half life 2 and intel

[wolf328524]

Will Half Life 2 work with the Intel Extreme Graphics 2 82865G Integrated Video?

(I also have 512 MB Ram, 80 GB hard drive, and 2.8 P4 processor)

Thanks.

[Dreglor]

should but i don't think you can have it all high an all

[Ebenol]

It should work, don't expect particularily many frames per second though. I'd really consider investing in a better graphics card since the rest of your computer is quite good.

[wolf328524]

what about the radeon 9200? How well will that run Half Life 2.

[Ebenol]

what about the radeon 9200? How well will that run Half Life 2.
I'd say you should get at least a 9600 to really enjoy HL2. While a 9200 will be an improvement, it would probably not be worth it.

[Dreglor]

i run on a 9100 (basicly a 8500 with more memoryand maybe a directx 8.1 surrport) i can get all high with 1024x768 res (until the battle scenes like follow freeman and anti-citzen one) and about 45fps but i think it becasue i have a gig of ram
so the 9200 should have slight more performace

also just as a note the comparsion between 8.x to 9.0x is unnoticable on many levels including shadows and water
so if you have the ram the 9200 would be the a good choice (at the moment) for playing hl2
if not the higher end video card may yeild more results
hl3 being at least 3 years away would more likly push twards a 9600 or 9800 for a "must have"

[Cole]

9600XT is great, smooth frame rates, high quality, dx9.

[SilentWraith]

what about the radeon 9200? How well will that run Half Life 2.

DO NOT GET INTEL EVEER!!! Too expensive and underpowered, i got a AMD 64 3200+ for 150 bucks! Thats a 3.2 gig Pentium 4 basically.

ATI is ok for medium to higher powered stuff, good deals. But in the future if you want badass stuff that will last 2-4 years and still be very high powered, go for the Nvidia GeForce 6800 series.

[wywad`]

Ive got a AMD 2600+. 6800 gefore, and a gig or RAM. It plays hl2 and css better than my 2.8p4 9800 pro 256 with 512 of ram.
if your going to get a card do go with the 6800 series.

[JImbo_152]

I run the 9200 with a 2.0 celeron (crap) and 512 ddram...a little lag when the action gets rough but setting are all high and medium and I haven't tried tweaking it yet........I would listen to the above and go with the GeForce......