What System Are Your Running HL2 On?

[Yatta]

The topic subject basically says it all: what is the system specifications of the computer on which you are planning to play Half-Life 2 on?

Mine is a shabby 2.53 GHz P4
Radeon9700Pro w/ 512 RAM

windows 95 m4n

[Prince of China]

Shabby? Mine is a 18. GHz p4, GeForce 4 Ti4200, 512 MBram

[Yatta]

Originally posted by HL2 Stone
windows 95 m4n
Good luck with that, my 1337 friend. :)

this .... uh...... hm..... zzzzzzzzzz....zzzzzz...... WHAT!..... oh?

[Crptic]

i'll build a new computer a week before hl2 comes out.

[RabidMeatloaf]

Well for now I'm runnng on a......

1.3 Ghz, Radeon 8500, 512 megs of ram...... So pretty bad....

Half-Life 2 will look good on my computer....but it'll run like crap.

[infin|ty]

P4 3.0GHz
Radeon 9800Pro
1GB DDR

Hopefully I can run it at 4xAA 16AF at 1280x1024 and get 60FPS.

[MIWojo11]

P4 2.4GHZ 512K 800FSB
1GB Kington Hyper-X DDR
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

Im building this a week before HL2 also.

[BWMASTER]

Infinity I dont think AF would run, you might want to sacrifice some picture quality for a better frame rate.

[MIWojo11]

I dont see how you cant have best quality with best frame rates with a system like that. Im not computer smart but jeez!

[Yatta]

Originally posted by infin|ty
P4 3.0GHz
Radeon 9800Pro
1GB DDR

Hopefully I can run it at 4xAA 16AF at 1280x1024 and get 60FPS.
You = Lucky Bastard :)
Yes you can probably run it with those settings and even get 100 FPS!!!

[Mac84]

window xp
amd 3000+ (barton core) (2.17ghz)
1gig of corsair xms pc3200
9700 pro
want to buy a WD raptor before it comes

[MIWojo11]

I just want a system with awesome graphics and when you turn to look or jump it like skips frames or something. How will my system do with the max graphics possible?

[Mac84]

maximum graphics you say? i doubt any system could handle everything turned up maximum (highest resolution, etc)

but your system will be fine MIWojo11, dont worry.. you can run the graphics close to max (close enough that it shouldnt matter)

[FatCombine]

Mines a:

3.06GHz P4 <------ This thing freaking loud...
Radeon 9700 pro
1Gig DDR

[urseus]

ACES!


Another whats your computer specs thread.

[Mac84]

wewt another useless post by urseus

[Novar]

2.53 GHz P4
Radeon 9700Pro
512 Corsair DDR RAM

[Yatta]

Originally posted by Mac84
maximum graphics you say? i doubt any system could handle everything turned up maximum (highest resolution, etc)

but your system will be fine MIWojo11, dont worry.. you can run the graphics close to max (close enough that it shouldnt matter)
You have a Radeon 9800Pro. You're fine. Don't worry. :) It's us 9700ers that should be worrying about stuff like that. :)

[Yatta]

Originally posted by Novar
2.53 GHz P4
Radeon 9700Pro
512 Corsair DDR RAM
Ok your system matches mine except I have RDRAM. We should get the same performance I suppose. :)

[Joeyslucky22]

Pentium 4 2.6ghz
512 DDR ram
Geforce 4 4200

:) hopefully i get some good stuff to look at :cool:

[Mac84]

Originally posted by Yatta
You have a Radeon 9800Pro. You're fine. Don't worry. :) It's us 9700ers that should be worrying about stuff like that. :)

gah 9700 pro is plenty, i doubt having a 9800 pro over a 9700 pro will make hardly a noticeable difference.

[KiNG]

ill have :
Althon xp 2500+ OC'd to 3000+
9800 Pro 128mb OC'd
1 gig corsair xms 3200

[Lifthz]

Overestimation. Your system will run Half-Life 2 like cake (referring to the topic starter).

