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Name: sublime_dude Date: September 28, 2005 at 18:07:59 Pacific OS: AMD Athlon XP CPU/Ram: 450 ram
Comment:
hey guys...
just wanted to know if any of u people know the best ram and video card to have to play these games perfectly...and not just steam games...others to but HL2 has the more higher requierments for me... i do have like 450 ram but is it enough...i have d/led it and tried it a couple times but its still laggy from when i use to have 256 ram...my sound card is good but im not totally sure on my video card...i have a NVIDIA GeForce FX 2500
Name: heropsycho2177 Date: September 28, 2005 at 22:38:39 Pacific
Reply:
What is your CPU speed?
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Response Number 2
Name: doug_brit Date: September 29, 2005 at 10:41:50 Pacific
Reply:
hopefully they mean the Fx5200 not 2500 lol, unfortunately that card is showing its age in a game like HL2. Thats also 512mb ram 450 is impossible.
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Response Number 3
Name: doug_brit Date: September 29, 2005 at 10:43:09 Pacific
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The FX5200 would defonitely be showing its age if it was a nilla PCI, 64-bit card....
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Response Number 4
Name: sublime_dude Date: September 29, 2005 at 15:21:42 Pacific
Reply:
its actually 448...and it is possible...i saw my computer guy put them in my computer...just depends on how many slots u have to put your ram in, and how much separate ones u buy... and i guess i just need a new video card lol...
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