sigh ... i hope my card could last a little longer. Anyway, this is y i plan to get a Radeon9800Pro for the sake of this game, which i have discussed in this forum as well.
A 9700pro is one fine piece of hardware but you should keep in mind that it's still sufficient enough for todays games, but in about one year you would run into a situation where it's performance would be maxed out at mid details at last. I dunno, maybe you don't mind about it and there's no problem to buy a new card at that time. But, like Maximus said, if you gonna buy a new card today I'd recommend to go for a 9800pro as minimum and buckle it up to XT, 'cause it's performance will satisfy you for longer than a 9700 would. Thnx.
what have you guys got against 9200SE???? the game is playable i am sure if you turn off all them artsy-farsty details and drop screen reso... if you can play doom3 that way im sure HL2 will run just fine you think people print money ah? why dont you buy him one then? and while youre at it can buy me one also! ahahahahahhaha maybe start ARP fund for ppl who have lousy vid card?
No one has contributed to the 'Help Maximus_Detritus Survive by Helping him get his 6800GT' Fund either, mahakanjus.
You have a 9800 Pro. Modified 9800SE but still a 9800 Pro nonetheless. If I had that kind of video card I wouldn't be complaining
Simply as that, the card is not sufficient to run HL2. Sure, you can turn off most of the features, drop to lower res and it will run, but that's nothing I'd call sufficient. If you've fun playing games like this, do so, you're free to choose. But he was asking if his R9200 is able to run this game smoothly, and it's not.
There's nothing wrong with the cards below the 9800 Pro. We're just saying if you can, get a 9800 Pro or better, else your card won't last you that long and you'll just have to buy a new one again soon.
Well, to be honest, unfortunately unlike the old days, graphics is a big part of most of today's game, and if you can't turn on all the details, you can't really enjoy the game. All the gamers with slower graphics card can only envy those using higher end cards. Doom 3 is the best example of all. If it wasn't for its graphics, I would probably rate it as one of the worst game of the year! If you said you enjoy Doom 3 with a 9200SE, you are probably just lying. Today, my 9800 Pro is just a mid range card, but I'm still capable of running at 1024x768, max details, 4xAA 16xAF in CS:S. I can't be happier! If you are getting a card for gaming today, I would recommend 9800 Pro as a mid range card, and 6800GT for the high end.
woah.. war of the graphic card.. low end, mind-range, high end.. when will this madness slowdown? i've read some article that NV45 will be coming next year.. when you get enough money to buy it, then NV46 will appear.. argh.. but my system able to run it at 1024x768 w/o AF/FSAA.. ok but not good enough..
ops.. my mistake.. i mean NV46 will be anounce next year.. read that from CHIP magazine.. anyway HL2 is agraet game.. try this on the command console 'ai_disable' without the ' '
cmon, the gf4 mx440 is just fine, if you can stand objects fading into view... lol, get the 6600gt, or the x800se, if you can
