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thatmariolover · 12-29-2004, 02:07 AM

Man. This is the perfect game to bench my new graphics card. Granted, I'm in desperate need of a RAM upgrade (and I suppose my CPU will bog me down in a year or two), but now I can be sure that I can game into the next few years without a hitch.

CPU: 2.26GHZ P4
GPU: XFX GeForce 6600GT AGP8x
RAM: 512 MB

Those are the major specs right now. But I upgraded my card from a GeForce 4 MX 420 - which doesn't even have pixel or vertex shader support. So it's a huge jump for me.

I can now run HL2 with everything on full save for resolution 1024x768 (my flat screen monitors highest resolution) and 16x Anistropic Filtering with no framerate hiccup save for loading periods.

I'll definitely be picking up the full thing this Friday.

12-29-2004, 02:07 AM	#20
thatmariolover GameTavern Plumber thatmariolover is offline Location: Minnesota Now Playing: Posts: 2,556	Re: Half Life 2 Demo Available! Man. This is the perfect game to bench my new graphics card. Granted, I'm in desperate need of a RAM upgrade (and I suppose my CPU will bog me down in a year or two), but now I can be sure that I can game into the next few years without a hitch. CPU: 2.26GHZ P4 GPU: XFX GeForce 6600GT AGP8x RAM: 512 MB Those are the major specs right now. But I upgraded my card from a GeForce 4 MX 420 - which doesn't even have pixel or vertex shader support. So it's a huge jump for me. I can now run HL2 with everything on full save for resolution 1024x768 (my flat screen monitors highest resolution) and 16x Anistropic Filtering with no framerate hiccup save for loading periods. I'll definitely be picking up the full thing this Friday.