FPS while playing half life 2

[blckgrffn]

Originally posted by: TheSnowman
Things can't be bumpy and shiny at the same time in DX8.1 mode.

Probably true (I don't know), but I remember Anandtech did some comparisons because the 5900 was still a very mainstream card when HL2 came out. If you look at the nifty mouse overs in that review, DX9 certainly didn't seem to be adding that much.

Nat

 

[Regs]

Pretty much. HL2 was really a DX8 game with DX9 water with some shaders here and there that you would hardly notice. Though they can do some damage on the frame rate.

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: blckgrffn

Originally posted by: TheSnowman
Things can't be bumpy and shiny at the same time in DX8.1 mode.

Probably true (I don't know), but I remember Anandtech did some comparisons because the 5900 was still a very mainstream card when HL2 came out. If you look at the nifty mouse overs in that review, DX9 certainly didn't seem to be adding that much.

Nat

http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=2281&p=2