[Wesisapie]

amd 1800+, gf4 ti4400, 512 ddr 333mhz ram blah blah blah

who cares.

[Top Secret]

Hi, would just like to introduce myself. My name is David, I'm 15, and this is the computer that I'm CURRENTLY building as we speak on the floor next to me.

Intel P4 3.0 800 FSB - $394
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra - $460
ABIT IC7-G Motherboard $180
512 MB PC3700 Ram - $94
WD 120 Gig Hard Drive 8mb cache - $100
Audigy 2 sound card - $120
5.1 Z640 Speaker System - $65
Vantec VAN-470A - $140
Xoxde X-Turbine Case - $60

Total: $1523
:cheese:

[DiGiTaLiZeD]

http://home.comcast.net/~s.phan/System_Information.PNG

[jasonh1234]

I'll be running it on an AMD Athlon 1.3 Ghz with 512MB Ram and a ATI Radeon 8000 series.

Upgrading from 256MB ram and GeForce 2 Ultra.

That's the best I can do on my budget. Even that is pushing it.

[Mac84]

Originally posted by KiNG
ill have :
Althon xp 2500+ OC'd to 3000+
9800 Pro 128mb OC'd
1 gig corsair xms 3200

9800 pro's came with a stock 256mb of video ram.

am i wrong?

[jAkUp]

specs in sig:cheers:

and no there is 2 versions of the 9800, the 128mb version and the 256mb version

and check out my desktop wallpaper guys... hehe

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/attachment.php?s=&postid=144340

[Incoming]

Down below, is what I'm gaming on.
According to what I've read about requirements and stuff, I'm pretty certain I could turn everything up at max (except for resolution maybe).

(What it do not yield is my op-sys which is Windows XP Pro (swe edition).)

[EC]

I'll be sporting a fancy:
AMD XP 2000+ 1.67 GHz
GeForce 2 MX 400 (Definately upgrading to FX 5900 when Thanksgiving comes)
512 mg 2700 DDR ram
5.1 speakers with 5.1 Audigy Gamer
17" IBM monitor (really crappy)

[spitzfiya]

Ill be sporting by the end of the summer....
AMD Athlon 2600+
256DDR 333
NFORCE 2 MOBO
MSI GEFORCE 4 Ti4200
XP PRO

[Peks]

my machine will be 3.0 800 MHz fbs p4.

9800 pro

512 megs corsair 2.0 ram

prolly a soyo mobo.

xp pro

[anarchy]

Asus P4P800
Intel 2.6C @ 3.4ghz 262 FSB (1048 Quad DDR), stock retail cooler
9800 Pro 128mb
1GB (2x512mb) Geil pc3500 433mhz
2x30gb maxtor RAID 0 Config
CHIEFTEC Server Chasis
Antec P4 ATX12V 400 Watt Power Supply

I hope to get >60FPS 1024x768 with 6x AA and 8x AF

[simmo]

AMD Duron 1.1ghz
GF 4 TI 4800 128mb DDR
298 SD RAM


RIGHT!, guys, do you think I should get a faster HDD ?, because mine is really slow :( , or a stick of 512 ram ?

[anarchy]

Originally posted by simmo2k3
AMD Duron 1.1ghz
GF 4 TI 4800 128mb DDR
298 SD RAM


RIGHT!, guys, do you think I should get a faster HDD ?, because mine is really slow :( , or a stick of 512 ram ?

Go with the RAM, it will load more of the game into a faster memory type, that would solve the slow hard drive issue, and it might give you better FPS.

[Slick601]

I'll be running it on an AMD Athlon 1.3 Ghz with 512MB Ram and a ATI Radeon 8000 series.

Upgrading from 256MB ram and GeForce 2 Ultra.

That's the best I can do on my budget. Even that is pushing it.

Originally posted by Jasonh1234

Yeah Jason, wait. Seriously, upgrading to something such as that is not worth it. Save your money for an extra few months and buy a GeForce FX, the 5200 is loads better than the one you have and something like 70 bucks at newegg. The GeForce 2 is really not worth purchasing these days when cards 10x better are around the same price.

