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New PC's and Half life 2?

My friend seems to think that even the cheapest PC that you can buy new today is more than optimal for playing Half Life 2 because the game's a few years old now. Do you agree?

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1. I sorta agree because the computer could probably run Half Life 2 but probably not on High Settings with a high frame rate. But most of the PC's on the market today can run HL2. My cousin plays Half Life 2 and Counter Strike Source on a $350 computer. :D
2. your friend is right. PC Gamer magazine even said, "More amazingly, HL2 will not only take advantage of the next-gen capabilities of a P4 3Ghz-level system running the newest DX9-powered 3D cards from NVIDIA and ATI, but it'll also reportedly be fully scalable all the way back to a mid-range PC running a DX6-compatable TNT card." While this remains to be seen, and trying to run Half-Life 2 on minimum specs will certainly detract from the overall experience, gamers with aging hardware may not be left out in the cold come September 30th. big grin Official Half-Life 2 Box minimum specs: * Processor: 1.2 GHz Processor * OS: Windows, 2000/XP/Me/98 * Graphic card: DirectX 7 level graphics card * Hard Drive: 4.5 GB * Memory: 256 MB RAM * Other: Internet Connection, DVD-ROM Drive even the most basic notebook has 128mb graphics, dx 9, 1 gb ram and 2ghz processor so yes i agree