Estimated Half Life 2 system requrements?

[aanyone]

What do you guys think a PC will need to have to get by? Minimum, recomended, etc...

[aanyone]

Come on guys... at least post your guesses...


tell you what I'll bite, I'm going to say that you'll need a 1G processor at least. Probably 256M RAM will be sufficent, but 512 wouldn't hurt (after that it's just gravy). And you'll need at least a 128MB video card to really "get it going." I would also bet that the game will take up 2G on your HD.


Projections? Oh and is OpenGL dead? Is it all Direct X these days? HL had a good OpenGL engine, but that was years ago... no reason to beleive HL2 will do the same.

[CrazyCrusher]

Dude this must be the 10000000000000000000 Post about this topic no pun intended, Ill just give you this, ill let you know when and if they ever release the dang thing, because by the time it does come out the Req's are going to be some what diffrent than they said b4.

[bblqj78]

YEP....buy the time that game actually comes out the MINIMUM specs are gonna be something like AMD 64 + 9800XT+IGB RAM+10.1 surround sound etc. etc.

[cbh]

Oh man! Frankly speaking, you will need a good processor and a perfect graphics card to get good effects from the game.

That's all!

:t

[cuelebre]

Who knows...may be but that time you got a mortague,wife, kids...........a mini-van and way toooooooooo many bills to F***ing worry about it.:mad:

[One_Inch_MAN]

pentium 1
32 mb ram
tnt
500kb hd

[chriswhitelaw]

let half-life 2 die already this topic is so worn out now. what difference does it make what the requirements are going to be by the time you get the **** game, whenever that will be ALREADY! your computer will be useless and you'll have to spend another $500 to get a better processor more memory coming outta your *** and a video card with 2000mb of memory. half-life 2 this doom 3 that enough already!

[Rabbitrunner51]

You guys sure sound bitter about the whole thing... chill!

I would bet that after it comes out...some of you will still be *****ing about something....

These people aren't God and it will come out when it comes out...

I am sure a high end computer, which most of you have will be suficient and then you can all ***** together about how it works for you ....

Stop the howling...you rmaking them famous enough..already.

[Radi0h3ad]

Yeah. When HL2 is finally released, it will probably take whatever hardware is available at the time to get some decent effects from it. From where I'm sitting, that's a while off so I wouldn't even like to hazard a guess, and there's no point upgrading for it now, 'cos what you have when it hits the shelves will probably be a little outdated, what with the joys of computers being what they are.

:t

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Ive heard rumors that you will HL2 will revert back to the HL1 engine (or similar) on lower end machines that cant handle the newer graphucal hijinks. If this is the case (though i doubt it very much) then i dont think you'll need a whopping machine.

However realistically the minimum specs will probably match up with, if not be slightly higher than Doom 3's

--Jakk:t

[aanyone]

Hey I'm sorry for digging up old news, but I ran a search as best I could and didn't see any answers to my question.

You guys act like the games is likly to come out late this century, early next. I mean it seems to me the games almost finished, and they're in "post production" now. Correct me if I'm wrong, but we should see it out this year, unless something screwed up happens.

Anyway, I'm not a PC gamer... I'm into consoles. But HL was pivotal point in my gaming life, and I'm excitied about HL2. I'm considering building a PC now... but I think I should take into account HL2 before I do, so I wanted some practical and informed responses on what I should expect from the game. I guess that is asking alot since so little info has been released about the game, but where better to ask than this gaming forum?

Hell, if nothing else we can look back on this thread once the game is out and see who was the closest to being "right."

[bob05]

Originally at Planet Half-Life
While the new engine has all sorts of fancy features, it's still designed to scale and work on lower-end machines. Apparently a 700mhz processor and a video card capable of running DX6 is enough, although a 2ghz with a GeForce4 is recommended

http://www.planethalflife.com/half-life2/

[Rabbitrunner51]

Seems as if they are being honest enough and the site above spells out no clarity as to what system stats will have to be to play tihs..only that the game and or engine will be new and advanced beyound what we have today.... Alot of questions there.

I still say that given from what clues i read...you will have to have a pretty updated system with enough juice to run this like it should be played ( or ran )

i know my system will be able to handle it,so I am not worried...

Again, my best guess is that unless you have a 2.2 GHZ processor and above and a middle to top end video card..then you will be disppointed at the playable aspect of this game.

[Someone Stupid]

aayone: No need to apologize, I think it is the other way around for a couple posters. You had a legitmate question and it was in the right forum.

For those who blew up on the poster who asked a simple question, if you don't have anything worthwhile to say, then just keep quiet please. What is old news to some people is unknown to others. It was posted in the proper forum and was legitimate though the way some of you guys have responded it may as well have been a trolling attempt as it got those results from some. Show some respect people, as I'm sure you'd like the same in return when you ask a question.

[Rabbitrunner51]

That was well said.. ( Someonestupid ) I toally agree with that 100 percent,
I myself was critisized and rankled upon in the past for something I asked and have since gotten over it, but people should act their age ( some are quite immature ) and either not respond or answer with a clear answer.
We are not all computer wizards or geeks and this is a tool for everyone to use.

[cbh]

Chill...

Wait and see!

[aanyone]

Thanks guys... I think what it boils down to is me waiting a bit longer until I build a PC. The longer I wait, the more I can invest in a PC... and, with E3 just around the corner, I'm sure I'll at least get better clues what to expect.

[One_Inch_MAN]

hopefully i can play it here are my specs
amd 2700
256 mb ram ddr
geforce 4mx (i think)
80 gig hd

[bob05]

Originally posted by One_Inch_MAN
hopefully i can play it here are my specs
amd 2700
256 mb ram ddr
geforce 4mx (i think)
80 gig hd


Yes, it will run. You might not be able to run all the nice feature, but it will run. :t

[One_Inch_MAN]

as long is it will play without freezing up every 5 seconds

[Someone Stupid]

It won't freeze up every 5 seconds with your details down or anything, but I can imagine it may grab from virtual memory every now and then with 256 megs, especially on XP, on 2000 maybe not, or at least not as much. It all depends on detail settings your trying to run.

[bblqj78]

geforce 4mx (i think)

For one hell of a better performance...if you can upgrade ur graphics card to a DX9 one....possibly a 9600pro os similar......but wait until closer the release date...prices will come falling in the spring when the new cards are released!

[Rabbitrunner51]

one_inch_man...pick up anther stick of 256 and things will go alot smoother.. I had a ge force 4 Mx card and it works nice for alot of games until you need speed and the overall graphics get more complicated..so I couldn't tell you . You will need to have the latest Direct X 9 installed though..

[One_Inch_MAN]

geforce4 mx not fx

[cbh]

My graphics card is a GeForce 4 MX440 128MB and I think the game can be played on my PC.

I have a 512MB DDRRAM and a Pentium 4 2.4B GHz processor. If the graphics are not that horrible, I think I will stick to my graphics card for a while. Hey! I'm used to Counter-Strike's jagged graphics so what can I expect from HL2 with my current graphics card?

:D