Please tell me i can play Half-Life.. Please.

[Kitire]

Okay, my birthday is next week and i am hoping to get some new ram and a graphics card. I am going to purchase a 512mb sdram ram stick and a 6600gt agp x8. I also have a pentium 4 1600GHz CPU. Some people say yes, some say no, and i keep trying to contact steam to see if my CPU will work with it, and the stupid site won't let me log in.. Anyway I also have a DSL connection, so if anyone could give me some information if i can play the Source engine, or Farcry online. Thanks.

 

[Reaktor4]

i dunno exactly how crap your processor is but im pretty sure you will be able to play it.
edit: assuming youre not dead by the time it loads

 

[skarrob]

I have a 1.6 and play it fine intell and a old mx440 invidia 64 meg video card

 

[Kitire]

.. Meh.. Guess that's good news. BTW skarrob, are you saying you are using an mx 400 for half-life 2..? Omg.. That thing is 40$ (still using it actually from 4 years ago ). i Heard CS:Source takes a lot less than Half-Life single player, if so will i at least be able to play with 1-4 people with my dsl?

 

[Reaktor4]

.. Meh.. Guess that's good news. BTW skarrob, are you saying you are using an mx 400 for half-life 2..? Omg.. That thing is 40$ (still using it actually from 4 years ago ). i Heard CS:Source takes a lot less than Half-Life single player, if so will i at least be able to play with 1-4 people with my dsl?

that card can only run it in dx7 mode though.

 

[Kitire]

No, No, No, i am getting a 6600gt for my birthday on my other computer..

 

[Ennui]

6600gt runs it beautifully, just might have problems with that processor PERHAPS

 

[Kitire]

Yeah, that's what everyone is saying.. Maybe, might, probobly, perhaps, don't know, hopefully not.. So am i just going to have to take a chance or what?

 

[Ennui]

you'll be able to run it, just not on high settings cuz that processor is not good enough to keep up with the graphics card

 

[Asus]

It will run alright. You just might have to put up with lag spikes when going into a new room or whatnot.

 

[Kitire]

Never had the highest settings on a decent computer game in my life, So it doesn't matter that much. Oh and will i lag right when i go into a room with low settings?

 

[Reaktor4]

Never had the highest settings on a decent computer game in my life, So it doesn't matter that much. Oh and will i lag right when i go into a room with low settings?

if youre lucky.

 

[Kitire]

.. Meh.. So what if i am "lucky". I get 40-50fps single player Half-Life. Will i be able to play at least a 1 on 1 match cs source online?

 

[JellyWorld]

It ran on my dad's 1.7ghz laptop so it should be fine on yours.

 

[15357]

Tested with:
1.7 ghz CPU
32mb video card (onboard)
256 ram
[Laptop]

--------------Results-------------
load time: 30seconds to 1 minute
FPS average: 10 ~20
Settings: Lowest

 

[giant384]

y are u comparing to hl1 it such an old engine but u will be able to play all medium hands down u will have some lag spikes and long loading times though

 

[Kitire]

Last question.. Will i be able to play Source with up to 8-16 bots, with a decent frames per second? Oh yeah, almost forgot, will adding 512 or 256 mb of ram make much of a defference?

Thanks(going to bed right now, so don't expect me to respond in the next 10 hours.(yes i do sleep that long))

 

[Ennui]

hmm, bots are more processor intensive rather than graphics intensive so that remains to be seen

 

[Shakermaker]

I ran HL2 on 1024x768 with medium to high settings on my old rig which was a .....
AMD 1800+ @ 1.53 ghz
Sapphire Radeon 9600 pro
768MB

 

[Kitire]

.. Well how did it run?

 

[jondy]

Last question.. Will i be able to play Source with up to 8-16 bots, with a decent frames per second? Oh yeah, almost forgot, will adding 512 or 256 mb of ram make much of a defference?

RAM makes a substantial difference, especially in HL2 where the sound will stutter as things are cached in and out of memory. Bots are heavy on processor load- I can just about run 16 comfortably on an 3000+ 64- so I wouldn't be to hopeful.

 

[Kitire]

.. Wait.. I just remembered my stupid dell 3200 can only hold 512mb of ram and not 758 or 1gb.., also the only reason my mom won't let me buy or make a new one, is because the STUPID dell employees and salesman brainwashed her into thinking it was customizable.. IDIOTS. Could i use my 512 stick on my computer that i have now, for enhanced cs 1.6 play, then use it on my custom computer *if* i pursuade my mom that the computer isn't what she thinks it is? Or does the stick need to stay in place?

 

[Shakermaker]

.. Well how did it run?

Very well. Provided you get a good videocard and some more RAM you'll be fine.

 

[Kitire]

When i read a negative post against me buying the card, i decide not to, then when i read another good one, i decide to buy the card, WHY must this be so damned confusing?

 

[Zappathefappa]

Get the card. You should be able to run hl2 fine. Before I upgraded to my current comp i was playing on a athlon xp 1.6ghz with 512mb ram and a radeon 9200se - had almost everything on lowest, few things on medium and got 20-30fps (long as hell load times though).

Oh and honestly your not missing much with graphics settings - before i upgraded i always thought "omg games will be so cool when i can max out the graphics". But no. I now run hl2 with everything on max and its just as fun (loading times aside) the whole "ooh its so pretty" thing doesnt last long imho.

 

[giant384]

.. Wait.. I just remembered my stupid dell 3200 can only hold 512mb of ram and not 758 or 1gb.., also the only reason my mom won't let me buy or make a new one, is because the STUPID dell employees and salesman brainwashed her into thinking it was customizable.. IDIOTS. Could i use my 512 stick on my computer that i have now, for enhanced cs 1.6 play, then use it on my custom computer *if* i pursuade my mom that the computer isn't what she thinks it is? Or does the stick need to stay in place?

u should be able to but if its like a pc2100 speed i wouldnt bother and what do u mean customizable are talking about the ram?

 

[baron insig]

6200TC runs hl2 fine, tho on minimal gfx 1024 768 res tghat has 64 meg sof ram and uses blooming sys ram aswel