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The_Pope · 21st Sep 2005, 15:13

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2005/...nchmark/1.html

stephen2002 · 21st Sep 2005, 15:23

Good article. Now I just want to PLAY the level

The NVIDIA screen shot seems to have just a touch more contrast and detail in the distance. If you look at the rocks on the right side of the screen in the distance it is noticable there. Granted, I could only see that by flipping back and forth between the pictures. In-game, or even side by side play, probably there won't be any real difference. Good job Valve on that!

bloodcar · 21st Sep 2005, 15:25

You're such a tease! Video is downloading now so I shall see what I"ll be missing out on. I still want to stab you with a spork for teasing us with DoD:S.

Watching the video now...looks amazing. You should put a big warning on there though that it's extremely loud! Even with the volume at 1/4 it nearly scared the crap out of me.

BTW, what program was used to record that?

RotoSequence · 21st Sep 2005, 15:28

Thanks for that warning Bloodcar; I am downloading it (at school) as we speak, so Im not going to scare people with loud HL2ness, and avoid getting in trouble

:EDIT: Looks nice, but the screenshots do it more justice than the video does

MrWillyWonka · 21st Sep 2005, 15:29

So we are lucky then!

I like the idea of the camera adjusting to the light, it will give more of a realistic feel where you'll probably have to wait a few seconds beofre you start shooting at someone whos in the light.

As for the last two pictures, is it just me or does the screenie with the ATI card look a little bit flatter than the nVidia? Perhaps its to due with the power of the graphics card, the 7800GTX certainly seems nearly twice as good as the X850XT!

I have a question, is the sunlight in the game in a static place? If so would this enable us to know which way is North and South without using a compass?

Downloading vid now

The_Pope · 21st Sep 2005, 15:51

Crikey - sorry about the loudness - didn't realise it was a problem.

Yes, afaik the sun is static. It's the primary lightsource for the level.

alextwo · 21st Sep 2005, 16:02

Ooooooooh.... pretty. I think it's time for an upgrade!

Muunsyr · 21st Sep 2005, 16:12

I can't wait to upgrade, there is so much to do and see. Oh the world would be so much prettier in HDR. Err...it is you say...but not like in HL2: The Lost Coast...but look at it!

kye · 21st Sep 2005, 16:22

a 6800 vanilla card in the benchmark would of been pretty amazing to show the budget gamers how it will run.

woodshop · 21st Sep 2005, 17:12

/me twitches.....
were REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLYYYY trying to get me to break down and buy HLS arn't we??....

and did you really have to make 1/8 the movie the credits?

GigantoR · 21st Sep 2005, 17:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by kye

a 6800 vanilla card in the benchmark would of been pretty amazing to show the budget gamers how it will run.

That would have been nice.

CyberSol · 21st Sep 2005, 19:09

I JUST WANT TO PLAY ALREADY!!!!!

Hiren · 21st Sep 2005, 19:29

Wow the video was pretty sweet. Shame I'm in the under 5fps category. Might be time for upgrades.

Highland3r · 21st Sep 2005, 19:36

mmmm Can't wait to play this, looks well nice

Those screenies are amazing, assuming even with the GTX they werent playable @ 1600*1200 with high aa/af enabled? Or were multilpe cards used

Firehed · 21st Sep 2005, 20:12

I just wanna know if I can play 1600x1200 0xAA/AF instead of your preferred 1024 2/8. Probably not too well... oh well. I'm still glad I put my money towards dual-core instead of going from a 6800GT (comeon, someone knows they want one, my second is for sale) to 7800GT.

P2D · 21st Sep 2005, 22:43

On the 2 comparison shots between Nvidia & ATI, Whats going on with the "A" In health, and the "A" and "O" in "ammo"???

RuBBeRFiSH · 21st Sep 2005, 23:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by P2D

On the 2 comparison shots between Nvidia & ATI, Whats going on with the "A" In health, and the "A" and "O" in "ammo"???

Yeah, that's a weird one that.

