when I wrote my last post, but I've gone back to the dealer for a full refund.
Figuring,
"Well, good video card or not, I'm gonna buy it sometime, might
as well how shitty it looks on my hardware." So…
…I pulled out my credit card and went for the Silver Pack over
Steam. The download, including CounterStrike: Source, was just
over four gigabytes, and didn't get done 'till this morning.
I got
my first taste of Half-Life 2 this afternoon, and damn, what the FUCK
was I thinking? This shit runs at 1024×785, with mixed
medium/high graphical settings, and it looks [i]beautiful[/i]. It
only has frame rate issues when the physics engine goes into high gear,
like when sets of flammable barrels detonate.
It's at this time
that I'd like to thank Beeks, who was the primary inspiration for my
purchase of Half-Life 2. He has a GeForce 4 Ti 4400, and he said
it ran great, hence my above reasoning.
Now, if you'll excuse me, a certain crowbar is begging to be used…
