Wednesday, August 10, 2022
  • Hype
  • Murai
  • Lipstiq
  • Diva
  • Varnam
  • Moviedash
  • Autofreaks
Lowyat.NET
  • News
    • Lifestyle
    • Computing
    • Hardware
    • Internet
    • Rumours & Leaks
    • Software
  • Forums
    • Kopitiam
    • Tradezone
    • Property Talk
    • Finance & Business
    • Fast and Furious
  • Gaming
    • PC Gaming
    • Console
    • Esports
  • Mobile
    • Apps
    • OS
    • Tablets
    • Phones
    • Telco
      • Celcom
      • DiGi
      • Maxis
      • Tune Talk
      • U Mobile
      • Buzzme
  • Pricelists
    • Hardware
      • Compu-zone
      • Viewnet
      • Thundermatch
      • Sri Computers
    • Notebooks
      • Compu-zone
    • Smartphones
      • Thundermatch
  • More
    • Automotive Tech
    • Drone
    • Enterprise
    • Entertainment
    • Fashion
    • E-Hailing
    • Wearables
No Result
View All Result
Lowyat.NET
  • News
    • Lifestyle
    • Computing
    • Hardware
    • Internet
    • Rumours & Leaks
    • Software
  • Forums
    • Kopitiam
    • Tradezone
    • Property Talk
    • Finance & Business
    • Fast and Furious
  • Gaming
    • PC Gaming
    • Console
    • Esports
  • Mobile
    • Apps
    • OS
    • Tablets
    • Phones
    • Telco
      • Celcom
      • DiGi
      • Maxis
      • Tune Talk
      • U Mobile
      • Buzzme
  • Pricelists
    • Hardware
      • Compu-zone
      • Viewnet
      • Thundermatch
      • Sri Computers
    • Notebooks
      • Compu-zone
    • Smartphones
      • Thundermatch
  • More
    • Automotive Tech
    • Drone
    • Enterprise
    • Entertainment
    • Fashion
    • E-Hailing
    • Wearables
No Result
View All Result
Lowyat.NET
No Result
View All Result
Home Computing

Gears Of War Ultimate Edition On PC Is A Complete Mess, Probably NVIDIA’s Fault Again

by Farhan
March 7, 2016
107
SHARES
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

PC gamers were more than happy to hear that the Gears of War franchise would be coming to Windows with the Gears of War Ultimate Edition. Unfortunately, it looks like that excitement has been shortlived as early reviewers noted severe graphics corruption and artifacts when running on AMD Radeon cards. Naturally, it has been discovered that Nvidia is behind the issue.

The issue only happens when users turn Ambient Occlusion on while running on a Radeon GPU. It turns out that this is because the type of Ambient Occlusion runs on Nvidias HBAO+ technology, which isn’t compatible with AMD’s cards. Of course, the options menu in Gears of War does not make this clear; which is what lead to the confusion in the first place.

gears of war

ADVERTISEMENT

Gears of War’s problems with AMD cards does not stop there either. It has also been discovered that the game is hardcoded to run on Nvidia’s PhysX Engine, with no way of turning it off. PhysX is Nvidia’s proprietary game physics engine, and can only be accelerated by the company’s own GPUs. In the event that it doesn’t find an Nvidia GPU, the game offloads the physics work to the CPU; which ultimately slows overall performance.

There is no way to turn the physics acceleration off in the options, which means that those running on AMD graphics will have to deal with a game that doesn’t quite run properly on their computers.

Naturally, it turns out that AMD had no idea that this was happening. The company was not even informed that review codes for the game were being sent to publications either. That being said, the chances the problem doesn’t lie with the microprocessor manufacturer. Instead, it lies with the Microsoft who decided to design a game that only works proper with hardware from a single manufacturer.

[Source: Wccftech]

Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or Telegram for more updates and breaking news. 

Tags: Gears of WarnvidiaRadeon
Back to top
Share43Tweet27SendShare

ADVERTISEMENT

RELATED ARTICLES

Rumours & Leaks

Alleged NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, 4070 Specifications Change Again

by John Law
August 10, 2022
Graphics

NVIDIA Announces Q2 Financial Results For Fiscal Year 2023

by John Law
August 10, 2022
Rumours & Leaks

New NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Details Point To Faster Memory, More Cores

by John Law
August 4, 2022
Rumours & Leaks

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GPU Supposedly On Par With RTX 3090 Ti

by John Law
August 1, 2022
Load More
No Result
View All Result

TRENDING TODAY

  1. 1
    Fintech

    Maybank Apple Pay Page Is Now Live [UPDATED]

  2. 2
    Fintech

    Apple Pay Finally Arrives In Malaysia: Supports Maybank, AmBank, and Standard Chartered

  3. 3
    Apps

    WhatsApp Is Giving You Two Whole Days To Delete Messages

  4. 4
    Laptops

    2022 Acer Swift 5 Lands In Malaysia With New Design and 12th Gen Intel Core

  5. 5
    Fintech

    Apple Pay Signage Appears At Maxis Centre And Website (UPDATED)

Consumer Tech News & Reviews Malaysia

NETWORK

  • Hype
  • Murai
  • Lipstiq
  • Diva
  • Varnam
  • Moviedash
  • Autofreaks

ABOUT

  • Advertise
  • Careers
  • Privacy Statement
  • Contact Us
  • Editorial Policy
  • Terms & Conditions

©2022 LOWYAT MEDIA, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Lifestyle
    • Computing
    • Hardware
    • Internet
    • Rumours & Leaks
    • Software
  • Forums
    • Kopitiam
    • Tradezone
    • Property Talk
    • Finance & Business
    • Fast and Furious
  • Gaming
    • PC Gaming
    • Console
    • Esports
  • Mobile
    • Apps
    • OS
    • Tablets
    • Phones
    • Telco
      • Celcom
      • DiGi
      • Maxis
      • Tune Talk
      • U Mobile
      • Buzzme
  • Pricelists
    • Hardware
      • Compu-zone
      • Viewnet
      • Thundermatch
      • Sri Computers
    • Notebooks
      • Compu-zone
    • Smartphones
      • Thundermatch
  • More
    • Automotive Tech
    • Drone
    • Enterprise
    • Entertainment
    • Fashion
    • E-Hailing
    • Wearables

©2022 LOWYAT MEDIA, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

We use cookies to improve your experience. Learn More.