9100 plays HL2 well

[OS]

I got around to installing the demo. I have a 9100, it runs HL2 at 1280x960. Steam is annoying as f*ck, but the game is pretty well optimized it seems.

 

[zakee00]

yeah hl2 has some very well written video code. it runs smother on my system then ut2004/farcry it seems. i just wish they would hurry up and fix all of the bugs in CSS..grr

 

[Antoneo]

No kidding, I was wondering if my R8500 would be up to the task. :shocked:

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: zakee00
yeah hl2 has some very well written video code. it runs smother on my system then ut2004/farcry it seems. i just wish they would hurry up and fix all of the bugs in CSS..grr

CS:S bugs suck....but the funniest is the telephones on the tables in cs_office.....it sounds like a car crash wen u know them off the table

 

[SneakyStuff]

Originally posted by: Antoneo
No kidding, I was wondering if my R8500 would be up to the task. :shocked:

It should be, I remember hearing valve say that the game is so well written, it "could" be run on a rage 128 pro.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: Antoneo
No kidding, I was wondering if my R8500 would be up to the task. :shocked:

the 9100 is an 8500 in new clothing, so I'd say yes

it worked on a $20 Radeon 7000 at work... :shocked:

 

[Ackmed]

"well" is very subjective. Its far from well for me with a card like that.

 

[RGebhart]

yea i remember seeing a video of it being run on voodoo 3 or rage 128 or something from the back then. It ran but just didnt have like any shaders and anyting...but it ran

 

[biostud]

but it only runs the DX8.1 path AFAIK

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Does HL2 run well on a 5900 XT?

 

[Ackmed]

Originally posted by: DevilsAdvocate
Does HL2 run well on a 5900 XT?

No in DX9.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: Ackmed
"well" is very subjective. Its far from well for me with a card like that.

it runs well meaning good FPS.. not all the visuals are necessarily there due to some cards having older DX support, but the game still looks decently good and runs 100% playable, like I said earlier, ran on a radeon 7000 which shocked the hell out of me.

 

[MiranoPoncho]

It runs fine on my geforce 4 mx420 with 64mb sdr... hell, its pci too!

 

[Cawchy87]

I remember seeing screenies from a 7200 and they looked pretty damn good.

 

[roninmagik1]

Runs on my geforce 4 mx, but the frame rate when in the middle of a firefight dips, waiting on my Radeon 9600xt to come, hopefully, it'll be a lot nicer~!

 

[Ackmed]

Originally posted by: CraigRT

Originally posted by: Ackmed
"well" is very subjective. Its far from well for me with a card like that.

it runs well meaning good FPS.. not all the visuals are necessarily there due to some cards having older DX support, but the game still looks decently good and runs 100% playable, like I said earlier, ran on a radeon 7000 which shocked the hell out of me.

You missed my point. What is "good" for you, isnt good for everyone.

 

[RacerX]

Remember to add this DX8 ---> DX9 refection patch and the water will look much better on your 9100.

see these side by side screens: before/after

I had a 9100 PCI and was really surprised how well HL2 ran at 1024 w/ 2x AA. Also use DNA drivers ... they have a Half-Life2 Install Option:
- this option will boost your HL2 and Source engine based games.

 

[slightlyhuman]

thinking about picking up a 9100.

subscribing to this thread.

 

[Mykl]

Originally posted by: Ackmed

Originally posted by: CraigRT

Originally posted by: Ackmed
"well" is very subjective. Its far from well for me with a card like that.

it runs well meaning good FPS.. not all the visuals are necessarily there due to some cards having older DX support, but the game still looks decently good and runs 100% playable, like I said earlier, ran on a radeon 7000 which shocked the hell out of me.

You missed my point. What is "good" for you, isnt good for everyone.

We get your point.

 

[imverygifted]

Originally posted by: DevilsAdvocate
Does HL2 run well on a 5900 XT?

it runs well but they eye candy isnt up to par w/ the dx9 cards

 

[Munky]

Originally posted by: RacerX
Remember to add this DX8 ---> DX9 refection patch and the water will look much better on your 9100.

see these side by side screens: before/after

I had a 9100 PCI and was really surprised how well HL2 ran at 1024 w/ 2x AA. Also use DNA drivers ... they have a Half-Life2 Install Option:
- this option will boost your HL2 and Source engine based games.

Now that I seen those screens, I have to point something out: I made a 3D engine using OpenGL, and I can get reflections in the water without even using any shaders - only the standard OpenGL transformations and functions. And now I see that even DX8 shaders aren't enough to get reflections in the water? Who's writing these games anyway? If I could get reflections working using pretty simple methods, then I'm pretty sure Valve Soft could have done it just as well. This is starting to look like a conspiracy to me between video card manufacturers and game developers.

 

[OS]

I ended up upgrading to a 6800NU, but the thing is, in HL2, there really isn't much difference in appearance against the 9100. Sure I get 150 FPS now instead of 50 or whatever, but like that really matters. Of course in Halo, Doom, etc. they're not even close.

Later on 1280 was a little choppy in some situations, I dropped down to 1024 and it was gone. I had the card running 270/270. Kudos again to valve for optimizing their software so well.

 

[ScrewFace]

Half-life2 is well written. It evens runs on my pathetically slow 256MB Sapphire Radeon X800XT PE. If it'll run on my crummy card it'll run on yours, too.:laugh:

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: munky
This is starting to look like a conspiracy to me between video card manufacturers and game developers.

You have obviously been very busy coding I wouldn't call them conspiracies though, the collusion between game devs and GPU makers is incredibly transparent.

BTW, my friend plays D3, CoD, and HL2 on a 8500-A64 2.3ghz-nF3 150-1gb DDR400 system just fine. He was having trouble when he had the card with a 2200+ 512mb DDR2700 KT333 setup though.

 

[hans030390]

HL2 is written terribly....i get SOOO many stuttering problems, even with all of the patches...but it still runs nice...it even did OK on a 9200 with 64mb ram.

and about that 5900, it WILL run ok, but you have to download a program that changes some config files to tell HL2 you are playing with a 9800 and it "magically" resolves the errors and plays the game fine (in dx9)
sorry, i dont have a link :-\