[crabcakes66]

2600+
1 gig of ram
saphire 9700 pro

should run good on medium-high settings

[sayam]

YES! I can finally brag!

P4 3.0
Kingston 512 pc3200 HyperX (hopefully 1GB buy September 30th)
Asus P4C800-E
(2) 36GB 10,000 Rpm S-ATA Western Digital HDD's on Raid 0
Geforce4 MX440 64mb (will be upgraded my September 30th!)
A DVD-ROM !

[BuBuliciouz]

AMD Athlon XP2800+ Barton 2083MHz/2.08GHz 128/512Kb 333MHz 0.13 bulk SocketA

2 of TwinMOS Original 512Mb DDR-DIMM PC3200/DDR400 184pin 400MHz CAS2.5 (AMD OK)

Point of View GeForce FX5800 128Mb DDRII DVI TV-out Retail AGP

Creative SoundBlaster Audigy2 Bulk PCI

2 of Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 6Y200P0 200Gb 7200rpm Special Edition (OBS! 8Mb cache!) UDMA133 IDE

with soround sound system =)

[$h@rp$hOOter]

right now i have:
P4 1.3Ghz (:o )
512 mb of ram
Radeon 9800pro

one week before hl2 comes out i will get a better proccesor like 3.0 ,so i'll have :

P4 3.0Ghz
512mb 800mhz, (do u think this much memory will effect my gameplay alot? my MoBO doesnt support more then 512:flame: )
Radeon 9800pro

[Wraithguard]

Well, I'm going to hippitihopp my way through HL2 on a

P3 666 Mhz
GeForce 2 MX
192 MB sdram

...so, whadda ya think?

[Gud]

Now I have

P IV 1.7@2.1
512 MB DDR
MSI mobo
MSI GF 4 Ti 42000

In an attack of insanity I decied to buy GF 5600 Ultra or Radeon 9600 Pro. I'm not crazy/stupid enough to spend one month worth of living on a Graphics card.

I hope to get the game moderatley smooth (30-40 fps) on 1024*768 (my monitor is 15", won't handle higher res anyway).

According to MaxPC article a minimum sensible setup would be round 2 Ghz CPU with DX 8 card. Below that you can have a problem...

[A2597]

AMD Athlon XP 2600+
Radeon 9800 128MB
512megs pc 2100 DDR
Surround Sound (A MUST have...)
WinXP Pro

[vissione]

CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (2.0GHz)
GPU: Chaintech Geforce 4 Ti 4200 64MB
Motherboard: ECS L7S7A2 ATX
Memory: 512MB DDR333 PC2700 GIEL

Or just look at my sig... :afro:

I'll be getting a DirectX9 card sometime later on, especially when mods start coming out next year. I hope to be able to afford a Radeon 9700 pro by then. :cheers:

[Tropico]

pentium 5 is coming out 2Q of 2004 so i´ll wait til then to upgrade

[jbscotchman]

I just upgraded a few parts because of HL2. I'll be running it on:

XP Pro
2.4c P4 800mhz FSB/Hyperthreading Technology
Intel D865PERL Motherboard
512mb Kingston HyperX DDR333
Geforce4 TI4400
Soundblaster Live 5.1

I'm not concerned about AA/AF, I just wanna run the game at 1024x768 with high details. I should be fine.

[Sgt.Igneri]

In a few days Ill have:

3Ghz P4 800FSB
1 gig of corsair XMS DDR 400
Radeon 9800 pro 128mb
AND:
barton 2500+
512 mb geil DDR 400
sapphire radeon 9600 pro 256mb

Right now I have:

1.6ghz P4
512mb pc2100
GF4 Ti4200 64mb

[Mountain Man]

1.33 GHz T-Bird Athlon
GeForce 4 Ti4200 64MB
512MB RAM
SoundBlaster Audigy

I'll probably be able to enjoy the game at medium detail. I'd love to upgrade a top of the line system but simply don't have the money.

