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PhoeniX51
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Old 04-28-2005 , 17:12   Half-Life 2 Graphics
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For those of you who play Half-Life 2, I'm sure we can agree that the game is pretty demanding graphics wise. I know for certain that I need a new graphics card. I only have an ATi Radeon 9100 AGP card (64mb). I was thinking about buying either an Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT or Ultra or and ATi Radeon 9800 XT or X800. Then I realized I don't have 500 dollars. So my question is, what is the cheapest graphics card you can get to run Half-Life 2 without any major lag problems or others? I was looking at the GeForce 6600 GT and I found it for less than 200. I didn't think that was a bad price. I'm guessing it couldn't less than 8 pipelines and 4 shader units or something like that. Hoping for at least 128mb as well. Sorry if this seems too detailed for some, but any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance guys.
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Old 04-28-2005 , 18:48  
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I use an Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 128 mb. With everything on low settings it runs fine and you could probably find it for $50-$75 US.
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Old 04-28-2005 , 19:21  
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i use ati RADEON 9600xt and works great
but don't know how much it cost i think around the $200
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Old 04-28-2005 , 19:29  
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Hey both of those would be fine with me, I was just shooting for under 200.
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Old 04-28-2005 , 19:55  
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i have the all in wonder x800 pro, i get 94 FPS on hl2 but its gonna run you about $400-450 http://newegg.com is a good place to look
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Old 04-28-2005 , 21:51  
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Thanks Realitive, but I think it's a bit too expensive for me. By the way, any of you guys get that new HL2 mod Plan of Attack? That's another reason why I want the new graphics card. That's an awesome game, even with all the lag i have.
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Old 05-01-2005 , 18:11  
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My Radeon 9200SE run's everything well, most of the things are on high, even AA. It's better if it runs in dx 7.0 mode though, except for the water :X
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Old 05-02-2005 , 05:04  
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Do you think half-life2 will look good on Radeon X850XT Platinum Edition
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Old 05-03-2005 , 16:55  
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My Radeon 9200SE run's everything well, most of the things are on high, even AA. It's better if it runs in dx 7.0 mode though, except for the water :X
Hey, better running DX 7.0 as opposed to... 9.0?
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Old 05-03-2005 , 16:57  
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My Radeon 9200SE run's everything well, most of the things are on high, even AA. It's better if it runs in dx 7.0 mode though, except for the water :X
Hey, better running DX 7.0 as opposed to... 9.0?
that card can't run in 9.0, though it can run in 8.1 which is nice, but 7.0 i can have highest graphics, with only 1.2 ghz and 512 ram
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