Playable ?

[Fezzy]

Hi,


After my exams im going to buy Half life 2, to play it but also play Cs:s, now i've got a good pc (+2600Mhz etc..) the only thing that doesn't fit in my PC is my geForce 4 MX440, could i play Half life 2 v good with this system ?!!


Maybe tell good settings ?



Grtz


Ps: I've got a mate who play HL2 with the same card, but with AGP 8X, I've got 4X, and he can play it perfectly (he has a less good PC than me). IS the diff. between 4X and 8X v big for gaming ??!! otheriwse i can play v good aswell....

 

[nagual678]

don't worry, you'll be able to play it.
for the X4 or X8, it's an option you set in the BIOS. just try and see what'll work best for you.

 

[Cogar]

It will be playable, but with a geForce 4 MX440, you will need to turn your video settings down to keep the frame rates up. My guess would be 800 x 600, no AA or AF. You might do OK with 2X AA and trilinear AF. There is not much difference between 4X and 8X AGP in most games, so that is not a real factor IMO.

 

[Splinter16]

Also those cards don't support the cool water reflect textures, I think maybe its bump mapping, I'm not sure.

 

[Spiffe]

You can play it.
BUT, however you can expect a very bad drawdistance on objects. not enemys and important stuff.. but barrels, boxes, cars etc.
with GF4 mx cards the game is that way....

 

[nagual678]

there is a workaround to increase the drawdistance, apparently without any noticeable performance issue

 

[Ultimape]

not with that card

 

[noQ]

I have set model quality to high and all other things to medium and it plays like a dream(with my mx440,p4 2ghz,512mb sdram)