Is It Really Out And If It Is

[i_have_a.d.d.]

http://usa.asus.com/products/vga/r9800xt/Half-Life-2.jpg WHEN U BUY THIS!!!!! http://usa.asus.com/products/vga/r9800xt/r9800xt_m.jpg
i would think @ least 1 person would start seeding it but i havent found shit and thats the final version which can be played online but ppl are havent problems since it involves STEAM

[Aaron_T]

HASNT THIS GAME BEEN OUT A WHILE?????????? www.filesoup.com
:ph34r:

[abu_has_the_power]

they give u voucher so when the game comes out in stores, they mail u a free copy

[i_have_a.d.d.]

wtf reall??
are u saying this cause u have it or ppl have said

[Mad Cat]

abu is correct, its a voucher you use in the stores. Beta type thing is out though...

[Monkeee]

Originally posted by i_have_a.d.d.@30 November 2003 - 19:17
http://usa.asus.com/products/vga/r9800xt/Half-Life-2.jpg WHEN U BUY THIS!!!!! http://usa.asus.com/products/vga/r9800xt/r9800xt_m.jpg
i would think @ least 1 person would start seeding it but i havent found shit and thats the final version which can be played online but ppl are havent problems since it involves STEAM
whats that video card

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by Monkeee+30 November 2003 - 18:09--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Monkeee @ 30 November 2003 - 18:09)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-i_have_a.d.d.@30 November 2003 - 19:17
http://usa.asus.com/products/vga/r9800xt/Half-Life-2.jpg WHEN U BUY THIS&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; http://usa.asus.com/products/vga/r9800xt/r9800xt_m.jpg
i would think @ least 1 person would start seeding it but i havent found shit and thats the final version which can be played online but ppl are havent problems since it involves STEAM
whats that video card [/b][/quote]
i believe that&#39;s a 9800xt not made by ati

[cwctv]

Here is one and at them prices you should get something for nothing. :blink:

http://195.224.29.130/cgi-bin/Light.storef...en/Catalog/1007 (http://195.224.29.130/cgi-bin/Light.storefront/en/Catalog/1007)

[i_have_a.d.d.]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power+30 November 2003 - 15:11--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (abu_has_the_power @ 30 November 2003 - 15:11)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by Monkeee@30 November 2003 - 18:09
<!--QuoteBegin-i_have_a.d.d.@30 November 2003 - 19:17
http://usa.asus.com/products/vga/r9800xt/Half-Life-2.jpg WHEN U BUY THIS&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; http://usa.asus.com/products/vga/r9800xt/r9800xt_m.jpg
i would think @ least 1 person would start seeding it but i havent found shit and thats the final version which can be played online but ppl are havent problems since it involves STEAM
whats that video card
i believe that&#39;s a 9800xt not made by ati [/b][/quote]
your right it is 9800XT dam i really wana get this shit now that i know its out

[tHe LiNk]

Yes, ATI have a strong link with valve so they decided that they would package the halflife 2 game with the Radeon 9800 XT. However, as you probably know, the game was delayed. So, in exchange for a game, they put a voucher in the package, so when it eventually does get released - you can pickup the game anyway.

[Anachoret]

Hi.....yes that&#39;s certainly an 9800 XT made by Asus &#39;cause Asus now have rights to build ATI&#39;s cards...and Gigabyte can make Nvidia&#39;s ones.......u can recognize Asus&#39;s style by the twin fans...
And sorry to tell that, dudes, but Halo can run with a GeForce 2 MX100/200 without troubles on a Pentium III 500mhz with only 128SDRAM....
Oh yes, I tried and that works very well u just have to limit to 30FPS and some other video parameters...just be modest...

And yes with this card...the 9800XT u have rights to dl Half-Life 2 and during this time.....u can dl all previous generation of Half-Life(with counter...opposing force and blue shift).

Babye&#33;&#33;

[abu_has_the_power]

the game is also bundled witht the 9600xt, and 9600se. at best buy, u also get it with the 9800 pro

[Schmiggy_JK23]

ya, too bad the fuckin game was delayed again... stupid valve.

[shinzuiski]

1.Wait, when you buy the game, you get a free radeon 9800 ?

