thats pretty low end as far as graphics cards go. You really are going to want a DX9 card to get the most out of the newest games coming out for the holiday season.
After seeing the new DX9 Tech demo I must say that the old E3 vidoes just don't look as good. Most notable is the Antlion, it looks absolutly terrible in the E3 videos compared to the new video. The new one is so shiny and detialed, the old is VERY mediocre.
That could VERY easily be a screenshot of the OLD BETA steam. Take a screenshot of the new layout and then I will be convinced. Until then, there is NO news indicating the 1.0 version was released yet.
I guess having steam will be cool, but who really cares about it. It's not like it is going to install any new media with it anyways. Especially since they JUST released the new DX9 tech demo, they wont be releasing any new media anytime soon.
ill just have to wait until I get outta class, at least this reasures me that HL2 might in fact be released on the 30th, just look at how much progress they have made!