If it were me I would upgrade the CPU to the maximum my motherboard supports and get either an NVIDIA 6800 series. You would definitely see more performance from an NVIDIA 6800 series which there are AGP versions of (assuming you have AGP).
I used to have an Athlon XP 2100+ Palomino and I upgraded to a 2600+ Barton (more L2 cache) and overclocked it 500MHz faster (about a 3200+). If my motherboard supported AGP 8x I would upgrade the video card as well, but it doesn't so no biggie. For now I'm happy with my PNY GeForce FX 5600 Ultra 128MB. ----- Original Message ----- From: "TJ Hilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 11:37 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
