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MasterLeviathan
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I thought it would be a good idea to make a thread where people post their system information in relation to how well HL2 (Deathmatch or single player, preferabbly deathmatch though since this is the DM forum after all) performs.. I'm mainly posting this out of curiosity, and, more importantly, to find out how desperate I'm in need of an upgrade.
When posting, try to include as much information as you can. For those of you who don't know this information, you can simply go to "Run" in the Start Menu and type in dxdiag, which should show you an adequate amount of system information. Otherwise, just look in the hardware manuals or on the hardware boxes.
System Information
For me, Half Life 2 runs surprisingly well for my system specs.. although it starts to slow down when my resolution is at 800x600, so most of the time I just play at 640x480. I usually only experience choppy movement when I'm playing in a wide open area with a lot of people.
All of my advanced video settings are on low, even though it's recommended that I have most of them on medium. When I play single player, the load times are unbearable.. the CG scenes operate pretty well, and I only experience slowdown occasionaly.
When posting, try to include as much information as you can. For those of you who don't know this information, you can simply go to "Run" in the Start Menu and type in dxdiag, which should show you an adequate amount of system information. Otherwise, just look in the hardware manuals or on the hardware boxes.
System Information
- Internet Connection: Cable (About 225kbps down)
- Memory: 384MB RAM (Not DDR)
- Video Card: Elsa Gladiac 920 (Nvidia GeForce 3 Core, DirectX 8.0 Max, 64MB)
- 120GB + 20GB harddrives
- Motherboard: Gigabyte P4 Titan (Socket 478, 400 MHz FSB)
- Sound Card: Onboard Sound
- Mouse & Keyboard: Logitech Wireless Mouse & Keyboard
For me, Half Life 2 runs surprisingly well for my system specs.. although it starts to slow down when my resolution is at 800x600, so most of the time I just play at 640x480. I usually only experience choppy movement when I'm playing in a wide open area with a lot of people.
All of my advanced video settings are on low, even though it's recommended that I have most of them on medium. When I play single player, the load times are unbearable.. the CG scenes operate pretty well, and I only experience slowdown occasionaly.