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Can my comp take Half life 2?
Name: Allen (by Allen Jian) Date: April 2, 2006 at 16:10:33 Pacific OS: WinXp CPU/Ram: Intel Celeron/256
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1.33ghz Celeron 256 sdram nvidia gefore fx 5200(128mb)
I want to know if my computer can run half life 2 and Counterstrike: Source smoothly on medium settings.
Name: Allen (by Allen Jian) Date: April 2, 2006 at 19:09:14 Pacific
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If thats the case, why did they say the minimum req was 256ram? :( got my hopes up.
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Response Number 4
Name: devils6889 Date: April 2, 2006 at 19:51:27 Pacific
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try the hl2 demo to see for urself how well it'll run
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Response Number 5
Name: jackbomb Date: April 2, 2006 at 19:54:37 Pacific
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You want at least 512mb of RAM and a better video card.
Processor isn't that bad; it's a P3-based Celeron, which should be about as fast as 2GHz P4 based Celeron. (P3s did more work per clock cycle than P4s)
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Response Number 6
Name: jhunt303 Date: April 3, 2006 at 02:01:26 Pacific
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Yeah, that'll be fine, just make sure you force DX7 interfaces.
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Response Number 7
Name: heropsycho2177 Date: April 3, 2006 at 06:30:30 Pacific
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For medium, it's not gonna cut it without the RAM. Even the video card and CPU give me pause if it's even feasible to run at medium. However, you should be able to run at minimal image quality settings.
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Response Number 8
Name: heropsycho2177 Date: April 3, 2006 at 06:31:22 Pacific
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"If thats the case, why did they say the minimum req was 256ram?"
Because they're betting you'd buy it if they say that. ;-)
Corn chips are no place for a mighty warrior!
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Response Number 9
Name: Allen (by Allen Jian) Date: April 3, 2006 at 13:04:17 Pacific
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So if i get 512ram i can run it at medium settings?
"So if i get 512ram i can run it at medium settings?"
Most games have minimum requirements & recommended requirements. Your system currently meets the minimum. Even if you increase the RAM amount to 512MB (which you should do regardless), you'd still have a weak CPU & low end video card. You can certainly try to run at medium settings, but the lowest settings will run the best.
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Response Number 11
Name: Dragon306 Date: April 4, 2006 at 07:39:12 Pacific
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yes i would increase the RAM regardless of HL2. but anyway it should run on "customized" image settings that re something like medium-low. it ran on my old rig:
1.0ghz P3 512mb PC133 SDRAM ATI Radeon 9200 128mb
i would venture a guess that the FX5200 is better then a Radeon 9200...
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