Half-Life 2 is a popular franchise and we benchmark the video cards using Episode Two with the aid of HOC Half-Life 2 Episode Two benchmarking utility using the “HOC Demo 1” provided by this program. We ran the game in three 16:10 widescreen resolutions, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, and 2560×1600, with quality set to maximum, x16 anisotropic filtering and 16xQCS anti-aliasing. The results below are the average number of frames per second (FPS) achieved by each card.
The Challenger is the latest mid-tower case from Cougar, featuring an external docking bay and an unbeatable price. Let’s see what the Challenger has to offer.
Let’s test the Prolimatech Megahalems Red Series, a CPU cooler with tower heatsink, six U-shaped heatpipes, and supporting one or two 120 mm or 140 mm fans.
Our review of Abit AN-M2, a socket AM2 motherboard with on-board video based on the NVIDIA GeForce 7025-630a chipset competing with motherboards based on AMD 690V and AMD 690G.