I'm looking at this 8600GTS from XFX... will that be more than enough to run Halo 2 smoothly/quickly at full settings on 1920x1200 resolution?
I'm also wondering if my current card is PCI-Express x1 or x16:
General Information :
Manufacturer : ATI Technologies Inc (ATI Technologies Inc)
Model : ATI Technologies Inc
Bus Type : PCI-Express
Total Memory : 256 MB
Texture Memory : 501 MB
Processor : ATI FireGL V7100 (0x5550)
Converter : Internal DAC(400MHz)
Refresh Rate (min/max) : 56/75 Hz
GPU Information :
Number of GPU : 1
Video Bios Information :
Date : 11/02/04
Version : R423 113-A32201-103 BR#9981 A12 DDR3 BIOS Rel9.4.1.33
ID : 113-A32201-103
General Features :
Width : 528 mm
Height : 330 mm
Pixel per inch : 96x96 dpi
bits per pixel : 32
Colour Bits/Planes : 1
Brushes : 4294967295
Pens : 4294967295
Markers : 0
Device Fonts : 0
Device Colours : 4294967295
Clip Output to Rectangle : Yes
Hardware Acceleration : Yes
Blend and Shade Capabilities :
GradientFill Rectangle : No
GradientFill Traingle : No
Per Pixel AlphaBlend : Yes
Premultiplied Alpha : No
Raster Capabilities :
Banding : No
Transfer Bitmaps : Yes
Bitmap >64 KB : Yes
Fonts larger than 64 K : Yes
DIBs : Yes
DIBTODEV : Yes
Flood Fills : Yes
Scaling : No
StretchBlt : Yes
StretchDIB : Yes
Curves Capabilities :
Chord Arcs : Yes
Circles : Yes
Elipses : Yes
Interiors : Yes
Pie Wedges : Yes
Rounded Rectangles : Yes
Styled Borders : Yes
Wide Borders : Yes
Wide, Styled Borders : Yes
Lines Capabilities :
Interiors : Yes
Markers : Yes
Polylines : Yes
Polymarkers : Yes
Styled : Yes
Wide : Yes
Wide, Styled : Yes
Polygonal Capabilities :
Interiors : Yes
Alternate Fill Polygons : Yes
Winding Fill Polygons : Yes
Rectangles : Yes
Scan Lines : Yes
Styled Borders : Yes
Wide Borders : Yes
Wide, Styled Borders : Yes
Text Capabilities :
Stroke Precision : Yes
Stroke Clip Precision : Yes
90° Character Rotation : No
Any Angle Character Rotation : No
Independant X-Y Scaling : No
Double Weighted Characters : No
Italic : No
Underline : Yes
Strikeout : Yes
Raster Fonts : Yes
Vector Fonts : Yes
Color Management Capabilities :
CMYK : No
Gamma Ramp : Yes
ICM Device : No
I'm assuming this means that it is x16... unless it updated. I got this machine about 2 years ago.
I'm also wondering if my current card is PCI-Express x1 or x16:
General Information :
Manufacturer : ATI Technologies Inc (ATI Technologies Inc)
Model : ATI Technologies Inc
Bus Type : PCI-Express
Total Memory : 256 MB
Texture Memory : 501 MB
Processor : ATI FireGL V7100 (0x5550)
Converter : Internal DAC(400MHz)
Refresh Rate (min/max) : 56/75 Hz
GPU Information :
Number of GPU : 1
Video Bios Information :
Date : 11/02/04
Version : R423 113-A32201-103 BR#9981 A12 DDR3 BIOS Rel9.4.1.33
ID : 113-A32201-103
General Features :
Width : 528 mm
Height : 330 mm
Pixel per inch : 96x96 dpi
bits per pixel : 32
Colour Bits/Planes : 1
Brushes : 4294967295
Pens : 4294967295
Markers : 0
Device Fonts : 0
Device Colours : 4294967295
Clip Output to Rectangle : Yes
Hardware Acceleration : Yes
Blend and Shade Capabilities :
GradientFill Rectangle : No
GradientFill Traingle : No
Per Pixel AlphaBlend : Yes
Premultiplied Alpha : No
Raster Capabilities :
Banding : No
Transfer Bitmaps : Yes
Bitmap >64 KB : Yes
Fonts larger than 64 K : Yes
DIBs : Yes
DIBTODEV : Yes
Flood Fills : Yes
Scaling : No
StretchBlt : Yes
StretchDIB : Yes
Curves Capabilities :
Chord Arcs : Yes
Circles : Yes
Elipses : Yes
Interiors : Yes
Pie Wedges : Yes
Rounded Rectangles : Yes
Styled Borders : Yes
Wide Borders : Yes
Wide, Styled Borders : Yes
Lines Capabilities :
Interiors : Yes
Markers : Yes
Polylines : Yes
Polymarkers : Yes
Styled : Yes
Wide : Yes
Wide, Styled : Yes
Polygonal Capabilities :
Interiors : Yes
Alternate Fill Polygons : Yes
Winding Fill Polygons : Yes
Rectangles : Yes
Scan Lines : Yes
Styled Borders : Yes
Wide Borders : Yes
Wide, Styled Borders : Yes
Text Capabilities :
Stroke Precision : Yes
Stroke Clip Precision : Yes
90° Character Rotation : No
Any Angle Character Rotation : No
Independant X-Y Scaling : No
Double Weighted Characters : No
Italic : No
Underline : Yes
Strikeout : Yes
Raster Fonts : Yes
Vector Fonts : Yes
Color Management Capabilities :
CMYK : No
Gamma Ramp : Yes
ICM Device : No
I'm assuming this means that it is x16... unless it updated. I got this machine about 2 years ago.