There seem to be some serious problems with the SLI board from Asus-BigZ from bit-tech.net has tried everything available to him to get the board just to boot. The darn thing wont even power on for more than a half second, and it was brand new and factory sealed!
Maybe you could try and figure out how much RAM is needed for smooth playing as well. There seems to be a lot of conflicting info on that. I know I absolutely need 768 MB (512 is horribly stuttering), but others have no problems with 512 MB. I play at 1280x1024 High Quality on R9800Pro A64 3200+. Free disk space (thanx to STEAM forcing me to install on C: I have only about 500 MB) or maybe install position (on same drive as WinXP or not -- I have it no the same, again thanx to STEAM) may have something to do with it. It shouldn't be too hard to stuff up the drive HL2 is on and see when and how it impacts performance.
And, as #4 said, I would really, really like to see how a low-end radeon(I'm thinking something in the range of a 9200,9000, or 8500) would play the game.
Yes please. As it is a CPU limited game I'd love to see what sort of difference slower CPUs make. Ideally across an ATI and nVidia card from this and the previous generation time allowing.
Hi Anand,
A new article about Scaling will be great.
A study about memory latencies will be great too, with all these new tech, integrated memory controllers, dual channel, DDRII, etc.
I read the memory guide, where it explains all about cas, cas to ras, etc. But it will be great that you can explain how those numbers translate into the latencies seen in cpu-z or siencemark.
I´ve read that Johan de Gelas will be working for your site, That´s great!!.
He wrote several tech articles at Aces about how the designers look for performance in x86 with lots of deep examples and how the processors work. I hope he can write future articles like those with all the good stuff that anandtech has. It will be a perfect mix.
I congratulate you for your site, It´s very usefull, fun and with lots of reviews and information and it doesn´t take sides.
CPU scaling article? Hell yes. I want to know if my P4 1.6GHz w/ Radeon 9600 256MB system will hold up (please don't laugh). Your articles are always better than everyone else's anyway.
i found the source GPU articles to be extremely trivial and redundant (blah blah blah hl2 runs wonderfully on your grandma's checkbook calculator's video card blah) but everyone is using AMD FX-2012 or 90000000+
keeping within the perspective of real-world, common systems is a plus. "how would this game perform on MY system?" or "how would this game perform if i upgraded this or that?"
For sure, HL2 CPU scaling test must be Great :) It would be worth the time of waiting.
By the way, just relax and enjoy your holiday in NC. Happy Thanksgiving Anand!
I would really like to see the CPU scaling review, for sure. And to risk sounding like a nag, I would still like to see how the lower end Radeons and Geforce FX's play the game.
how is that even a question? *Of course* we want to see HL2 CPU scaling :) As you know, I upgraded preemptively ;), but not everyone has made those upgrade purchases to play HL2 just yet and I don't think i've seen CPU scaling done elsewhere yet.
Anand, granted that HL2 has been out for a decently
long time now, but your articles are always a treat
to read, and a CPU scaling report will shed a lot of
light on the game in a way in which most of us can't
see (if I'm not wrong). So please go ahead and give
us that article if you have the time :).
I thought your article was really great, and it was good to see that Asus acted so promptly to your problems. So much so that I have garnered that warm fuzzy feeling about preordering the same board. Really looking forward to seeing the full review of the board in the future.
Nice work.
