i cant understand.

how do they get like 80fps in half life2 with radeon9800pro, im getting like 10-20 with maximum setting, 0xAA  8xAF :/

my machine:
P4 2.0
dual channel ddr 512/400*2
poworcolor radeon9800pro 128mb 256bit

does cpu have anything to do with that?

>>3
afp fast write enabled, hardware vdo acce, all turned on

and i ran the game at 1024x768, vsync on
image quality = highest
0xaa 8xaf