video card for HALFLIFE 2

[alex_s249]

Hi

I have an old computer and want to buy a new one but have $1500 what do you think i could get for that, the main purpose of this will be to play halflife 2 when it comes out. Whaty graphics card do you recommend because i don;t want to buy a new one every few months

 

[ZER0X]

$1500 you can buy a pretty good system with that much money

Consider getting a AMD motherboard
512MB
Radeon9600 256mb or even a Radeon 9800
Plus all the basic needs eg = (Case, Mouse, Keyboard etc etc)
That will definetly run Halflife 2

 

[alex_s249]

lol talking AUD australian dollars the computers are a bit more expensive here but lets say 1500$ is a dream to spend after today i got 1000$ lol don;t ask what happend to the 500$

 

[Praetor]

$1000USD is plenty you can squeeze even a P4C-2.8 system into much less than that and for the remainder, upping the vid card shouldnt be a problem

 

[alex_s249]

so when is half life 2 coming out and have they improved the graphics at all from what we saw last year in that 500mb video clip?

 

[chadr6]

Noone really knows for sure when Half Life 2 will be out. The ATI Radeon 9600XT or 9800 Pro are both good cards to run that game...go for the 9800 Pro if you have a bit extra money as the 9600 will probably just have to be upgraded in the near future.

 

[kof2000]

u cant loose with the 6800 but the money.

 

[Praetor]

and have they improved the graphics at all

No

u cant loose with the 6800 but the money.

Its not much more than the 9800Pro and offers a whallop more performance ... of course waiting for thr 6600GT would be wise