Wayne wrote:
Hey B00t,
Haven't tried HL2. (isn't it just a doom clone?)
Only if you equate first-person perspective with Doom.
Half Life (all iterations of it) are much, much more. There's a huge sci-fi story going on and you're part of it. It's phenomenal.
Tried the Doom3 demo on the 5200 and it had be thinking "people would actually pay for this game???" Frame rates, even at 640x480 were roughly 10 to 12 fps.
Yep. I think they really screwed up on D3. Not in having the tech in the engine but in trying to put
all of it on the screen at the same time. Ultimately, flagship games that show off new tech engines are there not only to sell lots of copies of the game but to lure in developers who might want to spend a cool five figures on the engine itself to develop their own game. The engine developers (Valve, iD, etc.) have to show their colors really strongly to get outside houses to drop the cash required to license the tech. This I understand but damn if D3 wasn't just trying too hard...:-/
Hopefully it'll run a smidge better on my 5950 I've got in the mail...
Playing Pirates! was the reason that a new video card is on my Christmas wish list. Even moreso after seeing the game played on an identical machine with the X800 video card. I just don't have half a grand to drop on a video card to play Pirates!
My plan now is to wait for Christmas and hope for a price drop on the 6600 GT/AGP.
Wayne
I'd go ahead and get it now (Pirates! that is). It looks pretty spiffy on my system with it's anemic little 5200 card, no reason it won't look good on yours.