[NiteStalker]

Pentium 4 CPU 2.2ghz
GeForce 3 Ti500 64mb
1024mb RAM
Soundblaster Live

The only thing that may stop me from playing the game at the best settings is the graphics card...

[StellaArtois]

AMD Barton 2800+ CPU @ 2535Mhz vapochilled
Abit NF7-S nForce2 motherboard @ 220FSB
1GB Corsair XMS3500 DDR
ATI Radeon 9800Pro 128Mb @ stock

High detail all the way - I hope!

[Chris_D]

Wheee! Another show off thread :D

Pentium 4 2.66GHz
EDIT: GeForce 4 Ti4200 128MB (Not 4800)
256MB RAM
A pretty basic, but nonetheless effective, 5.1 Surround Sound System
XP Home

[rogi]

P4 3.0c
asus p4p800
2x corsair 512mb pc3200 twinx xms
Hercules Prophet 9800 pro

[Dr. Freeman]

Originally posted by Chris_D
Wheee! Another show off thread :D

Pentium 4 2.66GHz
EDIT: GeForce 4 Ti4200 128MB (Not 4800)
256MB RAM
A pretty basic, but nonetheless effective, 5.1 Surround Sound System
XP Home


u call that basic? :dozey:

u haven't seen my pos comp... nor do u want to.. it gives gamers nitemares lol :dork:

[Chris_D]

Hehe
It is basic compared to the SoundBlaster 5.1 system. But yeah it's still much better than your average stereo speakers.

[Kovacs]

p4 2,4ghz
512mbram
radeon9700

[jls]

P4 3.0C
2*256mb ddram
ati radeon 9800pro
19"crt screen

[phara]

CPU: Pentium 4 3.0c @ 3750Mhz
MB: Asus P4P800 @ 250FSB
RAM: 1GB corsair pc3200 twinx XMS @ 2-3-3-6-1T (only stable timing at this high of fsb booo)
VID: ATI 9800 Pro 128mb
Sound: Augility 2

[yeggz]

Most likely:

AMD Athlon 2100+
ASUS A7V333
512MB DDR 333mhz
Radeon 9800 128mb
80GB 7200RPM HD
Some random DVD drive...

Hopefully, I'll be able to upgrade to a gig of DDR ram

[apoc]

CPU: Pentium 4 2.8c (HT FSB 800) n/oc
MB: Abit IC7-G
RAM: 1Gb PC3200 (dual channel)
GPU: Hercules 3D Prophpet ATi 9800 Pro 128
Sound: SB Audigy
HDD: 320Gb (2x120+80)

[Infiniti]

P4 2.4ghz 533mhz FSB
16x DVD-ROM
8x/32x/48x CD-RW
512mb DDR RAM
PNY GeForce 4 Ti4200 64meg
ASUS mobo

I don't expect anything special, maybe 800x600, detials maxed, 30fps...? Have to see

[DirtySanchez]

- AMD XP 2600+ (OC'ed 12.0x225= 2700mhz at 450mhz FSB)
- SLK-800 Thermalright copper heatsink w/ Vantec Tornado
- Epox EP-8RDA+ Nforce II motherboard (w/ Zalman northbridge cooler)
- Cosair 2x512mb Dual Channel PC-3500
- ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (OC'ed 385-core 690-memory. SE Zalman heatpipe cooler, w/ active cooling)
- 450 watt Enermax Whisper power supply
- 80 GIG Western Digital 7200rpm 8mb cache HD
- 120 GIG Western Digital 7200rpm 8mb cache HD
- HP 300I DVD+R Burner
- TDK 48x24x48 CDRW Burner
- AC97 5.1 onboard sound

3D Benchmark 2003 score: 6,109
3D Benchmark 2001 SE score: 18,457

[papa jake]

P4 2.0 Ghz
512 Megs of Ram
ATI Radeon 9500 pro
Windows XP
Pretty cool looking keyboard
Pack of smokes

I'm ready to get it on :cheers:

[DeathPilot]

AthlonXP 1700+
768MB DDR Ram
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
and other gadgets :)

hopefully I'll upgrade in september to a barton 2500+ and 1GB of Ram :)

[marksmanHL2 :)]

heheh, once september comes dont you worry, i will have a computer to boast about too. lol.




but:

1300mghz
640mb DDR ram
32mb TNT2 graphics.

