To benchmark Half-Life 2, I used HardwareOC Half-Life 2 Benchmark v1.7. Half-Life 2 Details were set to High,
with the following specific settings used:
Half-Life 2 Settings
The demo5 demo that came with the HardwareOC Benchmark was used for Half-Life 2. The following charts show the
benchmark results.
demo5 Stock
demo5 Overclocked
The Lost Coast demo that came with the HardwareOC Benchmark was also used. The following charts show the
benchmark results.
Lost Coast Stock
Lost Coast Overclocked
For demo5, overclocking nets the user a 9% increase in fps at 1024x768 and a 5% increase at 1600x1200 using
4AA/16AF with gamma correct and supersampling transparency. For Lost Coast, overclocking nets the user an
8% increase in fps at 1024x768 and a 27% increase at 1600x1200 using 4AA/16AF with gamma correct and
supersampling transparency.
