Half Life 2 GPU Roundup

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited November 2004 in Science & Tech
AnandTech have thrown up part 1 and 2 of their Half Life 2 GPU Roundup.

View: Part 1 - Part 2
It's no big surprise that ATI and Valve have been working very closely with one another with the development of Half Life 2.

Valve would not let either ATI or NVIDIA have a copy of the final Half Life 2 game in order to prevent any sorts of leaks from happening. Judging by the fact that Half Life 2 is the only game in recent history to not be leaked before its official street date (we don't consider being able to purchase an unlockable copy to be "leaked"), Valve's policy about not letting anyone have the game worked quite well.

ATI seemed quite confident in their performance under Half Life 2 from our conversations with them before the game's launch, while the atmosphere at NVIDIA was considerably more cautious and often times, downright worried. From our talks with NVIDIA we got the distinct impression that we had more information about Half Life 2 (courtesy of ATI) than they did, in fact, they were not able to provide us with any insight into how their hardware would handle Half Life 2 other than that it would be playable and seems to run surprisingly well on even the older GeForce2 cards.
Source: AnandTech

Comments

  • DanGDanG I AM CANADIAN Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Very nice to see that I won't be left out with my Radeon 9800pro.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    I played HL2 on my 9800pro with everything set to high, 2xAA and 2XAF, and it ran great! :D
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited November 2004
    Sweet! I'm waiting on the processor segment, 'cause I think I'm pretty much golden with my 9700 Pro. :thumbsup: Based on that article, I think even my parents' computer will be able to play it! (930 MHz P3, GF4 MX)

    I'm happy, now I just need the game! :p
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited November 2004
    primesuspect wrote:
    I played HL2 on my 9800pro with everything set to high, 2xAA and 2XAF, and it ran great! :D
    That's good to know. Haven't bought my copy yet, but I'm gonna, very very soon. Gordon's my hero. ;)
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited November 2004
    I skimmed the article but didn't find anything pro or con regarding my VooDoo 5 5500. Guess I'll have to keep my fingers crossed. :vimp:
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited November 2004
    the VooDoo 5 is guaranteed to rock the house down
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited November 2004
    profdlp wrote:
    I skimmed the article but didn't find anything pro or con regarding my VooDoo 5 5500. Guess I'll have to keep my fingers crossed. :vimp:
    That card isnt fully supported.But your not left otu you just will have rendering errors.
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited November 2004
    primesuspect wrote:
    I played HL2 on my 9800pro with everything set to high, 2xAA and 2XAF, and it ran great! :D
    Just out of interest, what resolution? 1024x768 or 1280x1024?
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    1024x768
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited November 2004
    Looks like my beloved 6800GT fared rather well too. Wahooo!
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited November 2004
    primesuspect wrote:
    1024x768
    Hmmph. How did I know you were going to say that. ;D Oh well. It's still pretty good.
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