Half-Life 2 Hardware Q&A

[Dirk]

Thank god HL2 is Dx. I won't have to worry about ATI's ogl drivers. ! ATI > Nvidia. !

[UncleFu]

fuck valve!



having a geforcefx it won't run well, but a 9600 is just fine.. way to make a fucking deal with ATI.

Dirk wrote..

Thank god HL2 is Dx. I won't have to worry about ATI's ogl drivers. ! ATI > Nvidia. !

CAUSE YOU KNOW ATI SUCKS AND YET YOU STILL USE THEIR PRODUCTS!

[peagle]

UncleFu wrote..

fuck valve!



having a geforcefx it won't run well, but a 9600 is just fine.. way to make a fucking deal with ATI.

how refreshing, a nice balanced opinion from someone whose got the finished game and is running some benchmarks.

[Noleafclover199]

yea ati sucks because THEY HAVE THE BEST VIDEO CARD ON THE PLANET ati x800xt platnum

[oReiLLZ]

So let me see if I get this:



ATIX800 + (DirectX 9b x Catalyst drivers) > nVidia6800 + x + y



The variable x is of course represented by the 6800's future prowess as a fully compatible DirectX 9c card, and the variable y equates to SHUT THE HELL UP YOU FUCKING MORONS.

[MaNko_CHiNkuBi]

windows xp pro sp1b

CoolerMaster Wavemaster black

Asus P4C800 deluxe

Pentium 4 3.0c @ 3.6 (at 41 C full load, its under a zalman 7000a/cu )

1024 DDR-400 Corsair XMS platinum heatsinked pc3200

9700 pro w/ stock heatsink so no oc fer now (shes fine, dun worreh)

dual 36 gig 10,000 rpm WD raptors in sata raid 0

120 WD 7200 rpm

Plextor PX-504A dvd+-rw (currently ripping a 311 cd )

Lite-on 52x cd-rw

uhh what else.

oh panasonic floppy.

and uhh..

ohhh what im using right now haha

my AUDIGY 2 ZS !11!!!1! YAY

sennheiser HD-570 headphones (very sexy)

logitech mx-310 mouse (cus i play lefty, and yes, im better then u )

fUncpad for ultimate mouse experience

20 in sony trinitron crt at 91.1 Khz (huge)

i get 350 dl and like 15 crummy upload or something

usually lower then 35 ping

78 mb through rate on my 108 mbps d-link 802.11g (through 2 floors)



there has got to be somemore stuff, but yea, i lvoe my system and it hurts me so much to bring her around to lans and pwn little nooblars sol cus she is BIG and HEAVY and risks getting hurt



peace <3 gl hf

chr|stoph

trunks_711@yahoo.com

[tibi08]

MaNko_CHiNkuBi wrote..

windows xp pro sp1b

Where's service pack 2 rc2 arseweasle?

[MaNko_CHiNkuBi]

http://www.explosivelabs.com/reviews/windows_xp_sp2_rc2/



didnt bother looking for a direct dl link but heres a tasty url for j00

changed my name to arseweasle btw ;D j/p..

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ukHazard wrote..

I got a WD 200 gig for $30 after rebate. They messed up on that one, heh.

URL PLZ :O :O :O :O !!111!!!!ONe `~ 1!!!

[tibi08]

MaNko_CHiNkuBi wrote..

http://www.explosivelabs.com/reviews/windows_xp_sp2_rc2/



didnt bother looking for a direct dl link but heres a tasty url for j00

So, why are you still on SP1, was my point...

[MaNko_CHiNkuBi]

oh my bad, didnt know RC2 stood for RE4LLY CRZY 2!

thot it meant release candidate. man i feel stupid now....



unstable.



beta.



you ass-hat.

[UncleFu]

peagle wrote..

how refreshing, a nice balanced opinion from someone whose got the finished game and is running some benchmarks.

benchmarks? it's in the interview... they say nvidia cards won't run it well, but a 9600 is going to be just great to run the game. hrmm, imagine that... they sell their game bundled with ATI cards and *oddly enough* it will run best on ATI cards. cause valve is just one big huge fucking tool for the canadian devils!

[Dirk]

UncleFu wrote..

CAUSE YOU KNOW ATI SUCKS AND YET YOU STILL USE THEIR PRODUCTS!

If I thought they sucked I wouldn't pay for their products...

[SALAMIjedi]

neither Ati or Nvidia sucks... you all suck! PERIOD!... oh an matrox can suck it too. LOL



yeah be seriously each company has a strength

[popewax|psycho]

OK anyone saying that they "oc'd a 9600 to 9800 status" is a complete idiot.

Core/Memory

9600xt: 500/600Mhz

9800xt: 412Mhz/730 Mhz



I've Oc'd the 9600xt's memory clock to 715Mhz before getting any artifacts in rendering or any texture misalignment.



The chip architechture is different between the 2 and I think IM right that the pipeline numbers are different.

[oReiLLZ]

UncleFu wrote..

benchmarks?

Yes.