Yup, a good example of an OK game being well optimized is Far Cry. Arguably still one of the prettiest games out there. It runs very well on my 3200XP, 1GB, GF6600GT machine. so does Half Life 2. Oblivion runs OK, I don't mind a bit of stuutering in an RPG, it isn't CounterStrike, after all, but jeez, for what you see on the screen it really should be quicker.
I think the problem is that Bethesda bolted a bunch of middleware together and it shows. Gamebryo, Havok, Speedtree etc .... Where as Crytek built from the ground up and thus their stuff is quite nice and quite quick.
Allan,
I think the problem is that Bethesda bolted a bunch of middleware together and it shows. Gamebryo, Havok, Speedtree etc .... Where as Crytek built from the ground up and thus their stuff is quite nice and quite quick.
Allan,