best graphic card for hl2?

yeah, get an xt if you

a) can afford it
b) have a decent processor so it wont bottle nec (3 ghz above at least)

Though the nVidia 6800 GT and Ultra will perform very similarly at high details tot he x800s
 
yeha, the X800XT is currently the fasted video card out there. the 6800Ultra is close, and it may close the gap even further with better drivers, but it's not quite as consistantly sat as the x800xt.


If you're on a slight bidget, the 6800GT is a great card.
 
lol i would recommend a 9800pro or xt for now. there isnt gonna be a game released for quite a while that will utilise the vertex and pixel 3.0 shaders, the ridculous amount of pipelines etc that the x800 has. do yourself a favour....dont waste money on something that nothing will fully use yet.

oh...and NEVER BUY POWERCOLOR CARDS PEOPLE!!!
 
Pureball said:
lol i would recommend a 9800pro or xt for now. there isnt gonna be a game released for quite a while that will utilise the vertex and pixel 3.0 shaders, the ridculous amount of pipelines etc that the x800 has. do yourself a favour....dont waste money on something that nothing will fully use yet.

oh...and NEVER BUY POWERCOLOR CARDS PEOPLE!!!


um, please disregard this guy.

1) x800 doesn't have sm3.0. 6800gt does.

2) evey game utilizes those pipelines... have you seen any benchmarks.... in most cases these cards double the fps.... IN REAL GAMES.
 
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