Half-Life 2 Directx9.0 Effects Video

**Shadow Lady** · September 13th, 2003

U MUST SEE THIS VIDEO (IF U CAN)

A new Half-Life 2 tech movie has been released, offering more footage from this upcoming FPS sequel by Valve Software. Today's movie shows no action, but a walk through a level and on rooftops shows off the new shiny effects that DX9 rendering has lent to Half-Life 2. Like all the previous movies, this one is in self-running BINK format and runs for around 2:18 minutes. Half-Life 2 is due to be released on November 19th 2003.

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Half-Life 2 Directx9.0 Effects Video (114.9 MB)

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1998: Half-Life sends a shock through the game industry with its combination of pounding action and continuous, immersive storytelling. Valve's debut title wins more than 50 game-of-the-year awards on its way to being named "Best PC Game Ever" by PC Gamer, and launches a franchise with more than eight million retail units sold worldwide.

Now: Half-Life 2.

By taking the suspense, challenge and visceral charge of the original, and adding startling new realism and responsiveness, Half-Life 2 opens the door to a world where the player's presence affects everything around him, from the physical environment to the behaviors ? even the emotions ? of both friends and enemies.

The player again picks up the crowbar of research scientist Gordon Freeman, who finds himself on an alien-infested Earth being picked to the bone, its resources depleted, its populace dwindling. Freeman is thrust into the unenviable role of rescuing the world from the wrong he unleashed back at Black Mesa. And a lot of people ? people he cares about ? are counting on him.

**hushypushy** · September 13th, 2003

ok, downloading. that video was damn hard to find on the site...they made it really really confusing

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Dertunfisch · September 13th, 2003

Woohoo! That video was cool!
Seems to be no problems with the graphs in the game :P

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**DarkAurora** · September 13th, 2003

I just saw this video and the lighting effects are beautiful. Curse NVidia and their sub-par DirectX 9.0 support!!!

**hushypushy** · September 13th, 2003

woah this looks really cool...

darkaurora....how do you think this is going to run on our computers? we have similar processors and same video card<

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cloudvii · September 13th, 2003

why don't nvidia make a great attention to customers complaints

**Shadow Lady** · September 13th, 2003

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Originally Posted by hushypushy

woah this looks really cool...

darkaurora....how do you think this is going to run on our computers? we have similar processors and same video card<

yeah right, p4 2.6mhz is similar to Athlon XP 2600+ ...

**hushypushy** · September 13th, 2003

ok well maybe my definitions of "similar" are a little different. i think that a 2.4 ghz P4 can be classified as similar to my 2.66 (by the way mine isnt HT). since the the 2600+ is a 2.3 ghz processor (i think? i could be wrong) i think that we have "similar" processors

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**Demigod** · September 13th, 2003

The XP 2600+ runs at 2.13 Ghz and performs similar, if not same as the P4 2.6 Ghz. As for gaming performance in Half-Life 2 I wouldn't expect anything big. Your videocard will hold you back, as the FX cards lack shader processing power. You may be able to run at lower resolutions though, and I assume it'll at least be playable at 640x480.

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Sir Key · September 13th, 2003

sssssstrike... ati rules!! :fingers:

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Red__XIII · September 13th, 2003

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Originally Posted by Demigod

The XP 2600+ runs at 2.13 Ghz and performs similar, if not same as the P4 2.6 Ghz.

Actually the XP 2600+ runs at 2.08 GHz.

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Sir Key · September 13th, 2003

red__xiii better don't mess with demigod he is the one... erm the hardware god

September 14th, 2003

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Originally Posted by Demigod

The XP 2600+ runs at 2.13 Ghz and performs similar, if not same as the P4 2.6 Ghz. As for gaming performance in Half-Life 2 I wouldn't expect anything big. Your videocard will hold you back, as the FX cards lack shader processing power. You may be able to run at lower resolutions though, and I assume it'll at least be playable at 640x480.

Or they can do DX 8.1 which still has good lighting effects, Just not as precise.

**Shadow Lady** · September 14th, 2003

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Originally Posted by Demigod

The XP 2600+ runs at 2.13 Ghz and performs similar, if not same as the P4 2.6 Ghz. As for gaming performance in Half-Life 2 I wouldn't expect anything big. Your videocard will hold you back, as the FX cards lack shader processing power. You may be able to run at lower resolutions though, and I assume it'll at least be playable at 640x480.

yeah, specially non-ultra ones

zerocopy · September 14th, 2003

some people are taking this benchmark far way off ( anyone with older cards can play hl 2 on dx.8 mode ) sure you'll lose those fancy nifty shading and pixel effects, the game being playable is at first the most imiportant aspect ( i turned off the shaders effects in morrow wind and it did'nt bothered me at all)

it's like bragging how your 800 dpi mouse is way better than a 600 dpi

**hushypushy** · September 14th, 2003

yeah, i agree zerocopy. it's still gonna be pimped out with my videocard even if i cant play it with everything all the way up at max res.....i mean, holy crap, im sorry for buying a $180 video card and not a $500 one.

at least i dont have an MX piece of crap

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anzulo · September 14th, 2003

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Originally Posted by hushypushy

yeah, i agree zerocopy. it's still gonna be pimped out with my videocard even if i cant play it with everything all the way up at max res.....i mean, holy crap, im sorry for buying a $180 video card and not a $500 one.

at least i dont have an MX piece of crap

$180 you've been ripped dude

my uncle bought his for only $140(retail).

