paul

NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Video game aficionados lined up before dawn on Monday for the midnight release of "Halo 3" the acclaimed alien shooter game that Microsoft Corp <MSFT.O> hopes will widen its lead over Sony Corp <6758.T> in the battle for industry dominance.

The equivalent of a new "Harry Potter" book or "Star Wars" film for the $30 billion video game industry, "Halo 3" has drawn wide praise from reviewers for its lush settings, cinematic story and breadth of features.

Positive buzz about the science-fiction game -- in which players try to save humanity from an army of aliens -- pushed Microsoft shares up as much as 3.35 percent, their biggest one-day gain since April.

Microsoft is counting on "Halo 3" to push its money-losing entertainment unit into profitability. The game is the final chapter in a trilogy that began in 2001 with the launch of the software giant's original Xbox game console.

"I was caught between buying the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, but there are certain games like 'Madden '08' and this one that pushed me to Xbox 360," said Darnell Jefferson, 25, who was second in line at a Best Buy store on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue.

"Halo 3" will enjoy the absence of another blockbuster game, "Grand Theft Auto IV," whose October debut has been delayed by publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc <TTWO.O> until the some time between February and April 2008.

Microsoft is backing its game with a marketing blitz that includes celebrity-studded midnight sales events at some 10,000 retailers across the United States.

Gaming retail chain GameStop Corp <GME.N> said the title set a record for advance orders, while Microsoft expects initial demand to surpass that for 2004's "Halo 2," which racked up $125 million in its first 24 hours.

Uchendu Nwachukwu, 28, a freelance Web designer who was first in line at the Best Buy store, said buying the game was not as important as experiencing what will probably be a major media event when the doors open at midnight.

"They are going to make it a big event, lots of celebrities out here, concerts and prizes, all sorts of craziness," said Nwachukwu, who claimed his space at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, nearly 30 hours before the launch.

"If it was just about the game," he said, "I would have gone on Tuesday to the store and got it."

The first two "Halo" games have sold a combined 15 million copies and cemented Microsoft as a serious player in a video game industry that was dominated by Sony Corp's PlayStation 2.

Microsoft hopes "Halo 3" will work similar magic for its Xbox 360. The console debuted in late 2005 and has enjoyed stronger sales than PlayStation 3, which is more expensive and so far lacks any "system-seller" games like "Halo 3."

"Halo 3" is targeted firmly at the Xbox's core audience of young males, for whom realistic combat games are a staple. It does little to widen the machine's appeal to a more casual audience that is being courted with tremendous success by Nintendo Co Ltd's <7974.OS> Wii console.

The title is "not necessarily going to move a lot of new systems like the first 'Halo' did," said Dan Hsu, editor-in-chief of the EGM gaming magazine.

"At the same time, with all the marketing blitz and hype, consumers will be out there," Hsu said, "and if they are thinking video games, they are thinking one of two things: 'Halo' or the Wii."

Shares of Microsoft rose 68 cents, or 2.4 percent, to $29.33 at mid-afternoon on Nasdaq, after earlier hitting a high of $29.61.


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