Half life 2 is no doubt the most anticipated pc game of all times. Gamers keeping the excellence of Half Life 1 in their mind as well as the remarkable E3 demo preview, have been anxiously waiting for the much delayed release of HL2.

Characters - Advanced facial animation system delivers the most sophisticated in-game characters ever seen. With 40 distinct facial "muscles," human characters convey the full array of human emotion, and respond to the player with fluidity and intelligence.

Physics - From pebbles to water to 2-ton trucks respond as expected, as they obey the laws of mass, friction, gravity, and buoyancy.

Graphics - Source's shader-based renderer, like the one used at Pixar to create movies such as Toy Story® and Monster's, Inc.®, creates the most beautiful and realistic environments ever seen in a video game.

AI - Neither friends nor enemies charge blindly into the fray. They can assess threats, navigate tricky terrain, and fashion weapons from whatever is at hand.

To measure performance we used the Video Stress Test(VST) that is available in the CounterStrike:Source beta available through Steam. We set all the details to the highest level and each time changed the resolution from 800x600 up to 1600x1200.

With the AA and AF settings disabled, we took fps measurements at each resolution. The N6600GT was not that far behind the Silencer with only marginal differences in framerate at all resolutions.

With AA and AF set at 4x and 8x respectively, the N6600GT took the lead, though as the resolution increased, the Silencer nosed ahead. Again, the difference in framerate between the two cards cannot in any way be considered as significant with perhaps the exception of that at 1600x1200, where the Silencer achieved a very satisfying framerate providing excellent playing performance at the highest resolution.