Should I bother?

[Arastar]

I'm wondering if I should bother buying the game right now or will it run like crap on my system?

Amd 2600+
MSI Geoforce 4 TI4200 128mb
512 PC2700

[Thread]

you will get 40-60 fps on 1024 x 768, medium details. i have a similar computer, and it's pretty good.

[JohnnyBeverage]

I've got a Ti4200 and it runs quite well on it.

[Unfocused]

Man, you've got some phobia or what? Your comp is still fine.

[Dirk Pitt]

Just because you dont have the latest and greatest tech doesn't mean you'll miss out on the experience.

Those GF4 cards are still solid, you shouldn't be disappointed

[rocket_Magnet]

ti4200 was definately one of the best bang for buck puchases back in the day, it should run it fine

[AmishSlayer]

You won't get dx9 effects...but the dx8 effects are almost as good and still look very nice. My old comp runs HL2 surprisingly well (I sold it to my friend a few years ago for like $200)

AMD 1.3ghz
512mb ram
GF Ti4200 64mb

He gets like 30-40 fps on medium details and 1024x768.

[Megalomaniac]

Dude, i have a crapper graphics card, i played on it on 1280x1024 with everything on Mid, no AA or AF(card wont do anything different with it on), it looked great, so you are set

[Stigmata]

If I can get easily-playable performance with all details high (no AA/AF) on this kind of system:

AthlonXP 1800+
512MB PC1700 DDR RAM
ATi Radeon 8500LE 128MB

then you're all set.

[Arastar]

Thanks for all the input!

I was wondering only because I've been playing Doom3 and it has lower requirements than HL2. It runs decent, but I sort of figured I'd be able to run it with higher settings. I hate missing out on gore and details.

Much appreciated!

[Biggleska]

I was wondering only because I've been playing Doom3 and it has lower requirements than HL2. It runs decent, but I sort of figured I'd be able to run it with higher settings. I hate missing out on gore and details.

Much appreciated!

It's the other way around; half-life 2 has lower requirements than doom 3.

[EpicZeRo]

Yeah, HL2's requirements are lower than Doom's last I checked.

Athlon XP 2000+
512 MB RAM
GeForce FX 5200

And I'm running the game fine with only a little bit of slowdown when there's tons and tons of stuff going on :p

[Arastar]

Ok, gotta say I took everyone's advice and went out and got the game today. Been playing for the past few hours and aside from a few glitches in the beginning, the game looks and runs great!

Had a few crashing problems so I backed off on my Vid Cards overclocking a bit and it's running fine now.

Thanks for all the advice.