- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Heyyo,
rofl, pwned by skippy. ;)
Yeah, remember though skippy, HL2's ATI optimized, so you can't really use that game for benchmarking purposes, you have to use a game with a fair playing field, like HaloPC, and Far Cry. Both, you'll notice that ATI wins. Optimized shaders kick ass. It's like Intel and AMD. AMD has much more optimizations, so that's why their lower clock speeds still whup Intel. ;)
I say, btw, to the dude looking for that videocard? get a 128MB version, the preformance difference will be nothing major, and once games that are 256MB videocard optimized? you'll probably want a stronger videocard by them.
I also havn't had any probs old skool games not working on my comp... insept for ones that Windows xp won't run. Err... btw, your bud's on Windows 95? maybe that's the prob... lol, get at least windows 98. 98 will run newer games AND oldergames just fine. Or? if you're poor, download Fedora Redhat Linux. Free software OS. Linux also is much more efficient than Windows XP. Like, games will run faster cause it's optimized, kindof like the xbox. ;)
Optimizations man, they make a world of difference in the gaming world.