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FX5700 Ultra - Half Life 2 Peformance?

batmang

batmang

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hi guys, i recently got a 5700 ultra 128mb card for free. it was given to me by a friend and i havent yet been able to test it with half life 2. how is the performance of the 5700 ultra in half life 2?

all i know is, if it runs too crappy with directx 9, ill just install an older version. 🙂

but im wondering how it performs with directx 9. thanks.
 
In DX9 mode? It runs like crap, like all GeforceFX parts. That's why it defaults to DX8 mode in HL2, where it actually runs OK (probably around the level of a 9600Pro).
 
Try the new FP16 DX9 hack (see other thread) and you may be good to go, or else stick to the default DX8.1 shaders, it will run fine.
 
Originally posted by: Matthias99
In DX9 mode? It runs like crap, like all GeforceFX parts. That's why it defaults to DX8 mode in HL2, where it actually runs OK (probably around the level of a 9600Pro).
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9600 Pros own in half life 2. 5700 couldnt touch it at all. the 9600 Pro in DX9 mode completely owns a 5900XT in DX9 mode. A 9600 Pro in DX8 mode is still about 5fps faster then a 5900XT in dx8 mode as well.
 
so surprising just how well ATi cards do in HL2, I mean, I know top end ATi cards is one thing, but a guy at work isntalled HL2 on his PC (keep in mind these are work PCs) using a Radeon 7000 video card.. (like a $15 video card) runs silky smooth at default res (whatever the game picked) and it looked nice to boot. I was astonished! Doom3 won't run worth ass even on my 8500, let alone this lowly Radeon 7000!!!

shocking IMO.
 
Yah, ATI seems to take the cake no matter what line in HL2. Though if you look on the steam site and read their survey results, there was a HUGE percentage of GeForce4 MX cards playing HL2. If I remember correctly it was a largest group of all the graphics cards. Kinda funny, for all the hype about the new cards, the 9800 pros, X800's, and 6800's make up only a tiny percentage of the cards used...

-spike

EDIT** nevermind, my memory is not as good as it used to be. 9800 pro is the most used card followed by the GeForce4 mx. lol... the mind is going....

HA HA! 1,268 people are playing it will the Rage 128... man that hurts! I wonder what their FPS is as 640x480...
2000+ on the TNT...

Survey
 
Originally posted by: CraigRT
so surprising just how well ATi cards do in HL2, I mean, I know top end ATi cards is one thing, but a guy at work isntalled HL2 on his PC (keep in mind these are work PCs) using a Radeon 7000 video card.. (like a $15 video card) runs silky smooth at default res (whatever the game picked) and it looked nice to boot. I was astonished! Doom3 won't run worth ass even on my 8500, let alone this lowly Radeon 7000!!!

shocking IMO.
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Doom 3 puts in 30-60 frames for me at 640x480 medium detail on 8500.
This is in line with what HardOCP found Here

For Half Life on medium setting 800x600 I am getting 50-80 frames in certain spots (sometimes more than 100 frames)

Sometimes the games drop to low 20s, but for the most part they are smooth for me.
 
my friend is running HL2 on an eVGA 5700 ultra on dx9.....let me tell you it sucks ass. He only gets like 24-26 fps, and not so good that is
 
Originally posted by: CraigRT
so surprising just how well ATi cards do in HL2, I mean, I know top end ATi cards is one thing, but a guy at work isntalled HL2 on his PC (keep in mind these are work PCs) using a Radeon 7000 video card.. (like a $15 video card) runs silky smooth at default res (whatever the game picked) and it looked nice to boot. I was astonished! Doom3 won't run worth ass even on my 8500, let alone this lowly Radeon 7000!!!

shocking IMO.
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It uses Direct3D. And ATI's been working with Valve.
 
doh... well... if worst comes to worst, its all about directx7.
i aint buying a video card, i got the 5700 ultra for free. 🙂 ill do what i have to do, to get good frames, all i really care about is css.
 
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