Re: HL2 Shaders, killing ur computer
 

turn off aa and that crap and yo urun it smooth on 1024x768..

Re: HL2 Shaders, killing ur computer
 

although AA isnt a feature I'd like to turn off ... just played Colin McRae Rally 05 demo with 4x AA, looks awesome :)

Re: HL2 Shaders, killing ur computer
 

i'm a get a gf6 6800GT :D

b4 i start playing


here's my current system spec's:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/g...cname=bph06831

i have done no upgrades to it.

Re: HL2 Shaders, killing ur computer
 

man, AA is the least thing i look at. I love pixels :P

Re: HL2 Shaders, killing ur computer
 

Heyyo,

HuntKillaz, nice choice with HP, for a big company selling comps at least they're nice aboot 3rd party upgrades. ;)

but I checked the specs, that 128MB of ram won't cut it, I believe even with a new videocard like that. The cpu's a little weak too, just a little celeron.. might wanna upgrade that too if possible...

It also doesn't mention your power supply, make sure it's at least 300 - 350 Watts or it won't be able to hand that videocard and you'll need a new powersupply to go with it...

If I were you, for HL2 go ATI cause it's ATI Optimized. But if you're gonna get a big card like that? I'm pretty sure it won't matter too much. ;)

[EDIT]
Dudes, we should start a stress-tests thread, where we post our comp stats and our CS:S video quailty settings and our average framerate results so we can see how well different setups run on the source engine.. who's up for this idea? I am. :D

Re: HL2 Shaders, killing ur computer
 

hehe, that system will be going to my sis (for internet only)

the new one i'm getting will be along the lines of:

amd athlon 64 socket 939 3500+
(haven't decided on mobo yet but will be agp since pci express hasn't come out yet)
200gb seagate 8.5ms 7200rpm sata150
400\450w powersupply
256 GF6 6800GT
1024MB Ram
Nec 3500A Dvd -\+ R & Rw DL


yeah a system specs and stress test thread for hl2\doom\farcry would be cool

Re: HL2 Shaders, killing ur computer
 

Only 128MB Ram?

Man, you're my hero. 8o

Re: HL2 Shaders, killing ur computer
 

Heyyo,

Heh, that's gonna be one buffed comp. :)

For a mobo, may I suggest an Asus? it's much better than MSI (I have one, it's not very good...) and those new deluxe one's are CRAZY. Like, the deluxe for a S748 is crazy man... you could throw in soo many HD's like, 6 in total I think (considering you're gonna want 2 CD/DVDrom/RW drives...)

check this one out, beaute, and pretty good price:

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...nufacture=ASUS

of course the price will vary for you, NCIX is just a computer warehouse I shop at. ;)

Re: HL2 Shaders, killing ur computer
 

Hell yeah! I have a Ye Ol' ASUS A7A266-E, and it never broke down or anything. Never gave me one problem.

Long live ASUS and AMD!

Re: HL2 Shaders, killing ur computer
 

/me taps in stefan's hand. dude! :D