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RotoSequence - Saturday, November 27, 2004 - link
There seem to be some serious problems with the SLI board from Asus-BigZ from bit-tech.net has tried everything available to him to get the board just to boot. The darn thing wont even power on for more than a half second, and it was brand new and factory sealed!AtaStrumf - Saturday, November 27, 2004 - link
CPU scaling article? Well, of course!Maybe you could try and figure out how much RAM is needed for smooth playing as well. There seems to be a lot of conflicting info on that. I know I absolutely need 768 MB (512 is horribly stuttering), but others have no problems with 512 MB. I play at 1280x1024 High Quality on R9800Pro A64 3200+. Free disk space (thanx to STEAM forcing me to install on C: I have only about 500 MB) or maybe install position (on same drive as WinXP or not -- I have it no the same, again thanx to STEAM) may have something to do with it. It shouldn't be too hard to stuff up the drive HL2 is on and see when and how it impacts performance.
yelo333 - Saturday, November 27, 2004 - link
Yes, a CPU scaling article would be great.And, as #4 said, I would really, really like to see how a low-end radeon(I'm thinking something in the range of a 9200,9000, or 8500) would play the game.
friedrice - Friday, November 26, 2004 - link
I just want to know if I can play Half-Life 2 on my Athlon 2400+ XP and a Geforce 2 GTS with 32MB of memory, equipped with 512MB of DDR Ram.rezdog - Friday, November 26, 2004 - link
definetly, a cpu scaling article would be great! Thanks for you hard work ANAND!If you get tired of all those 6800 gt's sitting by your desk, feel free to send one to me :)
smn198 - Friday, November 26, 2004 - link
Yes please. As it is a CPU limited game I'd love to see what sort of difference slower CPUs make. Ideally across an ATI and nVidia card from this and the previous generation time allowing.crazycpuman - Thursday, November 25, 2004 - link
Hi Anand,A new article about Scaling will be great.
A study about memory latencies will be great too, with all these new tech, integrated memory controllers, dual channel, DDRII, etc.
I read the memory guide, where it explains all about cas, cas to ras, etc. But it will be great that you can explain how those numbers translate into the latencies seen in cpu-z or siencemark.
I´ve read that Johan de Gelas will be working for your site, That´s great!!.
He wrote several tech articles at Aces about how the designers look for performance in x86 with lots of deep examples and how the processors work. I hope he can write future articles like those with all the good stuff that anandtech has. It will be a perfect mix.
I congratulate you for your site, It´s very usefull, fun and with lots of reviews and information and it doesn´t take sides.
r4v3 - Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - link
CPU scaling article? Hell yes. I want to know if my P4 1.6GHz w/ Radeon 9600 256MB system will hold up (please don't laugh). Your articles are always better than everyone else's anyway.Houdani - Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - link
CPU scaling article? Yes please.Regular folks like myself would consider a CPU article extremely beneficial.
Thanks!
chag - Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - link
yes, please!i found the source GPU articles to be extremely trivial and redundant (blah blah blah hl2 runs wonderfully on your grandma's checkbook calculator's video card blah) but everyone is using AMD FX-2012 or 90000000+
keeping within the perspective of real-world, common systems is a plus. "how would this game perform on MY system?" or "how would this game perform if i upgraded this or that?"
FlameDeer - Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - link
For sure, HL2 CPU scaling test must be Great :) It would be worth the time of waiting.By the way, just relax and enjoy your holiday in NC. Happy Thanksgiving Anand!
blckgrffn - Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - link
I would really like to see the CPU scaling review, for sure. And to risk sounding like a nag, I would still like to see how the lower end Radeons and Geforce FX's play the game.Thanks!
Nat
CaptainSpectacular - Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - link
how is that even a question? *Of course* we want to see HL2 CPU scaling :) As you know, I upgraded preemptively ;), but not everyone has made those upgrade purchases to play HL2 just yet and I don't think i've seen CPU scaling done elsewhere yet.Appu - Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - link
Anand, granted that HL2 has been out for a decentlylong time now, but your articles are always a treat
to read, and a CPU scaling report will shed a lot of
light on the game in a way in which most of us can't
see (if I'm not wrong). So please go ahead and give
us that article if you have the time :).
George Powell - Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - link
I thought your article was really great, and it was good to see that Asus acted so promptly to your problems. So much so that I have garnered that warm fuzzy feeling about preordering the same board. Really looking forward to seeing the full review of the board in the future.Nice work.