Recent content by WabeWalker

Here's the thing. I have two computers, one for work, the other for gaming. My work computer is an Apple Titanium Powerbook, which I use every now and then to surf the net - my connection is a slow 56K one. My gaming computer, a PC, is only connected to the internet when I need to download...

Waiting for a hub to load doesn't bother me. Stuff that goes wrong when game is actually playing - that bothers me. If these laggy bits can be patched, then for god's sake, patch them. If Activision is just waiting for us to all go out and buy 5 GHZ systems with 4 GIGs of RAM, then screw...

It's a mistake to argue that because Vampire and Half-Life2 were produced using Source, then the two games, at least on a production level, should be of the same caliber. An engine is just an engine - you have to take into account the people who are working with the engine. If Game Company...

Those are the best Vampire screenies I've ever seen. Wow - look at the reflections on the floor in the second shot. How are the framerates holding up? Looks taxing?

And besides, having more RAM makes for better visuals. 1GB gets you the highest detail textures. 512MB will knock you 1 mip level down. You'll probably need more RAM soon enough anyhow.

What is this? - the Official Thread Ending All Debate Between Half-Life2 And Halo2. What? - has Adolph Hitler arisen from the dead? Are we going to live in a state in which people aren't allowed to form their own opinion and express their own views? Great. You're experiencing the high that...

Great minds think alike.

LOL! You want the Halo2/Half-Life2 debate put to rest - so what do you do, you create a thread about that very topic, thus inviting somebody to challenge your own statement and commence a debate regarding the very thing you don't want to see. Okay. I'll buy that.

Here's the official reason why you'll want the extra RAM: "1GB gets you the highest detail textures. 512MB will knock you 1 mip level down." So there it is. I have no idea what that means?

The IGN reviewer did NOT play Half-Life2 with a computer outfitted with an X800 XT video card. Nevertheless, I'm guessing that Half-Life2 will run better with at least 1.0 GB of RAM - we'll find out soon enough, anyhow.

The point is, the IGN reviewer played the game on a machine with a 9800PRO video card. Wouldn't Half-Life2 run better on an X800 XT video card - of course it would. How could you say that it wouldn't?

Oh, it makes it load faster. Wouldn't a faster video card make Half-Life2 look better and run better? Why the hell didn't Valve stick in an X800 XT video card into their system? Wouldn't that aid in providing an even more robust gaming experience for the journalists? Isn't Vavle trying to...

I knew that people would re-state that no game really needs that much RAM. But... ... it doesn't really answer the question, does it? The people at Valve are incredibly astute. They went out of their way to provide a system setup that wasn't outfitted with one of the 4 fastet available...

I'm a journalist. I see conspiracy everywhere.

To state the obvious: there are 4 flavors of video card that are more powerful than the one that the reviewers played on at Valve's headquarters - there's the X800 pro, the 6800 GT, the X800 XT, and the 6800 Ultra. Based solely on the evidence, Valve is basically saying: 'You won't need an...