DirectX 9 question

I want to be prepared for the release of Half Life 2 and intend to get the
5600FX card. My system is a P4 2.0a on an Asus p4b266 mb with 512 mg pc2100
sdram. This mb only provides 4 x agp. Do I need to upgrade my system to get
descent game play (cinematic) at 800x600. Or is this something I'll have to
judge for myself when I load HL2 ?

from what I've read from official Valve press releases about hl2, your
system as it is will be fine for the game. The sysspecs are something like
2ghz gf4. pretty standard these days. Of course the engine is also
scaleable, so even lesser machines should be fine. But, as already posted,
its better to wait for the game to be actually finished
By the way - dont be fooled by the 8x AGP hype. 4X agp will last for years -
anything higher these days is mere number-candy, nothing else. Anyone who
would argue this simply is not educated to the logistics of current
motherboard and memory technology.


"David Hunker" wrote in message
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I want to be prepared for the release of Half Life 2 and intend to get the
5600FX card. My system is a P4 2.0a on an Asus p4b266 mb with 512 mg
pc2100
sdram. This mb only provides 4 x agp. Do I need to upgrade my system to
get
descent game play (cinematic) at 800x600. Or is this something I'll have
to
judge for myself when I load HL2 ?

I want to be prepared for the release of Half Life 2 and intend to get
the 5600FX card. My system is a P4 2.0a on an Asus p4b266 mb with 512

Don't. If the only reason you want a 5600FX card is to play Half Life 2,
wait until the game is actually out. Chances are by then there will be
newer cards out and you can either get one of those or get the 5600FX at a
cheaper price.

Great advice! Blaedmon is right, the marginal improvement that 8XAGP
delivers is hardly worth the price. Until something will fully take
advantage of the potentially doubled throughput it's just bragging rights -
and by that time PCI-express is likely to be released and who knows what
GeForce chipset will be "top-dog" by then.

Ron

"tq96" wrote in message
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I want to be prepared for the release of Half Life 2 and intend to get
the 5600FX card. My system is a P4 2.0a on an Asus p4b266 mb with 512

Don't. If the only reason you want a 5600FX card is to play Half Life 2,
wait until the game is actually out. Chances are by then there will be
newer cards out and you can either get one of those or get the 5600FX at a
cheaper price.

Do yourself a favor and wait about...oh, 3-4 months, and then ask.
Even at that date, I fancy the answer will still be premature.

half life 2 is still on curse to be released mid september, now is the
perfect time to upgrade your system.

--
Eps

half life 2 is still on curse to be released mid september, now is the
perfect time to upgrade your system.

A nice link to this curious fact might be in order?

That doesn't, necessarily, mean that the AGP version was the reason for the
performance difference.
-
Hello stood up at show-n-tell, in
, and said:

Hi my name is neophius and i am using a board that supportd 8X agp
and used a Leadtek nvidiaGFORCE4 Ti4600 i have a frame rate of 192 at
800X600 playing Half life 2 BUT i used the samew card in a board that
supported only AGP 2X4X and got the highest frame rate of 132FPS Go
Figure.
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"David Hunker" wrote in message
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I want to be prepared for the release of Half Life 2 and intend to
get the 5600FX card. My system is a P4 2.0a on an Asus p4b266 mb
with 512 mg pc2100 sdram. This mb only provides 4 x agp. Do I need
to upgrade my system to get descent game play (cinematic) at
800x600. Or is this something I'll have to judge for myself when I
load HL2 ?



Even though I am an old hand at this, I am still amazed at the
lengths people will go to to prepare themselves for a product that
hasn't even been finished yet, let alone specs publicised for.

Do yourself a favor and wait about...oh, 3-4 months, and then ask.
Even at that date, I fancy the answer will still be premature.

--
Strontium

"It's no surprise, to me. I am my own worst enemy. `Cause every
now, and then, I kick the livin' **** `outta me." - Lit