Evolve supports newer titles usually the same day, but it's not unheard of for support to be next day, and from my experience, that support is bug free as well. Xfire on the other hand, I think it took 2 weeks for MW3 to be supported, and a good bit of time for Skyrim to be supported too, and people reported game crashes with XIG enabled as well.Galkan wrote:
Yes, I am following Xfire's progress since I've created my account there. It used to have client updates every 2-3 weeks but they kinda slowed down in past year (there's nothing really much you can add/fix atm, so no wonder) but I'm glad of it anyways. "Always ahead when supporting newer titles", you say? Xfire has regular game updates every friday with BOTH new and old games added which for me matters more. Plus when big game is released - it's supported in next one-two days, so I'm not sure of Evolve's speed? Instantenous?
So in which point Evolve is actually better? Turn down with VPN, I almost don't use Hamachi/Garena anyways. Does it have broadcast function? Is VOiP quality any good (I use Ventrilo all the time anyways)? Intuitive interface? Any technical issues? More informations, less advertisement, please.
Still, I don't see a point of having basically same software installed And I'd not count Steam, at least for me it's more a game store than a gaming platform.
Forgot about Broadcasting, but Evolve currently does not have this yet (but will in the future). In any case though, if you really need broadcasting, you can use Livestream Procaster (which is what Xfire uses) or something else.
VOIP quality is great (and, don't quote me on this, but I think it uses the same codec as Skype, so quality is most likely comparable to Skype).
Interface is easy and simple to use (not sure how else to explain it though).
Technical issues, I don't know if Evolve works well with Crossfire/SLI setups or not. In any case, all technical issues can be reported to Evolve, and a developer will respond to issues rather quickly.
As for how Evolve is better then Xfire, I'll write a list:
- Overlay is compatible with more games
Xfire has been known for having key bleedthroughs and other issues. Evolve is free of these common issues. The overlay is done at a driver-level, which make it more compatible and less likely to make anti-cheat engines complain
- Forums are more moderated on Evolve
- Evolve's client doesn't request to install a malware toolbar like Xfire
Xfire's toolbar is Conduit, which is known to many anti-virus programs and people as malware-related
- Since Evolve uses XMPP chat protocol, your not locked down to using only Evolve (as in, any XMPP client on any device can basically be used to talk to people on Evolve)
Xfire has few options for using their service on other OS's, and these options aren't even supported by Xfire
- No Advertisements
Xfire's client itself has a ad on the client, and the website has it's fair share of advertisements too
- Evolve I believe is using Amazon's servers for hosting
Xfire on the other hand is partnered with friend finder (A known adult-related dating site). Why a gaming website is related to them I don't know...
- Evolve is using Webkit and because of this, is less restrictive, and better on other OS's
Xfire uses Internet Explorer for content rendering. Because of Webkit, Evolve is also hardware-accelerated too, and you get a far better experience with the web browser in-game
- Video and screenshots are captured at higher quality then Xfire
- Xfire had osu!'s name labeled as "Osu!" for years until I bugged them enough to change it
Might not a big deal, but clearly Xfire doesn't care if it took years for them to change it, and they had to be bugged enough to change it
- The team behind Xfire is total crap. I can give you a fine example here
The team behind Evolve has been nothing but awesome the entire time I used their service
- Xfire is against even mentioning of other competitor services. You mention Evolve or Raptr on Xfire forums, you'd be lucky not to be banned
- Evolve is more open to other services
Want to know why Xfire changed their gametimes on profiles to picture format? Just to stop Raptr and Evolve from being able to import gametimes. Evolve on the other hand would probably not do this
Others could probably tell you other things Evolve does better then Xfire too. But the only way to see how much better Evolve is then Xfire (or even Raptr), you have to give it a try for yourself