Quick Video Card Question...

[thehunter1320]

is a RADEON 9500 Pro 128 MB card DX9? and if so, would that, a AMD Athlon XP 2500+ BArton, and 512 Megs of RAM, run HL2 full settings and AA?

 

[Ridic]

yes and yes

 

[dawdler]

Originally posted by thehunter1320
is a RADEON 9500 Pro 128 MB card DX9? and if so, would that, a AMD Athlon XP 2500+ BArton, and 512 Megs of RAM, run HL2 full settings and AA?

Yes it is DX9, but one need to define run... Can it play it at max settings and 2xAA/16xAF? Probably. 6xAA/16xAF? Most likely to much hit on performance.
You will find out when the benchmark is released. We have NO idea how HL2 handle. Is performance like Splinter Cell? Or like Ut2k3? One play at 40 fps on the top of the line, the other at 200
Its more like Splinter Cell techwise, but I would guess its much faster, at around 100 fps on a 9800 at max settings. Meaning some 50 fps with max AA/AF. Meaning 9500 Pro will be at like 60-70 fps at max settings and 30 fps with max AA/AF. Still its just wild speculations.

 

[SidewinderX]

Well, that maximum PC artice gave alot of insight to performance.