New Gamers Depot benchmark results and City 17 hi-res screenshots!

[RhapSidious]

Just found this...

Gamers Depot's independent HL2 benchmark results and hi-res screens of the E3 City 17 (Strider) level demo from the benchmark.

http://www.gamersdepot.com/hardware/video_cards/ati_vs_nvidia/dx9_desktop/hl2_followup/002.htm

Didn't see it posted already, so enjoy.

 

[Tork]

VERY COOL thanks. they're so lucky.

looks ten times better.

 

[Nuclear_Gerber]

OWWWWWN!

AA and everything...This is fun

 

[Fuzzy]

That is a seriously good find ppl. Interesting article to!

 

[Tork]

"GD gets some hands-on benchmarking time with Half-Life 2 - our tests confirm NVIDIA's worst nightmare - its cards really do lose big time."

 

[Siirolon]

Teh lub.

<3

 

[wormstrangler]

Why the hell did they change colours that represent each card around?

Damn annoying. Could trick some (dumb) people, as well.

 

[Tork]

http://www.gamersdepot.com/hardware/video_cards/ati_vs_nvidia/dx9_desktop/hl2_followup/dx8_shot.htm

directx8 shot for those who want to see how dx8 looks like

compare all

http://www.gamersdepot.com/hardware/video_cards/ati_vs_nvidia/dx9_desktop/hl2_followup/shotdx.htm

props to gamersdepot :cheers:

 

[RhapSidious]

There are some screens of the E3 techdemo in hi-res too. Nice stuff, even Bug Bait looks much nicer in hi-res full screen.

Can't wait to see this type of sh*t in realtime on my rig.
18 days and counting...

 

[trantjd]

Originally posted by wormstrangler
Why the hell did they change colours that represent each card around?

Damn annoying. Could trick some (dumb) people, as well.

hehe, I was wondering the exact same thing! I can forgive them though, cuz those screen shots are pretty sweet!

Other than that, I prefer Anandtech's (p)review, but that's just me...

 

[trantjd]

Originally posted by Tork
http://www.gamersdepot.com/hardware/video_cards/ati_vs_nvidia/dx9_desktop/hl2_followup/dx8_shot.htm

directx8 shot for those who want to see how dx8 looks like

compare all

http://www.gamersdepot.com/hardware/video_cards/ati_vs_nvidia/dx9_desktop/hl2_followup/shotdx.htm

props to gamersdepot :cheers:

Hmmm, the reflections on the water seem to be the only real difference between those 3 shots...I wish those shots showed off the bump mapping on that wall a bit better...oh well!

 

[Tork]

yeah they should of used another scene

 

[dawdler]

Originally posted by Tork
http://www.gamersdepot.com/hardware/video_cards/ati_vs_nvidia/dx9_desktop/hl2_followup/dx8_shot.htm

directx8 shot for those who want to see how dx8 looks like

compare all

http://www.gamersdepot.com/hardware/video_cards/ati_vs_nvidia/dx9_desktop/hl2_followup/shotdx.htm

props to gamersdepot :cheers:

Pretty poor comparisons, considering it looks almost the same
They dont show important parts, like what would happen if you shine a light on the wall, or shadows, the shiny stuff, lighting etc etc...

 

[urseus]

I dont supose anyone could provide a link that doesnt have the word game in it, which is blocked by my work firewall.

 

[Tork]

http://207.115.66.42/

worth a try

 

[RhapSidious]

Originally posted by trantjd
hehe, I was wondering the exact same thing! I can forgive them though, cuz those screen shots are pretty sweet!

I really like this one...

http://www.gamersdepot.com/hardware/video_cards/ati_vs_nvidia/dx9_desktop/hl2_followup/shot1.htm

 

[Mjolnir]

In the directX comparison screen page...I am failing to notice any real difference(poor choice of screen maybe).A few more comparisons might help me I suppose....Nice screenies though, like the striders, very War of the Worlds...
Any chance the will release the stand alone benchmark before Sept 30th?

 

[SLH]

Originally posted by Mjolnir
Any chance the will release the stand alone benchmark before Sept 30th?

There was an announcement by valve a few days ago, saying it'll be released on the 30th, so i guess not.

 

[undertoe]

Just wondering, in the DX9 screenshots the ants lions etc dont have the same effects as in the latest demo vid. Is this due to the build been older?

 

[Flyingdebris]

the ant lion in the benchmark video had way more levels of detail than the bug bait ones, sugesting that those surface textures were added in later

 

[undertoe]

yea, that's what I was hoping. It looks incredible

 

[Gorgon]

but in the screenshot the pics where from older versions of the game.

 

[manny_c44]

Whatever man, the invisible guy wreathed in flame is one of the coolest things I have ever seen in a Computer game.

 

[Arno]

Originally posted by dawdler
They dont show important parts, like what would happen if you shine a light on the wall, or shadows, the shiny stuff, lighting etc etc...

The differences in lighting and shadows will probably be more obvious when the scene is in motion.

Those other screenshots rock, btw! Nice view of the old city.

 

[Sushi]

lol great time for my bios to die on my comp, lotsn has happend in the last 2 days it seems

 

[nw909]

OWNED

http://www.gamersdepot.com/hardware/video_cards/ati_vs_nvidia/dx9_desktop/hl2_followup/shot11.htm

 

[SLH]

Originally posted by nw909
http://www.gamersdepot.com/hardware/video_cards/ati_vs_nvidia/dx9_desktop/hl2_followup/shot11.htm

Lol

 

[RhapSidious]

Originally posted by manny_c44
Whatever man, the invisible guy wreathed in flame is one of the coolest things I have ever seen in a Computer game.

Pretty amazing. I'm really impressed with the visuals in HL2. I really liked the HDR lighting and bump maping in the Source demo vid. At this point I'm more impressed with HL2 visuals than D3 (which I've seen running in realtime.) I feel that I can make that comparision based on Bink videos are as close to real-time feel as your gonna get.