ATI cards 9600XT - runs Doom3 just fine with the Cat4.9 drivers. 9800Pro/XT x800/x600
nVidia cards 5600 and below... don't bother, they are not an upgrade. 5900/5950 - if you think you must support nVidia 6xxx series cards - I have seen no tests done for HL2. Apparently do well in Doom3. Remember, as far as I know, Doom3 = OpenGL and HL2 D3D. Each card, ATI and nVidia, both can play either one but I see something common here with what happened several years ago... 3DFX and nVidia. 3DFX was supporting Direct3D (D3D) and nVidia OpenGL. 3DFX supported miniGL which played OpenGL games but not nearly as well as their competitors and the competitors (nVidia) could not play the D3D games as well as 3DFX (e.g. UT). Well, as it was, the new up and comer was OpenGL, and they won the war but today... D3D is taking hold... I guess the Graphics Card you decide to purchase will be a personal choice based on games you play. -=X=- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Z Teknology HLDS List Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 8:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlds] Video Cards again, Im sorry [OT] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Skirecs wrote: >Wasn't really thinking of the DS, so its good you put the OT on. Have a >suggest otherwise? > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "David Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 12:16 AM >Subject: Re: [hlds] Video Cards again, Im sorry [OT] > > > > >>You won't need to upgrade your video card to run the dedicated server for >>Half-Life 2, so just stick with what you've got! >> >>-- dave >> >>---- Original Message ---- >>From: "Skirecs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 1:42 PM >>Subject: [hlds] Video Cards again, Im sorry >> >> >> >>>Imp thinking of upgrading video cards for the upcoming games, so what >>>cards >>>do you recommend. I need something relatively cheap, but can still >>>pull its >>>weigh in medium quality settings. Thanks for your help. >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>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 >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > 9600XT, 9800 Pro, nvidia 5600ish... -- Zack Sloane http://zteknology.com We Put Personal Back in Personal Computer! You Dream it, We Build It! -- _______________________________________________ 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
