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http://www.half-life2.org.uk/check.php

Processor: Your processor is fine.
Graphics : You should be able to play in a comfortable resolution such as 800x600, maybie more depending on chipset.
System Memory: You have enough RAM
Operating System: You will be able to play on Win XP.
Architecture: No Problems

bltzkriegmcanon

Processor: Your processor is fine.
Graphics : You should be able to play in 1024x768 depending on your card, consider upgrading if you have an older chipset such as GeForce 3 Ti
System Memory: You have enough RAM
Operating System: You will be able to play on Win XP.
Architecture: No Problems

Bitch, please! ATI 9700 Pro. I will run my shit at least 1024*768 with graphical effects turned ALL the way up.

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gallopingwanker

same as blitz

the_marq

Looks to me like the bottleneck most people are going to have is the Vid Card. It's not happy if you have less than a 128MB card.

Time to start looking....

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bltzkriegmcanon

Sapphire 9800 Pro - Around 200 bucks on newegg. If you've got an 8x AGP port, then this is it. This is the best deal you can get.

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- Ocelot, Metal Gear Solid 3

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- The Colonel and Snake, Metal Gear Solid 3

NoSoup

Processor: Your processor is fine.
Graphics : You should have no problems running full graphics options.
System Memory: You have enough RAM
Operating System: You will be able to play on Win XP.
Architecture: No Problems, you should get best performance.

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Peryn

Processor: Your processor is fine.
Graphics : You should be able to play in 1024x768 depending on your card, consider upgrading if you have an older chipset such as GeForce 3 Ti
System Memory: You have enough RAM
Operating System: You will be able to play on Win XP.
Architecture: No Problems, you should get best performance.


9800 Pro and its telling me to consider upgrading? yeah...

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Rdr4evr

Processor: Your processor is fine.
Graphics : You should be able to play in a comfortable resolution such as 800x600, maybie more depending on chipset.
System Memory: You have enough RAM
Operating System: You will be able to play on Win 2000.
Architecture: No Problems

I need a upgrade. Who the hell would play HL2 800x600. Man I wish I had the money to buy an Alienware.

Rdr4evr

What are your specs?

bltzkriegmcanon

I would guess, Proc - 2ghz and above
Graphics - 256 mb
System memory - 512 mb
Operating System: Win XP
Architecture: Gonna guess 64-bit. That means NoSoup must have a 64-bit Athlon. And running a 64-bit version of XP? Am I right? Do I get the cyber cookie?

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What do you say to one last showdown?
- Ocelot, Metal Gear Solid 3

The password is "Who are the Patriots?" and "La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo." "La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo." Gotcha.
- The Colonel and Snake, Metal Gear Solid 3

bltzkriegmcanon

The key point here is the "older chipset such as GeForce 3 Ti". Those cards were the first among the 128 mb flavours of AGP. An ATI 9800 Pro will have 0 issues running HL2 on some damn high resolutions with all graphical settings turned to maximum.

EDIT: Sorry for the double post.

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- Ocelot, Metal Gear Solid 3

The password is "Who are the Patriots?" and "La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo." "La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo." Gotcha.
- The Colonel and Snake, Metal Gear Solid 3

Lasereth

Yeah, this thing seems a bit overkill. A Radeon 9700 Pro or Radeon 9800 Pro is gonna run HL2 damn good. Most people are overestimating the requirements for this game. People may not be able to run it at the maximum requirements, but it'll run good and look good on midrange videocards.

-Lasereth

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Lasereth

I just clicked on it (I would have earlier, but I'm not on my PC). What a crock of shit! It has processor ratings in megahertz. Give me a damn break! Athlon XPs run at lower clock speeds than Pentium 4s but stilll keep up (and pass) P4's in most tests. Speed means nothing since AMD entered the market years ago.

On top of that, it's asking how much memory your videocard has. Again, who gives a shit? Let me guess: it's gonna tell me that my GeForce FX 5200 LE 256 MB is gonna run HL2 better than a 128 MB Radeon 9800 Pro. Ha ha. This test is pure tomfoolery! I can't believe they'd publish it. I'm not even gonna get started on the RAM amounts, either...can anyone say "Why isn't my PC running it good with 1 GB of PC100 RAM???"

