If you're limited to AGP, and you want more performance than the ATI 9800 Pro, an NVIDIA 6800 will more than satisfy the needs of both games. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Orion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 12:11 PM Subject: Re: [OT][hlds] New Video Card For HL2?
> HL2 is a D3D based game and ATI does D3D better. Doom3 is an OpenGL game, > whcih Nvidia does better. > > So the querstion is which game and its mods will you play more? If its HL2 > then get an ATI card. > > Orion > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Fencik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 10:07 PM > Subject: RE: [OT][hlds] New Video Card For HL2? > > >> I think a more relevant question is how much money do you want to spend? >> >> For about $200, go with a radeon 9800. >> >> For about $300, go with a geforce 6800. >> >> For about $400, get the geforce 6800GT. >> >> For about $500, get the geforce 6800Ultra or Radeon x800. >> >> Either of these cards will be able to play hl2 or doom3 well. If you >> want higher framerates, you'll have to disable some of the AA and AF, >> unless you wanna splurge and get the uber-powerful 6800GT or Ultra, in >> which case you'll be able to keep the extra features on. >> >> From what I've read, Far Cry is more hardware intensive than hl2 will >> be, but that's most likely just conjecture. >> >> Far cry runs very nicely on a geforce 6800. >> >> Here's something to think about...They recorded demos for hl2 how long >> ago? The newer cards that I mentioned didn't even exist back then! >> What do you think they had in the machines that they recorded the demos >> on? >> >> Dave >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TJ Hilton >> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 12:37 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [hlds] New Video Card For HL2? >> >> Hey All >> >> I know this isn't a server question, so feel free to flame me till >> your heart's content. But I'm considering buying a new video card to >> be able to better play HL2. My current system is a AMD Athalon XP >> 2000 with a gig of ram and a Nvidia GeForce 4 graphics card. >> >> I tried Doom3 (which i heard has similar system requirements to those >> of HL2) on the lowest settings and it barfed. So I'm thinking in >> getting a ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (128) to be able to better enjoy newer >> video games. >> >> My question is, is just upgrading the video card going to be enough to >> let me play HL2? Perhaps someone from Valve could comment. >> >> And yes, I've read the system requirements. PIII 800 mhz DX6 >> Compatible. But Doom3 said it would run just fine on a lower end >> system as well and it just died. >> >> Any Info? >> >> Thanks. >> -- >> TJ Hilton >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