This is the sorta stuff that makes me glad I got such a radiculously specced PC

fellix_bg · 21st Sep 2005, 23:09

Woops! That's right, ATi has just been caught in some HDR-ish font cheating

X850XT:

7800:

Da Dego · 21st Sep 2005, 23:13

Hahaha. Y'all gots too much time on yo' hands.

Leave it to our forums to dissect that image until we DO find a fault.

As minor as it is, HEY ATI, FIX YOUR FONT RENDERINGS. Just cause you finally caught up on 3d doesn't mean that you're allowed to break the 2d for it.

Firehed · 21st Sep 2005, 23:14

Man that PC is insane in your sig. Umm... how do you USE 2x 2405FPWs? Aside from needing an ungodly huge desk, you can't run multimonitors with SLI enabled (unless I've really missed something and should give up trying to sell my second 6800GT and put it back in)

Yeah, those letters on the right (ATI?) screenshot are definately wierd. Doesn't change the fact that you can almost read the information on the back of the revolver bullets...

21st Sep 2005, 15:13	#1
The_Pope Geoff Richards Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: UK Posts: 2,089	Half-Life 2: Lost Coast Benchmarks http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2005/...nchmark/1.html

21st Sep 2005, 15:25	#3
bloodcar Mod Master Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mentor, OH Posts: 2,133	You're such a tease! Video is downloading now so I shall see what I"ll be missing out on. I still want to stab you with a spork for teasing us with DoD:S. Watching the video now...looks amazing. You should put a big warning on there though that it's extremely loud! Even with the volume at 1/4 it nearly scared the crap out of me. BTW, what program was used to record that? __________________ <+DougEdey> you getting PGR4 mitmit? <mitmit> not me, Geoff is probably wanking like a lepper at the thought of it though

21st Sep 2005, 15:28	#4
RotoSequence Lazy Lurker Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: 'States Posts: 4,529	Thanks for that warning Bloodcar; I am downloading it (at school) as we speak, so Im not going to scare people with loud HL2ness, and avoid getting in trouble :EDIT: Looks nice, but the screenshots do it more justice than the video does __________________ Technology Schmecnology Last edited by RotoSequence; 21st Sep 2005 at 15:33.

21st Sep 2005, 15:29	#5
MrWillyWonka . Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Southampton, Hants Posts: 5,746	So we are lucky then! I like the idea of the camera adjusting to the light, it will give more of a realistic feel where you'll probably have to wait a few seconds beofre you start shooting at someone whos in the light. As for the last two pictures, is it just me or does the screenie with the ATI card look a little bit flatter than the nVidia? Perhaps its to due with the power of the graphics card, the 7800GTX certainly seems nearly twice as good as the X850XT! I have a question, is the sunlight in the game in a static place? If so would this enable us to know which way is North and South without using a compass? Downloading vid now __________________ Project Red - HL2 - PSOne LCD S-Video Guide Main Rig: Asus Striker Extreme, Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 OC'd to 2.65GHz, 4GB Corsair XMS, 8800GTS in SLI, 36 & 74GB Raptors

21st Sep 2005, 16:02	#7
alextwo Resident Cockchafer Expert Join Date: May 2003 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 724	Ooooooooh.... pretty. I think it's time for an upgrade! __________________ flickr

21st Sep 2005, 15:23	#2
stephen2002 Multimodder Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 182	Good article. Now I just want to PLAY the level The NVIDIA screen shot seems to have just a touch more contrast and detail in the distance. If you look at the rocks on the right side of the screen in the distance it is noticable there. Granted, I could only see that by flipping back and forth between the pictures. In-game, or even side by side play, probably there won't be any real difference. Good job Valve on that!

21st Sep 2005, 15:51	#6
The_Pope Geoff Richards Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: UK Posts: 2,089	Crikey - sorry about the loudness - didn't realise it was a problem. Yes, afaik the sun is static. It's the primary lightsource for the level.

21st Sep 2005, 16:12	#8
Muunsyr Minimodder Join Date: May 2005 Location: Vic. Australia Posts: 36	I can't wait to upgrade, there is so much to do and see. Oh the world would be so much prettier in HDR. Err...it is you say...but not like in HL2: The Lost Coast...but look at it!

