It's my undersanding that the 6800 requires a more robust power supply, in the order of at least 500W but 600W is recommended. The X800 has no enhanced power supply requirements. That should also be considered when upgrading. This could easily add several hundred $$ to the total upgrade prce.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of spartibus Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 7:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [hlds] New Video Card For HL2? I just got a new computer from Newegg. Newegg has some of the cheapest prices and their shipping is ultra fast, and a lot of their policies are really great. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Fencik Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 3:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [hlds] New Video Card For HL2? I got an evga geforce 6800 from newegg.com. They have this cool program that lets you upgrade within 90 days if you outgrow it that quickly, which I did. A 6800 gt is now on it's way. Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ooks Server Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 4:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlds] New Video Card For HL2? Yeah, you deserve to be flamed for asking a question like that here! <shock!> An nVidia 6800 is the only way to go. Bite the bullet and fork out $500 for the Ultra. Anyone know where these are currently being sold? ----- Original Message ----- From: "TJ Hilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 9:37 PM 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 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
