ok thanks webster
btw is the Inno3D 9500GT 512MB DDR2 much faster than the 9400? i have read mixed reviews.. some saying its fantastic and some saying its crap...
i will restrain from now buying one and wait until you guys say how it runs on your systems..
i have 3 gig of ram
and athlon 64x2 4000+ whatever that is
i hope also once i get my card that will be enough..
now its a waiting game ! u guys better report quickly how your rigs handle sh5 !
thanks for your help if I'm honest i hope SH5 looks like the pics do on medium,Im happy to play it in medium settings as long as the actual simulation is up to scratch...medium will do me i hope

as i think the bulk of us are after a the actual sim

not eye candy
Cjb
ps.. as for halflife 2 i map with the source engine and i for one can tell you its very system heavy corridor based engine (even more so when bloom is used) .. as in i can run flight sim X nearly maxed out and i still struggle to do that with Halflife 2 on same system .... overhyped if anything i think the Source engine is but everyone seems to love it lol so shhhhhh be quiet
my mod if your interested using source engine:-
http://www.thegate.half-lifecreation...e2homepag.html
and on mod db -
http://www.moddb.com/mods/the-gate-2