2.or do you get a stupid 20&#036; voucher or something ?

3.Or, when you buy the radeon 9800 you get a free HL2 game?

OMGOMG plz be no . 1

[Schmiggy_JK23]

ya, when you buy a &#036;50 dollar game, they are gonna give you a 500&#036; video card...

make sense?

:lol:

no, a free voucher for the game with 9800xt, and 9600xt cards... thats all.

[Evil Gemini]

Halo can run with a GeForce 2 MX100/200 without troubles on a Pentium III 500mhz with only 128SDRAM....

Yeah right. Thats BS

[james_bond_rulez]

yes you can play that with medium and low settings ;)

[tHe LiNk]

Very low settings, halo is a bitch with computer specs...

[Mad Cat]

Originally posted by tHe LiNk@1 December 2003 - 01:09
Yes, ATI have a strong link with valve so they decided that they would package the halflife 2 game with the Radeon 9800 XT. However, as you probably know, the game was delayed. So, in exchange for a game, they put a voucher in the package, so when it eventually does get released - you can pickup the game anyway.
All of the new XT range come with free HL2 voucher. Its supposedly because Valve supports ATi, basically because most of their cards piss all over the GeForce cards. Valve noticed this and they got into an agreement.


What he said above about downloading it may be true. Steam is supposedly going to "revolutionise" things, in other words make it impossible for dialup and users with no internet to play games.

[Evil Gemini]

Originally posted by james_bond_rulez@4 December 2003 - 10:20
yes you can play that with medium and low settings ;)
yeah but i bet it drops to like 2 fps in a battle

[tHe LiNk]

Originally posted by Mad Cat+4 December 2003 - 09:48--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Mad Cat @ 4 December 2003 - 09:48)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-tHe LiNk@1 December 2003 - 01:09
Yes, ATI have a strong link with valve so they decided that they would package the halflife 2 game with the Radeon 9800 XT. However, as you probably know, the game was delayed. So, in exchange for a game, they put a voucher in the package, so when it eventually does get released - you can pickup the game anyway.
All of the new XT range come with free HL2 voucher. Its supposedly because Valve supports ATi, basically because most of their cards piss all over the GeForce cards. Valve noticed this and they got into an agreement. [/b][/quote]
Yeah i know, i only bothered mentioning the 9800 though. Also, valve not only supports ati, they are almost connected with them when it comes to HL2. The Radeon 9800 XT (best card currently offered by ati) doesn&#39;t "piss all over the geforce cards", the Geforce fx 5950 ultra is very good competition for it. In fact, the 5950 will often show better performance than the 9800 xt.

[Anachoret]

No....when u buy the card u might have the game in bundle....but with the last troubles with source-codes....u&#39;ll can only dl it......when it&#39;ll be out....and during this time u can dl all previous versions of Half-Life.....

[Anachoret]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr why my post falls here....i was reply on other topic......
and sorry that was not a Pentium III 500mhz but pentium III 900mhz....not the same but Halo just can run in 30 fps mode and 800*600......and other medium settings with a GeForce 2 MX100/200......
That&#39;s true.....

[i_have_a.d.d.]

Originally posted by shinzuiski@4 December 2003 - 00:54
1.Wait, when you buy the game, you get a free radeon 9800 ?

2.or do you get a stupid 20&#036; voucher or something ?

3.Or, when you buy the radeon 9800 you get a free HL2 game?

OMGOMG plz be no . 1
LOLZ&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
SHIT I WISH IT WAS #1 BUT comn dude thats the "dumbest thing i ever herd" sry but yea

[i_have_a.d.d.]

Originally posted by neattairoski@4 December 2003 - 01:14

Halo can run with a GeForce 2 MX100/200 without troubles on a Pentium III 500mhz with only 128SDRAM....

Yeah right. Thats BS
yea i know how can halo run in that shit u need @ least a g4 mx 400 i tried it out and u need @ least a gighz

[i_have_a.d.d.]

