Metro: Redux Will Look Better On PC Than On PS4/Xbox One, Borderlands: The Prequel Supports PhysX

Great news coming from Gamescom for PC fans as Metro: Redux will look better on PC than on current-gen consoles (PS4 and Xbox One). Not only that, but the new Borderlands game will come with specific Nvidia-accelerated PhysX effects, like its predecessor.

[MRMagoo123]

Will it look better on my gt 450 compared to my ps4 ? Probably not.

[LightofDarkness]

Both quotes in the article mention high-end Nvidia cards. Headlines can't contain every detail, just enough to capture your interest.

That said, while I'm happy that these features will be available seeing as I'm using a GTX 580 currently (after 4 years of faithful service it will be retired for the 880 this winter anyway), I'm still unsure why developers refuse to use DX compute to create equivalent physics simulations instead of opting for the Nvidia specific PhysX solution. Perhaps these solutions come out of the box with Gameworks and require very little development time to implement, but it seems so odd to leave AMD users out in the cold when these features are quite possible on their GPUs as well without proprietary libraries.

[Razputin]

Well that is a given.

But for those who can afford current hardware, and believe me there are a lot, they can enjoy this game in better visual fidelity.

I have a very capable card, but will soon upgrade to play games at their highest settings. Typically upgrade components every 2-3 years.

Even friends with less money do it quite as often. Talking about grown men with jobs, not kids.

[MRMagoo123]

Have you seen the stats on steam and how many ppl play at 1080p or higher rez ? 1 third that means 2 thirds can't even play games to the standard of the ps4, I know the pc version will look better with a high end new pc that is obvious I work in a pc repair shop , I build pcs for a living I'm just saying the console versions will be a lot better than a lot of ppls pcs. Only an idiot would think the high end pcs wouldn't be better.

[Razputin]

Not true at all. Read it again and see the stats carefully. More than 2/3 combined play at 1080p higher. That means out of the millions of Steam users more than half do achieve that of what a PS4 and Xbox One can barely and even more so.

I've been doing 1080p @60hz for over 5 years now. I've upgraded my GPU twice since that time and will look into either 3x 1440p monitors and/or a 4k monitor.

[hafitz]

It'll look better on my gtx 780ti for sure...

[skoorydook]

Really. the PC is capable of better graphics ?

Quick we must tell other people, in today's other breaking news water is in fact wet

[Th3o]

Made me laugh lol + bubble for you sir!

[Volkama]

Bleh PhysX. They make a pretty big visual difference in Borderlands 2 as well.

Fortunately AMD owners can brute-force some acceptable performance (which isn't always the case with PhysX, not even crossfire 290s will hold up a playable framerate on Arkham Asylum).

[LightofDarkness]

CPU PhysX is simply not going to get you there. If they'd simply use DirectCompute or OpenCL then all users could benefit from GPU enhanced physical simulations like these. But I suppose Nvidia's out-of-the-box implementations are quite tempting and cost them little to implement.

[Volkama]

What are the disagrees for? Not sure what I have said that can be opposed. I made 3 points, and they aren't really refutable.

-PhysX does make a noticable difference in borderlands 2
-PhysX can be brute forced on the CPU by AMD users in some games (like Borderlands 2)
-PhysX cannot be brute forced effectively by AMD users in some other games (like Batman AA)

This is firsthand feedback, based on an i7-3820 @ 4.4Ghz with crossfire R9 290s.

[Darkwatchman]

no one saw that coming, especially not after they said the pc version would have 4k support

[stripe814]

pc vs next gen console metro redux, do we really need a brain to confirm this right?! Stupid

[matt139]

Have they still not released the system requirements? Or will it be similar to 2033/last light?

[Volkama]

Don't think they have released requirements, but expect both games will be very similar to vanilla Last Light.

[brainfart]

You can count me in, xfire 7950 will be on ultra setting!

[cruzngta]

No shit.... next story.

[bumnut]

I didn't realize they were remaking the PC version, what improvements will it offer over the original releases?

[Pandamobile]

Substantial performance increase, higher quality visuals and the redesigned versions of the games.

[bumnut]

Thanks, I hope there are performance increases because I can't max out the originals!

[Artista]

That's great, I'm sure everyone expects that. I'd be more impressed with what you're able to do with locked-hardware.

4A games are awesome devs, either way.

[SynestheticRoar]

I buy it for 10 dollars on steam.

[ElmoCooksGlass]

pc sucks i have one and the graphcis suck the ps4 is better my gtx 770 4gb dosent look as good as my ps4 which is sad

[starchild]

You're a liar and a major troll of PC articles. Nobody believes a word you say.

I have a GTX 770 in my PC and EVERY multiplat I have tried looks and runs better on my PC than my PS4. AC4, Battlefield 4, Bound By Flame, Watch Dogs and Thief all look better and run better on my GTX 770 than my PS4. There are plenty of Digital Foundry and other comparisons that prove this is true.

[ElmoCooksGlass]

then y for me is the ps4 much smoother looks better and i have all my settings on ultra and plus pc has like no good game out

[tee_bag242]

Haha - this guys the biggest PC troll I've ever seen