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warcrow
Lifer
$500 card for $385 = deal!
Also, the 9800 PRO will work well, but keep in mind if you have less than 1GB RAM that that will also be a pretty big factor as well. I saw a huge performance increase in Far Cry (which should be atleast as resource demanding as D3) when I went from 512 to 1GB.
gistech1978
Diamond Member
now they have to beta test the boxes...
PricklyPete
Lifer
Yeah...I think the 9800 PRO will be good to go for these next set of games as long as the rest of your comptuer is up to snuff. I am waiting on my new A64 3200 and NF3 250 with a GB of RAM. I am hoping that in combination with my 9800 PRO, I should be good to go. I can't wait to see how much better Far Cry runs (upgrade from XP 1700+, 512MB SDRAM, etc.).
I'm actually thinking that Doom 3 is going to be less resource intensive than Far Cry while HL2 will be more resource intensive...of course I really have no idea whatsoever.
PricklyPete
Lifer
I'm sure you'll be fine with a new 9800PRO. I have heard that there are are a few deals on new GeForce 6800 (vanilla version) for around $250...now that does seem like a good deal for the increase over a 9800PRO (usually around $180-$200). You might want to look into that.
Mr.IncrediblyBored
Lifer
They're porting the original CS to the new engine. The games fundamentals are identical, but it'll come with updated maps and weapons models.
Not sure what else they might be changing like new guns or maps, etc.
DarkKnight
Golden Member
if you get CZ you will have access to the CS:Source beta. I bought a CD key off ebay just for that
FredFredrickson
Senior member
As soon as it looks like it's REALLY REALLY going to come out, I'm preordering the $80 all-in-one version... gonna be SO...INCREDIBLY...AMAZINGLY...AWESOMELY... SWEEEET!!!!! <aneurysm>
FredFredrickson
Senior member
btw, don't be an ass... you don't know how lame it is for nvidia to be paying all these game companies (EA, etc.) to optimize their games for their cards, and stick their stupid logo in them too... I mean, wasn't the whole purpose of directx to unify computer hardware so we didn't have to deal with crap like this??
silverpig
Lifer
At first there won't be any differences save for the updated graphics, engine, physics, etc. You'll be able to move barrels and tables and such. The new engine allows for HUGE maps though, so there will probably be new maps out that are 10x the size... jungle maps, huge urban maps... Gonna be great.
That's called CS:Source though. There is a Counter-Strike 2 in the making as well. I don't know much about this though.
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