Journal #2484
Posted 19 years ago2005-10-01 19:59:01 UTC
Reality bytes. Yes, I spelled it wrong - for a reason. The bytes carrying HL2's beautiful pixels from my video card to my monitor are now of DX7 quality, curteousy of my unstable Radeon 9600 XT 128MB card. No, I'm not using that particular card - rather, my old GeForce 4000 MX, which I thought I would never touch again. Once my PC started crashing when I added NPCs to my Source maps, I had had enough.
I'd rather have nauseating graphics than the inability to render maps, but geez, DirectX 9 effects grow on you after a while. Now it feels switching from a DVD player to VHS. Add to that the fact that I'll be poor for a good three months or so, and you have a recipie for one unhappy mapper.
Sigh... my next card'll be an NVIDIA - after the experience I've had with ATI, I'd never go back. Heed that warning well, young ones.
I'd rather have nauseating graphics than the inability to render maps, but geez, DirectX 9 effects grow on you after a while. Now it feels switching from a DVD player to VHS. Add to that the fact that I'll be poor for a good three months or so, and you have a recipie for one unhappy mapper.
Sigh... my next card'll be an NVIDIA - after the experience I've had with ATI, I'd never go back. Heed that warning well, young ones.
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