Half Life 2 intended for smaller PC's my arse?!

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:00 pm

I got the demo of Steam, and my computer is a Dell 2400 (2.19 GHZ, 16-32 MB Video Card (can be 'adjusted'), 256MB of RAM), but the demo lagged and lagged and lagged and lagged and lagged and lagged and lagged and lagged and lagged and lagged and lagged, even with the settings at the utmost zero. Is this normal, or do I just HAVE to cash in for a new PC

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:15 pm

Try just upgrading the RAM and stuff, memory is quite cheap, 32mb graphics card is a bit low, try 128-ish or something, try for something cheap, but by a recognized company.
And remember, once you know, you Newegg.

Post by **Triton** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:17 pm

dunno what to tell ya, runs good on my system, i got a bit higher specs tho, this is on all medium settings. geforce 2 32mb gfx card 512mb ram P4 2.53ghz processor

electromaster64 · Post by **electromaster64** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:18 pm

I just bought my prother a ATI Radeon 9600 128mb card off e-bay for $28 (with shipping) and it works great. I would go eBay.

sam · Post by **sam** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:25 pm

yeah...... I got a 256 ddr3 6800 video card 1024 ram great mobo great hd lol I would definatly upgrade.

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:41 pm

i have 1024 ram 128 graphics and 2.8ghz and it stil lags (fairly low settings)

Post by **Triton** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:51 pm

boy i sure fell sorry for you guys [/scarcasm] i dunno what our problems are it doesnt lag on mine too bad, i average around 30 fps, and i can live with it, i dot WANT to but its ok, the game is fun even if you dont ahve a brand spankin new gfx card and the highest settings

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:54 pm

i got
2.26 Ghz
256 Mb ram (Ouch!)
Geforce 3 TI 200 grafix card.

My bro was running HL2 with the same card and a worse computer and it was quite up to speed. I cant wait to try it out on mine

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:26 pm

you guys all are better specs then me, and i played through the whole game 100% no lag.
CPU: 1.5 Ghz p4 processor
RAM: 384MB
VIDEO: Nvidia Geforce4 mx 440 (64MB)
its a sony vaio.

teraflop122 · Post by **teraflop122** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:45 pm

The CPU matters very little in this case, so long as it is somewhere above 1GHz and not made by Via.

Totokan, the MX440 is far superior to what most of the rest of these guys have, and the video card is the main bottleneck in this situation.

Demonfaj, is your video card an integrated solution? Sounds like it, especially with the adjustable 16-32MB frame buffer. If it is, you have almost no choice but to upgrade. An integrated solution simply will not work for a new game like HL2 (though GMA900 MIGHT with a good CPU, and newer X200 mobos....and etc

). You don't need a new PC. By all means, just spend 90 bucks on a newer video card (like MX440, FX5200, Radeon 9550+, etc) and another 256MB of ram, and you'll be all set.

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:50 pm

ahh... it is good? I thought it was one of those pos integrated things. Well, have you seen the requirements of the hl2:lost coast add-on? you need 1024MB ram, a 6800 and up nvidia gfx card, and a 2.66 ghz processor (or close to those)

teraflop122 · Post by **teraflop122** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:28 pm

The MX440 has indeed been integrated into some motherboards. It is one of very few Decent integrated solutions. I loved HL2, can't wait for the new "episodes"

XPCportables · Post by **XPCportables** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:36 pm

well the performance of your video card is greatly effected by what bus you use. I am on PCI and it's slow even with a 256mb 5500 GT. If you have AGP bus preferably 8X but 4X is ok too, you could easily run hl2 with a 64mb gfx card much like my current one only in agp bus, I Have currently got an mx 4000 and HL2 lags on mine (actually everything lags on mine). if you have PCI-E then you most likely can't get a card below 128mb, but if they did make a 32mb card for it you could prolly run it lag free on high settings, theoretically of course. integrated cards are pretty much the fastest bus, but the gfx processors in them always suck.

I hope that this has been a good lesson for you class, you are dismissed

FDSMAN · Post by **FDSMAN** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:45 pm

I have pci express lite, agp and pci slots, which one would I use for my gfx card?

currently i'm running a sad 16 mb card... slower then the card in my dads 733 mhz machine...

cennar · Post by **cennar** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:28 am

teraflop122 wrote:The CPU matters very little in this case, so long as it is somewhere above 1GHz and not made by Via.

right on.. ive got an amd 1 gig with 512ram two mx440s 128 a peace.