Originally posted by tHe LiNk+4 December 2003 - 02:52--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (tHe LiNk @ 4 December 2003 - 02:52)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by Mad Cat@4 December 2003 - 09:48
<!--QuoteBegin-tHe LiNk@1 December 2003 - 01:09
Yes, ATI have a strong link with valve so they decided that they would package the halflife 2 game with the Radeon 9800 XT. However, as you probably know, the game was delayed. So, in exchange for a game, they put a voucher in the package, so when it eventually does get released - you can pickup the game anyway.
All of the new XT range come with free HL2 voucher. Its supposedly because Valve supports ATi, basically because most of their cards piss all over the GeForce cards. Valve noticed this and they got into an agreement.
Yeah i know, i only bothered mentioning the 9800 though. Also, valve not only supports ati, they are almost connected with them when it comes to HL2. The Radeon 9800 XT (best card currently offered by ati) doesn&#39;t "piss all over the geforce cards", the Geforce fx 5950 ultra is very good competition for it. In fact, the 5950 will often show better performance than the 9800 xt. [/b][/quote]
geforce FX 5950 ALL THE WAY&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

[theX]

fuk high specs, too much waste on money and too many good games, not fair :(

[i_have_a.d.d.]

Originally posted by theX@4 December 2003 - 21:51
fuk high specs, too much waste on money and too many good games, not fair :(
@ least get a FX or ati 9700-9800 and ur set to play most game @ decent fps i have geforce fx5200 128mbs of ddr running @ 400mhz and a 250mhz gpu built on it and i dont need a better one right now

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by i_have_a.d.d.+5 December 2003 - 00:49--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (i_have_a.d.d. @ 5 December 2003 - 00:49)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by tHe LiNk@4 December 2003 - 02:52

Originally posted by Mad Cat@4 December 2003 - 09:48
<!--QuoteBegin-tHe LiNk@1 December 2003 - 01:09
Yes, ATI have a strong link with valve so they decided that they would package the halflife 2 game with the Radeon 9800 XT. However, as you probably know, the game was delayed. So, in exchange for a game, they put a voucher in the package, so when it eventually does get released - you can pickup the game anyway.
All of the new XT range come with free HL2 voucher. Its supposedly because Valve supports ATi, basically because most of their cards piss all over the GeForce cards. Valve noticed this and they got into an agreement.
Yeah i know, i only bothered mentioning the 9800 though. Also, valve not only supports ati, they are almost connected with them when it comes to HL2. The Radeon 9800 XT (best card currently offered by ati) doesn&#39;t "piss all over the geforce cards", the Geforce fx 5950 ultra is very good competition for it. In fact, the 5950 will often show better performance than the 9800 xt.
geforce FX 5950 ALL THE WAY&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; [/b][/quote]
dude, the 9800xt is the ass raper man. ur 5950 will crumble to it&#39;s power

[i_have_a.d.d.]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power+4 December 2003 - 22:01--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (abu_has_the_power &#064; 4 December 2003 - 22:01)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by i_have_a.d.d.@5 December 2003 - 00:49

Originally posted by tHe LiNk@4 December 2003 - 02:52

Originally posted by Mad Cat@4 December 2003 - 09:48
<!--QuoteBegin-tHe LiNk@1 December 2003 - 01:09
Yes, ATI have a strong link with valve so they decided that they would package the halflife 2 game with the Radeon 9800 XT. However, as you probably know, the game was delayed. So, in exchange for a game, they put a voucher in the package, so when it eventually does get released - you can pickup the game anyway.
All of the new XT range come with free HL2 voucher. Its supposedly because Valve supports ATi, basically because most of their cards piss all over the GeForce cards. Valve noticed this and they got into an agreement.
Yeah i know, i only bothered mentioning the 9800 though. Also, valve not only supports ati, they are almost connected with them when it comes to HL2. The Radeon 9800 XT (best card currently offered by ati) doesn&#39;t "piss all over the geforce cards", the Geforce fx 5950 ultra is very good competition for it. In fact, the 5950 will often show better performance than the 9800 xt.
geforce FX 5950 ALL THE WAY&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;
dude, the 9800xt is the ass raper man. ur 5950 will crumble to it&#39;s power [/b][/quote]