21st Sep 2005, 16:22	#9
kye Supermodder Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 267	a 6800 vanilla card in the benchmark would of been pretty amazing to show the budget gamers how it will run.

21st Sep 2005, 17:12	#10
woodshop UnSeenly Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: The Depths Of Hades Posts: 1,381	/me twitches..... were REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLYYYY trying to get me to break down and buy HLS arn't we??.... and did you really have to make 1/8 the movie the credits?

21st Sep 2005, 19:09	#12
CyberSol 1337 Pants Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: On teh interweb USA Posts: 857	I JUST WANT TO PLAY ALREADY!!!!! __________________ Survival Gear

21st Sep 2005, 19:29	#13
Hiren The Real Pacman bit-tech Staff Join Date: May 2002 Location: England Posts: 5,809	Wow the video was pretty sweet. Shame I'm in the under 5fps category. Might be time for upgrades. __________________ XBL : Shogun Hiren Homepage \| HD Tach \| Last.fm \| DeviantArt bit-tech newsletter \| bit-tech Blog

21st Sep 2005, 19:36	#14
Highland3r I Mod, Therefore I Own Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Leeds UK Posts: 7,158	mmmm Can't wait to play this, looks well nice Those screenies are amazing, assuming even with the GTX they werent playable @ 1600*1200 with high aa/af enabled? Or were multilpe cards used __________________ Prawn or not...?

21st Sep 2005, 20:12	#15
Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An hour north of Boston Posts: 12,576	I just wanna know if I can play 1600x1200 0xAA/AF instead of your preferred 1024 2/8. Probably not too well... oh well. I'm still glad I put my money towards dual-core instead of going from a 6800GT (comeon, someone knows they want one, my second is for sale) to 7800GT. __________________ hire me @ eric-stern.com - web developer and php ninja pics @ my smugmug :: Twitter @firehed :: blog @ firehed.net 40D\|580EXII\|285HV\|AB800\|70-200f/4LIS\|17-50f/2.8\|150f/2.8Macro\|50f/1.8 MacPro @ 8x2.8GHz, 10GB FBDDR2, 3TB HD :: MBP @ 2x2.2GHz, 4GB DDR2, 320GB HD

21st Sep 2005, 22:43	#16
P2D 99.999% Pure Spam! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Grimsby, England Posts: 2,425	On the 2 comparison shots between Nvidia & ATI, Whats going on with the "A" In health, and the "A" and "O" in "ammo"??? __________________ I got told to change my signature. So i did.

21st Sep 2005, 23:09	#18
fellix_bg What's a Dremel? Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Bulgaria, Varna city Posts: 2	Woops! That's right, ATi has just been caught in some HDR-ish font cheating X850XT: 7800:

21st Sep 2005, 23:13	#19
Da Dego Brett Thomas Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cleveland, OH USA Posts: 3,906	Hahaha. Y'all gots too much time on yo' hands. Leave it to our forums to dissect that image until we DO find a fault. As minor as it is, HEY ATI, FIX YOUR FONT RENDERINGS. Just cause you finally caught up on 3d doesn't mean that you're allowed to break the 2d for it. __________________ "Frankly that seems overkill. iluvtrees2 arguing with spec is the intellectual equivalent of a bunny rabbit taking on a pissed-off lion." - Nexxo

21st Sep 2005, 23:14	#20
Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An hour north of Boston Posts: 12,576	Man that PC is insane in your sig. Umm... how do you USE 2x 2405FPWs? Aside from needing an ungodly huge desk, you can't run multimonitors with SLI enabled (unless I've really missed something and should give up trying to sell my second 6800GT and put it back in) Yeah, those letters on the right (ATI?) screenshot are definately wierd. Doesn't change the fact that you can almost read the information on the back of the revolver bullets... __________________ hire me @ eric-stern.com - web developer and php ninja pics @ my smugmug :: Twitter @firehed :: blog @ firehed.net 40D\|580EXII\|285HV\|AB800\|70-200f/4LIS\|17-50f/2.8\|150f/2.8Macro\|50f/1.8 MacPro @ 8x2.8GHz, 10GB FBDDR2, 3TB HD :: MBP @ 2x2.2GHz, 4GB DDR2, 320GB HD