André Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 Hi I am about to update my computer rig and I am thinking about purchasing an ATI RADEON 9600 PRO. I know there are some issues with the CMBB engine and Radeon cards. Does this mean that the game is unplayable? It most certainly will do better than my good old Geforce 2, right? The reason for going Radeon is of course the large performance gap between it and Geforce FX in Halflife 2. Let me know the current situation please. Regards, André 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankDawg Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 Andre, Video card will not matter, I will still beat you majority of time. PS - Just found a 9600 with 256mb for $174. I think I am going to leave the nVidia family once and for all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Posted September 18, 2003 Author Share Posted September 18, 2003 Hi Jeff! I guess we will wait and see... PS: Watch out for 256mb Radeon 9600 cards, they are ususally fitted with slower memory than their 128mb counterparts. Make sure to check the memory speed. A 128mb card with fast memory is usually faster than a 256mb with slower memory. I am probably going for the RADEON 9600 PRO 128mb "Fireblade E". It has faster than normal memory. (350mhz I think) André 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Carr Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 I recommend a Geforce Ti4600 128mb 4xAGP using driver version 30.82. This card will get you several things when playing Combat Mission: - Good graphics (Including Fog) - Speed/Horsepower - No driver issues/problems in reference to playing CM There are many different manufacturers that make the card. I just saw a Chaintech version of this card on Zipzoomfly.com for $194.00. About the same price as the ATI 9600 give or take $20.00. Good Luck! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozu Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 As it seems that you'll be using the card for other things apart from CMBB, then the Radeon will probably serve you well. Two points to note regarding Radeons and CMBB: no fog, and you may have to turn AA off to prevent the white text in a white text box problem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steiner14 Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 IF i may give you a tip: never believe in companies and their promises. Because i bought a card a few days ago, i informed myself a bit and there is an interesting rumor: the company making HalfLife2 made an auction between ATI and nVidia. ATI payed more... I don't know if that is true, or a lie. What counts is, that it would make sense. If you want a good card for HL2, wait until HL2 is out a few weeks. If you want to be future-proof for DX9 games, wait for the next GPU generation. The current GPUs are too slow anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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