BLEH on ati

HL2 Beta??????  news to me!

He\'s probably referring to the E3 leak.

Dl the sumbitch on Shareza or other P2P progs.  Pretty cool, the water effects on the Canal map is freak\'n awsome, when you start to go underwater the transition between above and under water is cool as hell.

freak that I\'ll wait till it comes out.  No spoilers

I\'ll also let you know that the vehicle (I\'ve been in 1) is awsome

the stryders kick ass, and those sand bug things are sweet as hell.  The animation on them is terr-freak\'n-riffic

Please don\'t talk about the HL2 leaks.

NOt a HL2 leak question...but a PC gamer opinion question

So in your eyes Omen and OTHERS ... mm esp... what level of card would you recommend to get themost out of this bad boy go\'s GOLD and is in the shops to buy ...

Still got my Ge Force FX 5200... and have money set aside to upgrade to what ever card (within reason ££££ wise )HL2 wants...

I\'d say either get a 5950 or 9800pro, just keep an eye on slickdeals.net and wait for one to come at an incredible price.

Ooseven: Well, Valve strongly recommends an ATi card for HL2.

9800 Pro minimum.. 9800XT will be dropping shortly.. and the X800 Pro is out at $399. If you want the best card available, the X800XT is coming out at $499 this month.

Me.. personally.. I\'m going to wait.. (again) I\'m thinking of upgrading to a PCI-Express mobo and then getting the PCI-E X800XT. Kinda tough time to upgrade, because I\'ll probably have to get a new processor too.. due to the fact that I\'m probably moving back to AMD CPU\'s in the long-term..

I\'d say either get a 5950 or 9800pro

TheOmen the 5950 is not a good card for HL2, any FX series card from NVIDIA will be a sad performer both visually and FPS wise for HL2. Remember the shader 2.0 performance in the FX cards is seriously crippled, not to mention the other problems.

So 007 stay away from any NVIDIA-FX line of cards if you plan on getting HL2

dude, I\'m playing the beta on one and have no problems.  Hell, I could take some screen shots for you to see for yourself.

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No thank you.
I think the last thing we need is Half-Life 2 leak material on the board.

hehe. don\'t buy any of the FX5xxx cards is my advice. Get ATi cards.

LIC, I\'m just trying to get through to nvidia that the 5950 will play HL2 just fine.

LIC, I\'m just trying to get through to nvidia that the 5950 will play HL2 just fine.

TheOmen you do not fully understand what I am saying.

#1 You are playing a beta that is not even half done(shader 2.0 features etc...)

#2 I never said the FX can\'t play HALF-LIFE 2, what I am saying is that the FX line gives out poor visual Quality, especially when in DX9 mode, also it can\'t handle the shaders without a major performance Hit, (not in your beta). Remember what value said, the FX line is to be treated as a DX8 card in HL2, heck the 9600PRO is faster and produces better image quality in HL2 than the FX5950U. The NVIDIA FX line was a disaster for NVIDIA, they have corrected there mistake with the NV40. I understand that you own a 5950U so it\'s understandable that you want to defend it, but DUDE I’m just trying to give it to you straight up. Your card will not cut it visually/performance wise for HL2 unless you are willing to run it in DX8 mode.