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**hushypushy** · September 14th, 2003

well i was just saying, i saw it online at 159 but it's always way cheaper at the store...

by the way i didnt buy it retail, i got it with my alienware...i dont know exactly how much it was

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**n_w95482** · September 14th, 2003

I just saw the video and I am amazed. I thought I was watching the FF movie or something. I didn't know modern gfx cards were capable of gfx like that. So the shininess is the work of the pixel shaders?

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Shadow Lady Advanced Newbie Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Bogotá... not that it matters... Posts: 5,792	Half-Life 2 Directx9.0 Effects Video U MUST SEE THIS VIDEO (IF U CAN) A new Half-Life 2 tech movie has been released, offering more footage from this upcoming FPS sequel by Valve Software. Today's movie shows no action, but a walk through a level and on rooftops shows off the new shiny effects that DX9 rendering has lent to Half-Life 2. Like all the previous movies, this one is in self-running BINK format and runs for around 2:18 minutes. Half-Life 2 is due to be released on November 19th 2003. Download: Half-Life 2 Directx9.0 Effects Video (114.9 MB) More ways to die. More reasons to live. 1998: Half-Life sends a shock through the game industry with its combination of pounding action and continuous, immersive storytelling. Valve's debut title wins more than 50 game-of-the-year awards on its way to being named "Best PC Game Ever" by PC Gamer, and launches a franchise with more than eight million retail units sold worldwide. Now: Half-Life 2. By taking the suspense, challenge and visceral charge of the original, and adding startling new realism and responsiveness, Half-Life 2 opens the door to a world where the player's presence affects everything around him, from the physical environment to the behaviors ? even the emotions ? of both friends and enemies. The player again picks up the crowbar of research scientist Gordon Freeman, who finds himself on an alien-infested Earth being picked to the bone, its resources depleted, its populace dwindling. Freeman is thrust into the unenviable role of rescuing the world from the wrong he unleashed back at Black Mesa. And a lot of people ? people he cares about ? are counting on him.

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hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	Re: Half-Life 2 Directx9.0 Effects Video ok, downloading. that video was damn hard to find on the site...they made it really really confusing __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

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Dertunfisch Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 20	Re: Half-Life 2 Directx9.0 Effects Video Woohoo! That video was cool! Seems to be no problems with the graphs in the game :P __________________ Pentium 4 2.5 Ghz 512 MB DDRram ATI Radeon 9800Pro Sapphire 128Mb Just a crappy DVD player And a kinda good CD-RW I'm a TUNA!!

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DarkAurora Back from the dead Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Seymour, TN Posts: 3,741	Re: Half-Life 2 Directx9.0 Effects Video I just saw this video and the lighting effects are beautiful. Curse NVidia and their sub-par DirectX 9.0 support!!!

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hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	Re: Half-Life 2 Directx9.0 Effects Video woah this looks really cool... darkaurora....how do you think this is going to run on our computers? we have similar processors and same video card< __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

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cloudvii Emunext fanboy Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Cairo , Egypt Posts: 4,241	Re: Half-Life 2 Directx9.0 Effects Video why don't nvidia make a great attention to customers complaints

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hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	Re: Half-Life 2 Directx9.0 Effects Video ok well maybe my definitions of "similar" are a little different. i think that a 2.4 ghz P4 can be classified as similar to my 2.66 (by the way mine isnt HT). since the the 2600+ is a 2.3 ghz processor (i think? i could be wrong) i think that we have "similar" processors __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

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Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,873	Re: Half-Life 2 Directx9.0 Effects Video The XP 2600+ runs at 2.13 Ghz and performs similar, if not same as the P4 2.6 Ghz. As for gaming performance in Half-Life 2 I wouldn't expect anything big. Your videocard will hold you back, as the FX cards lack shader processing power. You may be able to run at lower resolutions though, and I assume it'll at least be playable at 640x480. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Mobo: Intel DX48BT2 Memory: 8192 MB PC10600 DDR3 Videocard: PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 Soundcard: On-board SigmaTel High Definition Audio Hard drive: 1 TB Seagate & 1 TB Hitachi Optical drive: LG GGW-H20L (2x BD-R DL) PSU: Nexus 1000 Watt OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)

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Sir Key Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Nirvana Posts: 1,947	Re: Half-Life 2 Directx9.0 Effects Video sssssstrike... ati rules!! :fingers: (btw i know that the :fingers: smiley doesn't exist anymore... but still some older member will know )

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Sir Key Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Nirvana Posts: 1,947	Re: Half-Life 2 Directx9.0 Effects Video red__xiii better don't mess with demigod he is the one... erm the hardware god

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zerocopy Banned Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 2,954	Re: Half-Life 2 Directx9.0 Effects Video some people are taking this benchmark far way off ( anyone with older cards can play hl 2 on dx.8 mode ) sure you'll lose those fancy nifty shading and pixel effects, the game being playable is at first the most imiportant aspect ( i turned off the shaders effects in morrow wind and it did'nt bothered me at all) it's like bragging how your 800 dpi mouse is way better than a 600 dpi

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hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	Re: Half-Life 2 Directx9.0 Effects Video yeah, i agree zerocopy. it's still gonna be pimped out with my videocard even if i cant play it with everything all the way up at max res.....i mean, holy crap, im sorry for buying a $180 video card and not a $500 one. at least i dont have an MX piece of crap __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

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hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	Re: Half-Life 2 Directx9.0 Effects Video well i was just saying, i saw it online at 159 but it's always way cheaper at the store... by the way i didnt buy it retail, i got it with my alienware...i dont know exactly how much it was __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

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n_w95482 Totally crazy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,777	Re: Half-Life 2 Directx9.0 Effects Video I just saw the video and I am amazed. I thought I was watching the FF movie or something. I didn't know modern gfx cards were capable of gfx like that. So the shininess is the work of the pixel shaders?

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