Half Life 2 GPU Roundup Part 2 - Mainstream DX8/DX9 Battle

GeForce4 MX DirectX 7 Performance

In our at_canals_08 demo the numbers speak for themselves, using the DX7 path even the GeForce4 MX440 is extremely playable under Half Life 2:

Performance looks even better in at_coast_05.dem:

Even in our most stressful demo, the GeForce4 MX does just fine.

While it may not look as good as the DX8 and DX9 codepaths, the DirectX 7 support in Half Life 2 is nothing short of incredible. Older card owners should upgrade their CPUs as needed but needn't upgrade their graphics cards unless they want better image quality, in terms of speed, even something as slow as a GeForce4 MX will do just fine.