Half-Life2 optimised for Radeon 9800, to be bundled with ATi cards

Dom · Aug 30, 2003, 06:56 AM

FOLLOWING ON from our original column, in which we commented on the rumours that ATi and Valve Software were in bed together, we have had a number of comments, including one soul in the retail industry who not only came forward, but gave us a juicy titbit.

"Half Life 2.0 will be offered to retail as part of an Ati card software discounted deal at time of HL2 launch. The Ati people were somewhat satisfied that it would counter the Nvidia spinning logo promotions of late, as HL2 had been optimised to run on 9800's etc."

So there we have it. Until Valve release the HL2 benchmark (probably next month) we won't know for sure how well it will perform, but everything we hear right now is pointing towards an ATi coup. If true (and we'll bet our wellingtons on it), it will mean that the card of choice this Christmas will undoubtedly be ATi - a significant kick in the nuts for Graphzilla.

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Source: TheInquirer

Vengeance · Aug 30, 2003, 08:08 AM

What card, 9800 Pro's
Hmmm be worth waiting to get a 9800 Pro for

studbagel9 · Aug 30, 2003, 10:23 PM

Why did you use the term "Graphzilla". I liked this site because it wasn't overly fanboy one way or the other... but news posts as well as forums have become polluted with slander and completely lopsided flamings of people for supporting one video card company or another. I don't mean to criticize, I just think we, as members of driverheaven, should try to keep biased opinions to ourselves.

ToshiroOC · Aug 31, 2003, 12:11 AM

studbagel9: The article section posted here was a direct quote from the source linked at the bottom, The Inquirer. It would not be journalistically honest of us to modify any quoted and linked article on DriverHeaven for the sake of keeping apparent bias out of the quoted and linked article.

studbagel9 · Aug 31, 2003, 05:23 AM

Thanks for the heads up. I didn't know the whole thing was a quote seeing as how there are quotes already within the paragraph. Are all news posts direct quotes and tidbits from the news source unless otherwise stated?

ToshiroOC · Aug 31, 2003, 09:55 AM

As a whole, yes. Anything that has a link in it to a different site is most likely a quote or an abstract of the article linked to - anything else or anything stickied to the top of the page will be Driverheaven produced content.

Aug 30, 2003, 06:56 AM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Half-Life2 optimised for Radeon 9800, to be bundled with ATi cards FOLLOWING ON from our original column, in which we commented on the rumours that ATi and Valve Software were in bed together, we have had a number of comments, including one soul in the retail industry who not only came forward, but gave us a juicy titbit. "Half Life 2.0 will be offered to retail as part of an Ati card software discounted deal at time of HL2 launch. The Ati people were somewhat satisfied that it would counter the Nvidia spinning logo promotions of late, as HL2 had been optimised to run on 9800's etc." So there we have it. Until Valve release the HL2 benchmark (probably next month) we won't know for sure how well it will perform, but everything we hear right now is pointing towards an ATi coup. If true (and we'll bet our wellingtons on it), it will mean that the card of choice this Christmas will undoubtedly be ATi - a significant kick in the nuts for Graphzilla. _______________________ Source: TheInquirer

Aug 30, 2003, 08:08 AM	#2
Vengeance DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort Worth TX Posts: 643 Rep Power: 0	What card, 9800 Pro's Hmmm be worth waiting to get a 9800 Pro for __________________ [color=red]Rage3D Super Moderator[/color] [color=red]BFG 6800 GT [/color]

Aug 30, 2003, 10:23 PM	#3
studbagel9 Rolling the Hard Six Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lock Haven, PA Posts: 767 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Why did you use the term "Graphzilla". I liked this site because it wasn't overly fanboy one way or the other... but news posts as well as forums have become polluted with slander and completely lopsided flamings of people for supporting one video card company or another. I don't mean to criticize, I just think we, as members of driverheaven, should try to keep biased opinions to ourselves. __________________

Aug 31, 2003, 12:11 AM	#4
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	studbagel9: The article section posted here was a direct quote from the source linked at the bottom, The Inquirer. It would not be journalistically honest of us to modify any quoted and linked article on DriverHeaven for the sake of keeping apparent bias out of the quoted and linked article. __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

Aug 31, 2003, 05:23 AM	#5
studbagel9 Rolling the Hard Six Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lock Haven, PA Posts: 767 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Thanks for the heads up. I didn't know the whole thing was a quote seeing as how there are quotes already within the paragraph. Are all news posts direct quotes and tidbits from the news source unless otherwise stated? __________________

Aug 31, 2003, 09:55 AM	#6
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	As a whole, yes. Anything that has a link in it to a different site is most likely a quote or an abstract of the article linked to - anything else or anything stickied to the top of the page will be Driverheaven produced content. __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)