Left 4 Dead Official System Requirements

*DigiQ8* · #1 26-09-2008, 01:15 AM

We've just recieved an email from Valve's Doug Lombardi about the System Requirements for Left 4 Dead. A recent update emerged quoting incorrect system requirements on the yougamers.com website, Doug confirmed that they are incorrect. And attached the real system requirements from the actual box:

OS: Windows Vista, XP or 2000

CPU: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 or AMD64X2 (or higher)

RAM: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista

DISC DRIVE: DVD-ROM Drive

HARD DRIVE: At least 7.5 GB of free space

VIDEO: Direct X 9 compatible video card (Video card must be 256 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for pixel shader 2.0)

SOUND: Direct X9.0c compatible sound card

There you have it folks, Get ready.

*Hectic Glenn* · #2 26-09-2008, 01:18 AM

Sounds about right to me, although 7.5 gigs is steep! Well I guess all those effects have to go somewhere.

DEATHMASTER · #3 26-09-2008, 01:18 AM

wheeeeee

dekstar · #4 26-09-2008, 01:21 AM

That 7.5gb is indeed steep, Glenn. Would it be less if we already had the Source Engine etc. installed? I'd assume it would be less if we had the Orange Box.

hool10 · #5 26-09-2008, 01:25 AM

Sweet! Guess you can delete my thread now. Be sure to look this Friday for Festival du Jeu Video in France: http://www.festivaldujeuvideo.com/. They might have intro video's on the story and maybe let the public play the Infected. Why not, eh? They had a preview, game is close to release, might as well let the public play that side.

Lucid · #6 26-09-2008, 01:31 AM

Aw shit, don't tell me this won't run on my machine, my CPU's only a single core and it isn't 64 bit. DDDDDD:

Lobster · #7 26-09-2008, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by dekstar

That 7.5gb is indeed steep, Glenn. Would it be less if we already had the Source Engine etc. installed? I'd assume it would be less if we had the Orange Box.

The engine itself is tiny, the size comes from the creative assets, textures, maps, models, sounds, I would say most of that will be new stuff, however they may reuse the general source base cache files, which might shave a gig off that, not much more though, also I dare say alot of the space is taken up with speech.

As for the CPU requirement, I cant tell if they have listed 3 types there, or 2, it looks like its listing a 3.0 ghz P4 single core OR duel core OR AMD64X2

hool10 · #8 26-09-2008, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucid

Aw shit, don't tell me this won't run on my machine, my CPU's only a single core and it isn't 64 bit. DDDDDD:

No it's for a P4 of 3.0GHz, or a dual core CPU or a AMD64X2 (or higher) CPU.

Lucid · #9 26-09-2008, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by hool10

No it's for a P4 of 3.0GHz, or a dual core CPU or a AMD64X2 (or higher) CPU.

I have a AMD Athlon 2800+ 2.09ghz D:

Lobster · #10 26-09-2008, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucid

I have a AMD Athlon 2800+ 2.09ghz D:

Dude Clear Sky must be shockingly bad for you. :S I run a Q6600 and even I feel it jerk.

highlander · #11 26-09-2008, 02:00 AM

7.5 gig? wow.

Krynn72 · #12 26-09-2008, 02:00 AM

No need to be rude Lobster!

Damn, lucid. I had that processor like 4 or 5 years ago.

PaoloM · #13 26-09-2008, 02:12 AM

Source engine has always been sweet, fast and smooth. Let's see how this new, revamped version will behave. I see a lot of new processing effects and lights/shadows tricks, and the actors (survivors and infected) look very good.

Lobster · #14 26-09-2008, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Krynn72

No need to be rude Lobster!

heh I wasnt trying to be rude, I had a pretty bad system myself earlier this year.

Druckles · #15 26-09-2008, 02:23 AM

Lots of harddrive. As pointed out. Yay for alchohol.