System reqirements

[Antlion]

Hi!!
I come from Austria and speak German an so i excuse my Englisch!!
I have a question! Can i play half life 2 with my pc (40 fps) ?? (Athlon XP 1700+, 256 DDR-RAM, Albatron Geforce FX 5600 XT (not good the same as a 5200))
When is the release from Half Life 2!!

 

[Some_God]

Minimum Requirements

1.2 GHz Processor

256MB RAM

DirectX 7 level graphics card

Windows 2000/XP/ME/98

Mouse

Keyboard

Preferred System

2.4 GHz Processor

512MB RAM

DirectX 9 level graphics card

Windows 2000/XP

Mouse

Keyboard

 

[GPRT]

That graphics card will severely hinder the performance, if possible i recommend upgrading to a 9800 pro. An extra stick of 256mb ram will also help

 

[kevinb456]

but yes, you should be able to play, albeit not very pretty-like

 

[LordXizor]

Hi!!
I come from Austria and speak German an so i excuse my Englisch!!

Awesome German spelling of "English."

I'm not trying to troll or anything; it's awsome that you speak English so well.

 

[Diablo2k]

Upgrade to a geforce 6600 GT when its out, it will probally be the best budget videocard.

I've heard it will perform as good as a Radeon 9800 XT , and it will cost around $199.

 

[DevgruSeal]

I have a GeForce 4 MX 420, 64 MB Memory, AGP 4x.

I know that that will run HL2, but it will be not as great. I want to buy a new one, and had a ATi Radeon 9600XT in mind. Is that a good card?

 

[acme420]

I half expected this thread to contain benchmark info.

 

[evil^milk]

I have a GeForce 4 MX 420, 64 MB Memory, AGP 4x.

I know that that will run HL2, but it will be not as great. I want to buy a new one, and had a ATi Radeon 9600XT in mind. Is that a good card?

I've the same card as you right now, and I was thinking of buying a 9600 XT too

 

[acme420]

I have a GeForce 4 MX 420, 64 MB Memory, AGP 4x.

I know that that will run HL2, but it will be not as great. I want to buy a new one, and had a ATi Radeon 9600XT in mind. Is that a good card?

ah the 9600xt sucks ass ive got one. i play doom3 in 800x600 with high details and the framerate barely stays above 45. i mean just barely. then when i played farcry the 30 minutes or so before i realized it sucked and uninstalled it. i ran 1024x768 with everything maxed and the water on ultra high and guess what.. it barely stayed above 60 just barely. it dipped to like 50 a few times. and unreal2, dont let me get started. i played unreal2 1024x768 with everything on high and it barely stayed at 60fps the whole time. im like wtf 60fps all the time is all i can get with this crappy ass card playing unreal2. but luckily i can play ut2k4 with everything set on high ( holy sh*t! mode) and it stays above 75 fps most of the time...MOST of the time. all in all the 9600xt sucks, but if thats all you can afford get it. i would suggest a 9800pro, or a x800 or a 6800gt or even get a fx5200ultra. its ULTRA better than a 9600xt. take it from me.

 

[dart321]

Hi!!
I come from Austria and speak German an so i excuse my Englisch!!
I have a question! Can i play half life 2 with my pc (40 fps) ?? (Athlon XP 1700+, 256 DDR-RAM, Albatron Geforce FX 5600 XT (not good the same as a 5200))
When is the release from Half Life 2!!

We FX users are in for a real treat once we intsall Half-Life 2. 'Sall I'm saying. Try to upgrade if you can and maybe get another stick of ram.

EDIT: and welcome to the forums.

 

[ItchyFish]

I've read on a site, possibly a post by Gabe himself i forgot lol but it says you can "run" the game with 800Mhz Processor, 128Mb RAM and a DX6 Compatible card. But if this is true then the graphics and textures really are gonna be on low low L O W

I Myself have a 2800Xp , 1Gb of RAM (some good kingston shite) 9800 Pro and all the other mod cons lol. So i sohuld be able to play it reasonably, hopefully 1280x1024 with everything on medium at least. Otherwise i might actually update my comp and get a better GFX card because i do want to play the game at a good level gfx wise.

 

[ManHacks]

anyone know approx. how much hd space hl2 will take? And also how big do you think CS:S will be?

 

[Drizz]

Hl2 will probably be about 3 gig. Thats my approx guess.

 

[charybdis]

-Half-Life 2 size-
Gabe Newell Posted on: Jun 24 2004, 07:45 PM
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Half-Life 2 is about 3.5 GB uncompressed and about 2 GB compressed. This doesn't include CS:Source, HL-1:Source, DoD:Source, the SDK, or whatever. It's just the straight HL-2 sizes.

There you go. That is almost 2 month old information though. The size could be bigger to due to updates they have made in that time.

 

[Impulse147]

Man all these system spec question make me sad, i got everything to run HL2 except a video card.

 

[iamaelephant]

acme420 there is absolutely no way in hell you run those games and those settings with those FPS ratings on that card. No way.

 

[lans]

ah the 9600xt sucks ass ive got one. i play doom3 in 800x600 with high details and the framerate barely stays above 45. i mean just barely. then when i played farcry the 30 minutes or so before i realized it sucked and uninstalled it. i ran 1024x768 with everything maxed and the water on ultra high and guess what.. it barely stayed above 60 just barely. it dipped to like 50 a few times. and unreal2, dont let me get started. i played unreal2 1024x768 with everything on high and it barely stayed at 60fps the whole time. im like wtf 60fps all the time is all i can get with this crappy ass card playing unreal2. but luckily i can play ut2k4 with everything set on high ( holy sh*t! mode) and it stays above 75 fps most of the time...MOST of the time. all in all the 9600xt sucks, but if thats all you can afford get it. i would suggest a 9800pro, or a x800 or a 6800gt or even get a fx5200ultra. its ULTRA better than a 9600xt. take it from me.

It stays above 60 and 75 FPS and it sucks ass. What you want 200 fps in a game?!

Fact number 1:
1) The 9600 XT is a budget card - get's the job done and is an actual competitior for 5900 ultra in games like Doom 3 and HL2.

2) No way. I mean NO WAY can you get 60 FPS with it in Far cry, maybe around high 30s or 40s, with everything maxed out. I suppose you are probably talking about the outdoors (with no enemies on screen) or looking at the sky.

3) You are comparing a 9600XT with a 6800 GT? - each card fits it's price. A guy who's willing for optimum performance would buy a 500 dollar card like that, a more budget - in -sight gamer would choose 9600XT.

The 9600XT was launched in response to cards like 5600 ultra, 5700 and 5800 - and it really puts up a good fight.

 

[Impulse147]

Yea acme is full of shit, i mean ppl running 9800's were get 70 fps at max settings in farcry my friend had a 9600 pro and he was running farcry at about 25-30 fps at 800x600 with most of the settings at medium.

 

[ManHacks]

There you go. That is almost 2 month old information though. The size could be bigger to due to updates they have made in that time.

o ok thanks. And you too drizz, thats good news. Thats not that big, i was afraid it might be huge becuase of the current amount of room that steam games is taking up. Ill put money into a new drive soon anyway just in case. I have a feeling HL2 will get big

 

[Chris D]

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