-Lasereth

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Xiangsu

They need to release a demo for this game with a benchmark system. So that way you would know how the game is going to run.

NoSoup

You can have half a cookie

2.8 ghz
256 graphics
1 gig of memory win XP
64 bit....

Close, but not quite

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kutulu

Does a ATI 9600Pro count as good enough? It's 128MB but the chipset reference is to GeForce, not ATI...

I'm still not convinced that it will ever be released.

Slayer

Processor: Your processor is fine.
Graphics : You should be able to play in 1024x768, maybie more depending on chipset.
System Memory: You have enough RAM
Operating System: You will be able to play on Win XP.
Architecture: No Problems

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Slayer

Your Ati 9600 pro is good enough for this game.

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bltzkriegmcanon

What 64-bit Intel do you have? I didn't even think those chips were out yet? Or do you have a 64-bit version of windows emulated in 32-bit?

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What do you say to one last showdown?
- Ocelot, Metal Gear Solid 3

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- The Colonel and Snake, Metal Gear Solid 3

Wyodiver33

No worries here, as I've found a buyer for my 9500 Pro. I'm going to buy a 9800 Pro. Yes, I know, I should get an X800 Pro-whatever. Send me the cash and I would be happy to do that. I spent $300 USD on a GeForce 2 GTS 32MB once. To me that is silly. The 9800 Pro that I will buy will be fine for a year, hopefully. Hell, my 9500 Pro is fine now.

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bltzkriegmcanon

That 9800 Pro should run the shit outta HL2 and anything else for the next 2 years.

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- Ocelot, Metal Gear Solid 3

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- The Colonel and Snake, Metal Gear Solid 3

Rdr4evr

So you think. Thats what I thought about my GeForce 3 when I bought it over a year ago.

Krycheck

Processor: Your processor is fine.
Graphics : You should have no problems running full graphics options.
System Memory: You have enough RAM
Operating System: You will be able to play on Win XP.
Architecture: No Problems, you should get best performance.

My specs:

Processor: AMD FX53
Graphics: XT800 Pro
Ram: 1 gig
OS: XP Pro
Architecture: 64 bit

I think I'm ready

I think NoSoup and I have the same system.

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Rdr4evr

Hey, Is the XT800 the best card on the market, or is the 9800 pro 256mb ?? Excuse my ignorance.

manalone

Processor: Your processor is fine.
Graphics : You should have no problems running full graphics options.
System Memory: You have enough RAM
Operating System: You will be able to play on Win XP.
Architecture: No Problems

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bltzkriegmcanon

Yeah, I'm definitely gonna have to point to a Tom's Hardware article for this answer.

http://www20.graphics.tomshardware.c...504/index.html

Trust me, the X800 Pro(assuming that's what Krycheck meant ) is THE best performance card that ATI has to offer currently (other than the X800 XT PE (Platinum Edition)). We're talking a 150%-300% increase in performance here over the 9800 Pro. A serious, serious increase, that makes last year seem like it never happened. Any graphics enthusiast remembers the debacle that was the FX series. I mean, seriously, the 5700? It was a damn leafblower. In any case, the answer to your question is, yes, the X800 Pro is a far superior card to a 9800 Pro 256 MB card.

Ahh-whackety-whackety-whackety-whack. That's a fuckin' amazing system, Krycheck!

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- Ocelot, Metal Gear Solid 3

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- The Colonel and Snake, Metal Gear Solid 3

Rdr4evr

Cool, thanks. Although it pisses me off that these fuckers released it so soon after the 9800. All the people who bought that must be pissed.

Lasereth

The GeForce 3 is really old. I remember when it came out...I think I was a sophomore or junior in high school! I'm a junior in college now. If you bought a GeForce 3 any time in the past 2.5 years, then you still bought it old. The GeForce 4 series came out in early 2002! The Radeon 9800 Pro is only a little over a year old. It'll last 1.5-2 good years with any game on the market. Will it run it at 1600*1200 with 16x front side antialiasing with 8x anisotropic filtering? No. Will it run the game good and playable? Yes.

