Gast
2004-11-19, 21:21:07
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vi.../half-life.html
So, Valve’s long-awaited project has fleshed out into shiny compact discs with the Half-Life logo. With its excellent graphics, complex physics of the game world and thrilling gameplay, the second Half-Life is really a representative of the new generation of computer games.
What you have just read is a preview, so we can’t make any final verdicts yet. But still, some basic facts are already clear. This game evidently prefers graphics cards with graphics processors of the new generation developed by ATI Technologies. The RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition, X800 XT and X800 PRO GPUs run this game at the highest speed. On the other hand, graphics cards on the GeForce 6800 Ultra and GT chips from NVIDIA do not look completely hopeless against their competitors. Using such cards you will still have enough performance for a comfortable play. Moreover, the difference between the top-end solutions from ATI and NVIDIA depends heavily on the specific game scene. The gap is wider in scenes with water surfaces, and narrower in others, especially when there’s mass fighting onscreen and the main load falls on the central processor of the system.
Right now we’re working on an in-depth review of Half-Life 2, with more game scenes and more graphics cards. We’ll publish this review as soon as possible, so stay tuned!
So, Valve’s long-awaited project has fleshed out into shiny compact discs with the Half-Life logo. With its excellent graphics, complex physics of the game world and thrilling gameplay, the second Half-Life is really a representative of the new generation of computer games.
What you have just read is a preview, so we can’t make any final verdicts yet. But still, some basic facts are already clear. This game evidently prefers graphics cards with graphics processors of the new generation developed by ATI Technologies. The RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition, X800 XT and X800 PRO GPUs run this game at the highest speed. On the other hand, graphics cards on the GeForce 6800 Ultra and GT chips from NVIDIA do not look completely hopeless against their competitors. Using such cards you will still have enough performance for a comfortable play. Moreover, the difference between the top-end solutions from ATI and NVIDIA depends heavily on the specific game scene. The gap is wider in scenes with water surfaces, and narrower in others, especially when there’s mass fighting onscreen and the main load falls on the central processor of the system.
Right now we’re working on an in-depth review of Half-Life 2, with more game scenes and more graphics cards. We’ll publish this review as soon as possible, so stay tuned!