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updated 10-Dec-13

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AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 4GHz(20 x 200) 1.5v 3000NB 2000HT, Corsair Hydro H110 w/ 4 x 140mm 1500RPM fans Push/Pull, Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5, 8GB(2 x 4GB) G.Skill RipJaws DDR3-1600 @ 1600MHz CL9 1.55v, Gigabyte GTX760 OC 4GB(1170/1700), Corsair 750HX
Detailed PC Specs: http://my.afterdawn.com/estuansis/blog_entry.cfm/11388

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AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 4GHz(20 x 200) 1.5v 3000NB 2000HT, Corsair Hydro H110 w/ 4 x 140mm 1500RPM fans Push/Pull, Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5, 8GB(2 x 4GB) G.Skill RipJaws DDR3-1600 @ 1600MHz CL9 1.55v, Gigabyte GTX760 OC 4GB(1170/1700), Corsair 750HX
Detailed PC Specs: http://my.afterdawn.com/estuansis/blog_entry.cfm/11388

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Afterdawn Addict // Silent PC enthusiast // PC Build advisor // LANGamer Alias:Ratmanscoop
PC Specs page -- http://my.afterdawn.com/sammorris/blog_entry.cfm/11247
updated 10-Dec-13

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AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 4GHz(20 x 200) 1.5v 3000NB 2000HT, Corsair Hydro H110 w/ 4 x 140mm 1500RPM fans Push/Pull, Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5, 8GB(2 x 4GB) G.Skill RipJaws DDR3-1600 @ 1600MHz CL9 1.55v, Gigabyte GTX760 OC 4GB(1170/1700), Corsair 750HX
Detailed PC Specs: http://my.afterdawn.com/estuansis/blog_entry.cfm/11388

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 26. July 2008 @ 16:54

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 4GHz(20 x 200) 1.5v 3000NB 2000HT, Corsair Hydro H110 w/ 4 x 140mm 1500RPM fans Push/Pull, Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5, 8GB(2 x 4GB) G.Skill RipJaws DDR3-1600 @ 1600MHz CL9 1.55v, Gigabyte GTX760 OC 4GB(1170/1700), Corsair 750HX
Detailed PC Specs: http://my.afterdawn.com/estuansis/blog_entry.cfm/11388

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 26. July 2008 @ 19:22

Hey Estuansis. I see by a bunch of pages back that you're a big HL2 EP2 fan like me. I just discovered this thread trying to find the other thread (the 52775 started by Waymon - Ray - last year when the gecube came out) on a different computer. So I'm sneaking over here on this thread to ask you a favor. Hey guys, Sammorris, Waymon, Shaffaaf, Abuzar, Dinc, Core2kid.

IMO it would be on topic (I hope) to talk about screen shots, since the screen shot is the end product of a good graphics card, and monitor. (Makes sense to me but I don't know Loco's EXACT mission for this thread.)

Anyway, hoping I'm on topic, we're currently having a debate on the other thread about getting Ray into 2560x1600 resolution like Sam, up from his 1920x1200, because Abuzar occasionally gets HP 30" 2560x1600 oem monitors that he sells for $770, $600 under Newegg, and right now he's got an almost new one for $700, unbelievable value! Right boozer? Ray has been talking about upgrading his 20,000 3dmark machine to two 4870s, maybe even two 4870x2's, and the argument Sam and I are making, is that without max resolution - for example investing under $800 with abuzar to get twice as many pixels at 2560x1600 - what would be the point of all that massive graphics power if you're not going to see something different on the display?

So, here's a screen shot I did of EP2 at the end of Under the Radar. This is 1600x1200 resolution (shrunk to 700 pixels wide for this forum) on my x850xtpe, (which in a month will hopefully be swapped out for a 3850 agp.) I have some minor AA turned on in this picture, and I think medium textures, but definitely not everything maxed.

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Sam is trying to get to this point but has virtually no saved game points in EP2 so he started at the beginning of Under the Radar and right now is still at the laser-guns in the swamp. I know one day Sam will get here but Sam is a popular guy and that might take a while. :P

So in the meantime, Estuansis, I was wondering if you had more saved games than Sam, and if you could get to this point more easily (just after Dog kills the strider - when you are supposed to be racing Dog to the missile base.) As you curve left and start to head up the hill, you get out of the car, Alyx politely says "I'll wait here" then you jump on the retaining wall on your left and capture this scene. I always create a lot of saved game points, and when I was trying to describe the place to Sam, I cranked up my gaming rig, and found a save point just before this spot, where the strider gets up from underneath a dead dropship.

There is a lot of unbelievable scenery in EP2, as you have pointed out. This is one of my favorite scenic spots. I just finished the strider battle and I am sure there are lots of picturesque scenes all around that little valley - maybe even better than this. (I was busy.) If you have time, and if you can get right here, to this spot, or maybe to a better spot somewhere else in the game, like strider valley, I'd like to see what 1920x1200 looks like with your settings. Then one day we'll have Sam's 2560x1600 shot with everything maxed to compare it to.

By the way, would you believe it, Shaff has not yet played EP2? He said "Blimey, what the hell game is that?" or some such equivalent. "Looks bloody fantastic!" So we're trying to turn him into an EP2 fan-boy like the rest of us. LOL

-Rich

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