>A review I found of the X800 XL AIW showed 56fps at 1600x1200 (4xAA,
>16xAF)
in HL2, and that was in November...so you're probably going to be decent
with that game.
I wouldn't be too sure :)
The thing is, IF you were rendering the same image, then the extra 20%
screen area wouldn't be that much of a hit....but you are normally
rendering
a lot more pollies due to the fact you have a wider viewing angle (if the
game has been programmed correctly), as well as coping with the increase
in
resolution....I find the hit of going from 4:3 to 16:9 (or is it 16:10 for
PCs?) to be far greater then I ever imagined it to be.
16:10 for PCs.
My thinking is that ATI introduces performance improvements with every
driver release, and there's been 6 or 7 of them since the review. He could
also drop off the AA and AF and get a performance boost there. Running
1920x1600, AA at least shouldn't be required for a good clean image. Given
that, I think the X800 would run HL2 decently. Not ideal, but very playable.
Greg