The Radeon 9800 series has been out for a good year, year and a half. That's the usual lifespan of a videocard until a new series is released. Ya can't forget that the Radeon 9800 Pro costs $200 now. The worst of the new X800 series is $300, with the Platinum Edition XT costing $600. Yes, six hundred fucking dollars! The Radeon 9800 Pro buyers may not have the best, but they do have the best deal, especially considering they have a card that's gonna last for 1.5-2 years.

-Lasereth

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edwhit

Processor: Your processor is fine.
Graphics : You should have no problems running full graphics options.
System Memory: You have enough RAM
Operating System: You will be able to play on Win XP.
Architecture: No Problems

Rdr4evr

Your absolutely right, it was way more than a year ago when I bought it, man time flies. When I bought it though it was brand new, I paid almost 500$ for it. I meant to say that when I first bought it, I thought it was the most amazing thing and that it would last forever, but one year later the GeForce 4 came out, than before you know it ATI starts releasing all their cards, etc. And the price of the 3 drops couple hundred, even more. Its ridiculous. I have to upgrade constantly and I dont have the money to do so. I must admit though, My GeForce 3 still handles some games today. Examples of somewhat recent games that I can run on all settings high include: Splinter Cell 1,2- Unreal 2 - Mafia - Vice City- SoF2 -Ut2003. But then you got games like far cry which I have to reduce to lowest settings to barely get it to work. Man I wish I had money for a Alienware.

nanofever

Mind if I call on my ancestors to curse you and cause every broadband provider in your area to be razed in a single night ? It is really kind of fair when you think about it...

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Quadraton

Processor: Your processor is insufficient, it needs to be 700MHz+
Graphics : You do not have enough graphics memory
System Memory: You need to get more system memory.
Operating System: You need to get a newer operating system.
Architecture: You need to get a 32 or 64 bit system


Damn. Looks like I won't be playing it on my old 286.

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bltzkriegmcanon

Shit naw dude. You're gonna have to fork over some cash to get up to speed on your cache . In all honesty, you can probably spend around 800 bucks and have a PC that's more than ready for HL2. I mean that in all seriousness as well.

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What do you say to one last showdown?
- Ocelot, Metal Gear Solid 3

The password is "Who are the Patriots?" and "La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo." "La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo." Gotcha.
- The Colonel and Snake, Metal Gear Solid 3

vengeance

Processor: Your processor is fine.
Graphics : You should be able to play in 1024x768 depending on your card, consider upgrading if you have an older chipset such as GeForce 3 Ti
System Memory: You have enough RAM
Operating System: You will be able to play on Win XP.
Architecture: No Problems

Good thing HL2 was delayed last september, gave me time to upgrade from a GF4 mx 420 to my 9800pro =)

cheezhead

Results
Processor: Your processor is fine.
Graphics : You should have no problems running full graphics options.
System Memory: You have enough RAM
Operating System: You will be able to play on Win XP.
Architecture: No Problems

Scipio

Processor: Your processor is fine.
Graphics : You should be able to play in 1024x768 depending on your card, consider upgrading if you have an older chipset such as GeForce 3 Ti
System Memory: You have enough RAM
Operating System: You will be able to play on Win XP.
Architecture: No Problems

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Donna Bella

I hope mine is good enough....

My husband built it...

It's an AMD 64 3400+ with 1GB pc3500 ddr, a 74gig 10krpm raptor drive and a x800pro card.... All I know is it plays Unreal 2k4 awesome...

Did I mention it's really pretty, it has red and blue lights and a lot of fans.

Here is a pic
http://img59.photobucket.com/albums/...a/PICT2092.jpg

Rdr4evr

I think you know damn well thats good

bltzkriegmcanon

Jesus H. Christ. Yeah, I'd say that'll get some damn good frame rates on ol' HL2.

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What do you say to one last showdown?
- Ocelot, Metal Gear Solid 3

The password is "Who are the Patriots?" and "La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo." "La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo." Gotcha.
- The Colonel and Snake, Metal Gear Solid 3

Donna Bella

Good... I thought so... My husband is a member over at www.futuremark.com (INNOVA) so he's into that modding stuff... and blowing money on pretty hardware.

Gets around 11K in 3dmark 2k3.