Yeah, you deserve to be flamed for asking a question like that here! <shock!>
An nVidia 6800 is the only way to go. Bite the bullet and fork out $500 for the Ultra. Anyone know where these are currently being sold? ----- Original Message ----- From: "TJ Hilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 9:37 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