:'(

[pAiNtHeAsS]

P4 1.6 Ghz
256Mb of RAM
Radeon 8500
Win XP Pro

Maybe more ram...

[-=}McS{=- Taz]

I've ordered some new parts about a week ago, and paid for it in advance, but haven't heard for it since wednesday a week ago. So I got kinda nervous cause I already paid, so I called the company and they told me that they were waiting for the motherboard, and they've sended it today, so me is happy :).

Anywayz, here's what I ordered:

EPoX 8RDA+
AMD Athlon XP 3000+
512 MB DDR-Ram PC2700
Sapphire Atlantis ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB

And of course a cooler for the processor. I guess that will run HL2 quite nicely :).

[J@mmie]

lol everyone thinks they hav crap computers but i hav the worst :D

667Mhz
64mb sdram pc100
11mb intergrated shared graphics
on board sound
15inch moniter
56k

lol

but im getting the new AMD Athlon 64 when it comes out in september just before half life 2 :D

[ViSioN]

Intel P4 2.226Ghz 533FSB
1gig DDR Ram
ti4600 128MB DDR(Going to upgrade to newest vid when HL2 comes out)
21" Sony Multiscan 500PS
4 HD 7200RPM in raid0(striping)
SB Autigy

[Dalamari]

I will prolly be able to run hl2 with everything as low as possible.

P3 857 mhz cpu
256mb sdram
GeForce 4 Mx 440 64mb


I plan on getting a P4 2.4 ghz around christmas, or a FX card.

[PSX]

a modest 2200+ (hopefully will act as a p4 2.5ghz in HL2) with all the physics and AI onscreen, a 128mb 8500 275/550, 512mb ddr333, a basic 100w rms 5.1 surround setup, and a 17" 1280x1024 native; I won't upgrade until I see how it runs; why pay hundreds if it will be just fine at good details?

[Ender]

Ahem..

Two WD 80 gb hard drives

Four chips of 512 DDR 400 corsair - Memory :D(2 gb)

Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz 800 FSB - Processor

Audigy 2 Platinum - Sound card

Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 - Speakers

RADEON 9800 PRO 256MB - Video card

All for 3300(with case and everything else i didnt include here :P)

I love you newegg.com :D

[Seb]

Originally posted by Yatta
You = Lucky Bastard :)
Yes you can probably run it with those settings and even get 100 FPS!!!

Oh noooooo he has 3GHz and you only have 2.5.....wow that CPU is like 20% faster.
If he gets 100FPS you will probably only get around 80....wow how will you make it :rolleyes:

[EnricoPolatso]

Athlon XP 2200+
512MB DDR RAM
Onboard 5.1 Audio
Geforce4 MX 420
Iiyama Visionmaster Pro 410 17" monitor

Will hopefully upgrade the Geforce to something like a FX 5600 in mid-september - will see what prices are like by then. I really want to see HL2 in its DX9 antialiased glory - not however this MX420 can render it! :dozey:

:cheers:

[Rambo]

sry ender, im a step ahead of u w/ two Seagate HD.

But besides that i have the same system for 2600

[Yatta]

Originally posted by Seb
Oh noooooo he has 3GHz and you only have 2.5.....wow that CPU is like 20% faster.
If he gets 100FPS you will probably only get around 80....wow how will you make it :rolleyes:
He has a 9800 pro and his 3ghz has HT technology. No I won't get 80fps. so :rolleyes: to you too. :)

[spamboo]

im rockin' a
p4 2.8ghz w/HT
1g DDR 400
intel (perl 865 i think) 800fsb mobo
intergrated 24bit sound
overclocked geForce FX 5600 256mb (i might upgrade to a 256 5900 ultra)

