I'm looking at some new pc games like half life 2 and my computer has all the right REQUIREMENTS but one of the requirements im unsure of. It says you must have a directX 9 graphics card. How do i check if my graphics card will handle half life 2 and counter-strike source??? Below is my graphics car info. I run Xp.

Chip Type: Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
DAC Type: Internal
Memory Size: 96 MB
Adapter String: Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
Bios Information: Intel Video BIOS
Have you loaded and tried the game......what......?i hear you say......no i have not..yet.....no, because i would like to know if i can use the game before i spend the money on buying it.Google is your friend, you can do it too.

Intel® 82865G Graphics Controller
What 2D/3D Graphics Features are Supported?




3D Graphics Features
2D Graphics Features

3D Graphics Features
Full OPENGL* 1.3 ICD (Installable Client Driver)
DirectX* 7.x, 8.x, & 9.x Support 32 bpp True Color 3D Support
Allows for high quality textures and rendering
3D Performance Features
Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 Technology
RAPID Pixel and Texel Rendering Engine (RPTR) architecture
Support for Dual-Channel DDR memory improves 3D video memory performance
Dual-Channel DDR gives a large performance boost in 3D.
Since the frame buffer, depth buffer, and textures must all share memory bandwidth, increasing the bandwidth gives large gains in 3D performance.
Zone Rendering Technology (Intel Extreme Graphics Driver PV13.1 and later)
Renders the 3D scene in pieces to reduce the required memory bandwidth for a given scene
3D Setup and Render Engine
Triangles, Strips, and Fans
Pixel Accurate Fast Scissoring and Clipping Operation
Backface Culling
Anti-aliased Lines (OpenGL only)
Sprite Points
Texture Engine
VMR and BiCubic Filtering
Up to 4 Textures / Pixel on a Single Pass
Up to 2048x2048 Texture Size
Per Pixel Perspective Corrected Texture Mapping
Single Pass Texture Compositing
12 Level of Detail MIP Map Sizes from 1x1 to 2Kx2K
All Texture Formats Including 32-bit RGBA and 8-bit Paletted
Alpha and LUMINANCE Maps
Texture ColorKeying/ChromaKeying
BILINEAR, Trilinear MIP-Mapped Filtering
Anisotropic Filtering
High quality views of oblique surfaces
Cubic Environment Reflection Mapping
Embossed and Environment (DOT3) Bump-Mapping
Models realistic surface details
Compressed Textures
Rasterization Features
Flat & Gouraud Shading
Color Alpha Blending for Transparency
Vertex and Programmable Pixel Fog and Atmospheric Effects
Color Specular Lighting
Line and Full-Scene Anti-aliasing
16-bit and 24-bit Z and W Buffering
High precision depth buffer increases overall scene quality
8-bit Stencil Buffering
Often used for shadows
Double and Triple Render Buffer Support
16-bit and 32-bit Color
Transparency / Translucency (alpha blending)
Effects like force fields, flames, and plasma beams
Destination Alpha
Fast Clear Support

2D Graphics Features
32 bpp True Color 2D Support
256-bit pattern fill and BLT Engine Performance
Programmable 3-Color Transparent Cursor
Color Space Conversion
GDI+* Feature Support
Anti-aliased Lines
Alpha Blended Cursor
Anti-aliased Text
Alpha Stretch Blitter
8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit Color
Video
Dynamic Bob and Weave Support for Video Streams
SyncLock* Display and TV-out encoders to video source
Video Overlay
Single High Quality Scalable Overlay
Multiple Overlay Functionality Provided via Stretch Blitter
5-tap Horizontal, 3-tap Vertical Filtered Scaling
Independent Gamma Correction
Independent Brightness/Contrast/Saturation
Independent Tint/Hue Support
Destination Colorkeying
Source Chromakeying

This applies to: Intel® 82865G Graphics Controller




Figured it out by looking at the other information when i went into the cards details..... was very simple thanks anyway FED.