The new forums will be named Coin Return (based on the most recent vote)! You can check on the status and timeline of the transition to the new forums here.
The Guiding Principles and New Rules document is now in effect.
Need some advice on a incoming pre-built computer.
RCagent
Registered User regular
Registered User regular
Now obviously, I've come to the conclusion that all integrated cards are shit, but bare with me. I'm currently saving some money up for a nice graphics card from a new computer that is coming. What I am asking is, will this computer atleast allow me to work with Half-Life 2? I don't need everything on incredibly high settings.
The reason I'm asking this is because I'm working on a Senior Project using Half-Life 2. Well, the computer I was using to work on it pretty much died (the Power Supply AND Motherboard both fried for some reason). I really need a PC atleast capable of running Half-Life 2 in a non shitty framerate.
My dead computer had a 64 Nvidia Geforce 4 MX integrated card, but it still managed to run Half-Life 2 at pretty decent settings for a framerate of 40fps.
I've been looking at the specs on this new computer that is coming and looking online, and I'm hearing some disgust at the card itself, and I wouldn't want to work with something that is shittier than the card I had before. Which would make no sense what so ever.
The New Computer's Specs are:
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit) (The only Choice Available, I would've gone with XP)
AMD Athlon(TM) 64 X2 4600+ dual-core - 2.4GHz
2GB DDR2-667MHz dual channel SDRAM (2x1024)
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS, DVI-I, HDMI
^( This is the card people are disliking, now I can totally live with shittiness, aslong as it is atleast better than my 64 MB card, which I would assume it would be. But man, you never know.
The rest of the specs aren't really important.
So my overall question is, will this new computer run Half-Life 2 Decently enough for me to finish my Senior Project? And will it atleast play better than the shit card I had before?
Either way, I am saving money for a better video card. But it would be nice if I didn't have to go rush and get a new card immiedietly if I could work with this one for awhile. This way, I can save much more for a better card.
The reason I'm asking this is because I'm working on a Senior Project using Half-Life 2. Well, the computer I was using to work on it pretty much died (the Power Supply AND Motherboard both fried for some reason). I really need a PC atleast capable of running Half-Life 2 in a non shitty framerate.
My dead computer had a 64 Nvidia Geforce 4 MX integrated card, but it still managed to run Half-Life 2 at pretty decent settings for a framerate of 40fps.
I've been looking at the specs on this new computer that is coming and looking online, and I'm hearing some disgust at the card itself, and I wouldn't want to work with something that is shittier than the card I had before. Which would make no sense what so ever.
The New Computer's Specs are:
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit) (The only Choice Available, I would've gone with XP)
AMD Athlon(TM) 64 X2 4600+ dual-core - 2.4GHz
2GB DDR2-667MHz dual channel SDRAM (2x1024)
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS, DVI-I, HDMI
^( This is the card people are disliking, now I can totally live with shittiness, aslong as it is atleast better than my 64 MB card, which I would assume it would be. But man, you never know.
The rest of the specs aren't really important.
So my overall question is, will this new computer run Half-Life 2 Decently enough for me to finish my Senior Project? And will it atleast play better than the shit card I had before?
Either way, I am saving money for a better video card. But it would be nice if I didn't have to go rush and get a new card immiedietly if I could work with this one for awhile. This way, I can save much more for a better card.
RCagent on
0
Posts
My friend got a laptop with similar settings, and it ran The Orange Box like complete crap. 5 frames per second kind of thing. But, that could be because the 256MB card on my friend's laptop was a Intel chipset, and I've some to a general census that Intel sucks hard at making Graphics Cards.