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Max Payne/Kyro 2 no pretty picture
Max Payne/Kyro 2 no pretty picture
31//07/2001 19:28:21
Drivers are the problem
WHILE THE KYRO 2 is a very good
card on price and performance, every path has its puddle, and there's no
rose without a thorn.
Just like Nvidia had some problems
with its early Riva 128 and TNT cards in games like Unreal, and like ATI
used to have major problems with its Radeon cards through using "immature
drivers", Kyro 2 has some Max Payne issues with its latest drivers.
I must admit that Kyro 2 is
really capable of swallowing Max Payne and is very playable one, but there
are some imperfections.
Even with Patch Version 1.1,
Kyro 2 with the latest drivers can suffer serious slow downs, with texture
breaks, at which point the game becomes practically unplayable and therefore
not a game at all.
The error occurs when you go
into some open spaces with lots of snow and in some rooms as well. This
can easily lead you to an early death as the frame rate drops dramatically
to - 5- 10 FPS.
I am sure that these things
can be worked out, but at this point Kyro 2 owners desperately need some
driver update or game fix.
This is one of the normal things
that any company needs to overcome to become a leader and we hope that PoverVR
has the knowledge and strength to make this happen. ATI has already managed
it in a way, but still need some polishing with its drives and Max Payne
works OK with Radeon.
