Will my PC be Half-Life 2 proof?!??

[IbramGaunt]

I have the following:

AMD 64 3200+
1024mb RAM
Radeon 9800 PRO 128mb

I am wondering, will it be able to handle half life 2 at high settings?

I played the demo of Far Cry on this new PC with all Very High settings and it ran very smoothly. (BTW great game)

I know Far Cry demands alot from a PC, and HL2 can't demand much more, can it?:(

Thanks;)

[Magua]

It will definately run HL2 with decently high settings. I highly doubt it will run HL2 with everything maxxed (it wouldn't run Doom3 maxxed either).

[PacNW CE]

Cards don't exist yet that should be able to run Doom3 at max settings. :t

Atleast according to Carmack and Friends

[MJCfromCT]

I ran doom 3 on a 6800 non-ultra non-gt, 1280x1024 at ultra quality...60fps in light action, 30-40 in heavy action...performed very well for the card IMO.

[Magua]

I know nothing plays doom3 with absolutly maxed settings. His rig will definatly play HL2 without a problem at mid settings, possibly some high, but almost definately not maxxed.

[MJCfromCT]

I agree, I just wanted to add my random thought :) But that computer will definately be a nice hl2 machine, and an awesome cs:source machine.

[IbramGaunt]

Thats fantastic. I wasn't planning on buying Doom 3 anyway, I'm afraid I never really got to play any of the previous versions (I had a deprived childhood, I know:D ) I was a more Duke Nukem fan!

Anyway, if I was to upgrade in the future, what would be the first thing to get. I presume a new graphics card, but what type?

Cheers;)

[MJCfromCT]

For HL2, the x800 series...like the x800 pro of the x800 xt

[Magua]

Assuming the Ram is PC3200 or better the next upgrade would probably be the video card. However, I would definately stick with the 9800pro for this new wave of games, than maybe upgrade after that. Getting the next step up now is probably not the best investment.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

1024x768 with high AF and moderate AA should be more than do-able on that system.

--Jakk:t