$400 For A New Video Card?

AsteriskAsterisk Join Date: 2003-02-22 Member: 13835Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">Thing better do my taxes for that much</div> i was looking at video cards today. mainly just for fun but also kinda for half-life 2. so yeah i have heard that HL2 is optomised for the 9800 pro. so i look at it and i cant' believe it. $400. is it really worth that much. like i said the thing better do more that purty textures. what makes that ard so much.

also do i really need a new vid card to run HL2 decently.

i have

2 gig P4
512 megs of ram
40 gig HD
Nvidia geforce 2 MX 400 i dont know how much it will hold me back
win xp
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  • RellixRellix Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13572Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Iv got a similar system, I'v finished upgrading my sound (4.1 Suround sound and soundblaster live 5.1) so its onto the 3D card next (same card). I'm gonna upgrade in Septeember, try waiting the price will change or just get a GForce, the price should go down with the realese of the new FX cards.
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    edited May 2003
    Yeah, I'd get a new video card if i was you. Not like right this minute though. Don't worry, it'll probably drop to $250 or so by the time HL2 is shipped.

    Also, I'm not too worried about any type of "ATI Optimization" that HL2 has... Its not like its gonna run like crap on NVidia cards, who have the vast majority of the market. Valve isn't going to intentionally make the game run slower for the majority of their customers. There just may be a few things the cards do internally that help the ATI card do better. There's a similar story w/ NVidia for DOOM III...
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  • MedHeadMedHead Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11115Members, Constellation
    Oh yeah, I want to get the ATI All-In-Wonder 9800 Pro. It's my new campaign.
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  • 0003900039 Join Date: 2003-03-18 Member: 14653Members
    don't buy a vid card just cause a game is optimized for it, because it doesn't mean jack **** if it is optimized, it's just a marketing gimmick
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  • MrPinkMrPink Join Date: 2002-05-28 Member: 678Members
    I'm probably gonna get the ATI 9700, comparing spec's I don't really think the extra bit the 9800 offers is worth $100.
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    I'd try and save for HL2 and a ATI Radeon 9800, but to bad Dell's a bunch of **** and they gave me a Mother Board rigged with only PCI slots.
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