GeForce FX
5950 Ultra Graphics Core: 256-bit
Memory Interface: 256-bit
Memory Bandwidth: 30.4GB/sec
Fill Rate: 3.8 BILLION&#33;&#33;&#33; texels/sec.
Vertices/sec. 356 million
Memory Data Rate: 950MHz (allmost 1gighz)
Pixels per Clock (peak): 8
Textures per Pixel: 16*
RAMDACs 400MHz

*Maximum in a single rendering pass with 8 textures applied per clock.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
???what dos ur card have Eh?(no im not canadian ahaha)

[DWk]

tsk tsk sry to let ya down but the xt DOES own the fx.... go read up some benchmarks..... oh and btw just to let ya know....the amount of memory isnt what gives the power to a card...so dont think the fx is better cuz it got 256...

[DWk]

oh btw i have an nvidia....but i do admit this kind of stuff...

[i_have_a.d.d.]

Originally posted by DWk@4 December 2003 - 22:13
tsk tsk sry to let ya down but the xt DOES own the fx.... go read up some benchmarks..... oh and btw just to let ya know....the amount of memory isnt what gives the power to a card...so dont think the fx is better cuz it got 256...
no no not at all i know its how fast the memory is (the card can have 512 or 1 gig of memory but if it runs @ 100 mhz then u have a fast geforce 2 :D )
BUT im gona wait i dont really care which is best as long as the games look nice and smooth

[i_have_a.d.d.]

Originally posted by DWk@4 December 2003 - 22:14
oh btw i have an nvidia....but i do admit this kind of stuff...
»»»»*stuff*??

[abu_has_the_power]

dude. the radeon 9800xt got higher benchies. ok, not extremely different than the nvidia, but the card is still better for the same price. and it looks amazing

[DWk]

obviously some1 doesnt care about benchies, u see? <_<

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by DWk@5 December 2003 - 01:25
obviously some1 doesnt care about benchies, u see? <_<
:lol: they should

and the huge fan/plastic thingy (not sure if its a heatsink or not) looks pretty cool. the 5950 doesn&#39;t look as cool. plus, ati&#39;s got a name for stabability

[tHe LiNk]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power+5 December 2003 - 06:01--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (abu_has_the_power &#064; 5 December 2003 - 06:01)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by i_have_a.d.d.@5 December 2003 - 00:49

Originally posted by tHe LiNk@4 December 2003 - 02:52

Originally posted by Mad Cat@4 December 2003 - 09:48
<!--QuoteBegin-tHe LiNk@1 December 2003 - 01:09
Yes, ATI have a strong link with valve so they decided that they would package the halflife 2 game with the Radeon 9800 XT. However, as you probably know, the game was delayed. So, in exchange for a game, they put a voucher in the package, so when it eventually does get released - you can pickup the game anyway.
All of the new XT range come with free HL2 voucher. Its supposedly because Valve supports ATi, basically because most of their cards piss all over the GeForce cards. Valve noticed this and they got into an agreement.
Yeah i know, i only bothered mentioning the 9800 though. Also, valve not only supports ati, they are almost connected with them when it comes to HL2. The Radeon 9800 XT (best card currently offered by ati) doesn&#39;t "piss all over the geforce cards", the Geforce fx 5950 ultra is very good competition for it. In fact, the 5950 will often show better performance than the 9800 xt.
geforce FX 5950 ALL THE WAY&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;
dude, the 9800xt is the ass raper man. ur 5950 will crumble to it&#39;s power [/b][/quote]
I acknowledge the fact that the 9800 XT will often beat the 5950 ultra, but it can also go the other way... the only reason i will often prefer ATI (even though i love nvidia) is because nvidia seem to just be trying to catch up with "old" technology. The XT is only a slight upgrade over the Pro&#39;s, and the Pro&#39;s are based on (relatively) much older cards.

Just take a look at a couple of benchmark&#39;s... (take note that i&#39;ve chosen only ones where the 5950 beats the 9800 xt, just to get my point through, as i said it also goes the other way)

http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/video/fx5950ultra-9800xt/aq1.gif

http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/video/fx5950ultra-9800xt/halo1.gif

http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/video/fx5950ultra-9800xt/hw2.gif