Half-Life 2 (PC)

[Edame]

Has anyone actually downloaded Steam yet? I tried it yesterday and wasn't very impressed. It ruined my HL installation and seemed really buggy (constant timeouts and crashing). I'd try and start a game (say CS) and it would tell me it was going to download some files, and then it would just hang. The game browser wasn't a patch on something like ASE and didn't support a lot of mods (It couldn't find servers for The Specialists). I ended up doing a full re-install of HL + mods and wiping Steam.

[H-Man]

That's not really a proper dx 9 benchmark nips (very little dx 9 shaders - it's all dx 8 )

Try this http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/archi...hdribl_1_2.zip (dx 9 cards only)

[Papercut]

Tis the sister site of El Reg, who clearly own. Don't know about the Inq's credibility though.

I thought The Inquirer was setup by disgruntled ex-Reg hacks.

[Adam]

Has anyone actually downloaded Steam yet?

Yep, I downloaded the 400mb full setup and CS works fine. 8)

Don't know what I'm gonna do with my HL2 pre-order, cause I definatly want SP+MP on day 1. Might just cancel if they don't update us or something and then just buy it in the shops where I can see the boxes for myself.

[Spatial]

Urgh, and I'm concerned that if I don't pre-order early then they may not have enough stock - I'm a very concerned person you know

I wouldn't be too concerned, I'm sure there'll be more than enough to go around

It just seems that this is getting too silly with all the mutliplay / single player options.

Just bundle the whole thing together and be bloody done with it

My concern at the moment is what I do with my graphics card. I'm going to upgrade ( was going to get a Geforce FX 5900 Ultra - not anymore ) and have plumped to get an all singing all dancing Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB

Now I find that the 9800XT is being touted for the same day as the Half-Life 2 Alcatraz launch ( apparently on the 30th of this month ) and that its this card the game will be bundled with

No more details as to wether the card / game bundle will also be in stores by 30th, or if the game that comes with its is just single player

ARGH ! This is all too much !

Secrecy is one thing but this is just messing with peoples heads !

[Super Stu]

I thought The Inquirer was setup by disgruntled ex-Reg hacks.

Fair enough, but they oft link to each other's stories.

[hugejeans]

You might want to look here all ati users

http://www.ati.com/

could this be a demo coming soon?

[Ciaran]

- Half-Life 2 retail and the Steam version will be released at the same time.

- SDK isn't being released at the current time

- Release date still set to 30th!

[Tobal]

I feel like i've just been butt ****ed by the Valve and ATi partenership, being Geforce owner is hard , im glad my Gf4 was only ?70, if i get HL2 im gonna have to go for Performance over quality.

[choddo]

Actually you've just been butt ****ed by nVidia's marketing department. You never know, the 50xx dets may prove to solve all the issues... we'll see.

[Ciaran]

The reason there is a Valve and ATI partnership is because ATI newest cards generaly perform better, so blame nvidia, not ATI or Valve.

I think people with a FX feel more but ****ed by nvidia.

[g-funk]

Sorry, I know its been done to death but couldn't resist showing it.

[choddo]

Heh, I hadn't seen it before so thanks anyway

[Adam]

I like this one of Gabe Newell better

[nips]

That's good stuff!