[Northwood83]

Northwood-A Intel 1800 mhz
Abit TH7-II Motherboard
512 Megs of PC800 Rambus
Gainward Geforce 3 Ti550 Golden Sample (New card is shipping right now - Gainward Geforce FX 5900 Ultra Golden Sample)
Audigy 5.1 Gamer soundcard
Inspire 5.1 5300 speakers

[Banana]

Intel Mobile P4 2.0ghz
512RAM
Mobility Radeon 9000 64MB (Maybe with Omega Drivers)

[Juven]

Well atm I've only got:

1333GHz Athlon
Gf2 MX
512 MB SDRAM

Really have to update my graphics card but I've got no money right now. Its my birthday soon after HL2 is planned to come out. So maybe I'll have enough money for a small upgrade. What do you think I should upgrade the most? I know I need to get both faster cpu and gfx. But my mobo will only go upto the xp2400 because of the fsb and graphics cards are way overpriced these days. :(

[Frost]

Juven, you NEED to upgrade both... you really can't do one without the other at this point. But I would do graphics card first, you'll see a bigger improvement in the games but your CPU will then become your bottleneck and hold back the rest of the system.

I have:

AMD Athlon XP 2000+
512MB DDR
GeForce 4 Ti 4400 128MB
Soundblaster Audigy 2
100 GIG 7200 RPM HD
21 " HP CRT monitor
Logitech MX 500 Optical

I plan on selling the above system around September 15th

I'm going to build a completly new system but since all the new processors, motherboard and video cards are coming out in September I'm not sure if I'm even going with a AMD or Intel yet... to early to tell... I asked gabe about processors and he said I should get a P4 and not worry about the Atlon 64 chips... I'm not sure though... I guess I'll have to wait and see, either way I'l be spending about $2,200 USD and buying it in peices, only the best brand components, so it will be a fast system.

[Rambo]

New processors ? what kinda new Vid cards?

[Juven]

yeah I guessed there would be a bottleneck. I understand I have to upgrade both. Ahh poo I'm gonna have to find some money from somewhere. I've been meaning to upgrade for ages but I just haven't got the money all the time.

[Juven]

I think I read somewhere AMD are gonna have a kinda budget barton that runs on 266fsb in a socket A mobo. That would be nice but I'm not sure I'm right about that

[Aaron]

Asus P4C800 Deluxe i875P
2.8GHz 800FS HT Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.0
Corsair TwinX 1024 MB 3200
128Mb GigaByte ATI Radeon 9800-Pro

Hopefully i wont have much trouble running it.

[TAZ]

Amd Barton 2500+ (1.83 ghz o/c'd to 2.0 ghz), Geforce 4 Ti 4680, 1ghz PC 2700 DDR Ram, and an Epox 8rda+ mobo....

Amd Athlon 1700+ (1.47 ghz), Geforce 4 Ti 4200, 512 megs PC 2100 DDR ram, and same mobo....

550 Mhz Amd , Geforce 3 Ti 200, 512 megs PC133 ram, and some old mobo.. system is tweaked for gaming.. games like RavenShield, UT2003 and Vice City work great on it in 800x600 with 2x AA and low detail, so HL2 should work respectible...

..and a 486 with onboard video and sound, might not run HL2, but it runs minesweeper pretty damn good!!

2.8ghz p4
512ram
9700 radeon pro
I might upgrade my videocard, but i dunno yet.:cheers:

[DarkOneX]

See sig

[XtAkm4p]

p4 2.53
gig ddr
g4 ti4200 (64 meg version)<----upgrading to best ATI card soon (was gonna get fx5900 but then gabe newell told someone to get an ati [whether or not it was product placement or w/e is yet to be discussed. im not takin the gamble either way im gettin an awesome 256 meg card])
audigy 2
6.1 surround
pathetic monitor<----- 15 inch round-screen, squeaks alot, stuck at 60 hz refresh etc ::shudders:: there it squeaks again
115+30=145 gigs hard drive