December 10, 200421 yr Planning on gettin half life 2 for xmas along with a new 6600 GT vid card. ive heard ppl talking about how the game regardless of ur vid card runs real bad and is very CPU dependent(processor). i have read it gets real choppy and the FPS even on good gaming PC's drops to the 30's and lower during action online. i would like to know what FPS and performance i can expect out of my PC. AMD Athlon 2000+ 1.7ghz 512mb ddram 80 GB Hard Drive Nvidia 6600 GT 128mb 350 watt power supply if u can plz list ur similar PC setup and the FPS (frames per second) u get on ur rig.
December 10, 200421 yr Well I can tell you that the game does stutter regardless of what setup you have. Its a problem that Valve is currently working on and a patch is going to be made available soon. Now I can tell you that it last for a minute during load screens and saves screens etc. But for the most part, HL2 runs very smoothly. I don't think you'll have that much problem running it on your computer, especially when you upgrade to the 6600. Btw my specs are: AMD Athlon 64 3400+ @2.41 GHz 1 Gig RAM ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128 MB 160GB HD Sound Blaster Audigy LS 400 W PSU So I can't give you a comparision in FPS or anything.
December 10, 200421 yr It varies from computer..some people I know have load times form 5-15sec. While others (like myself) have load times for 30sec to a minute. The game does have an audio stuttering bug. Basically when the game is loading a sound it will freeze the gamme and the sound will repeate from a second to 5 seconds. It's annoyning to say the leaset. Valve has released a 'patch' but it had no effect on me. The game runs smoother in online play than single player. I donnt know where you got that information from. I'm running on a pos laptop and i get around 30fps with a lot of action going on (High model, medium text, high shadows). 2.8 P4 512 ram Geforce 5200 2go..the moble brand
December 10, 200421 yr Author so i would be able to run on max detail and AA and AF with my 6600GT and the specs i provided? im mostly gonna be on CS:S online not single player much. and with good FPS?
December 11, 200421 yr You should be able to run it at good FPS with 2x AA and AF on. Btw, I paid $287 for my AMD 64 about 3 months ago. Today the processor cost $220 on newegg. :mischief
December 11, 200421 yr Author ouch.. well ive settled on these specs for xmas tell me what u think. amd athlon xp 3000 barton 2.1 ghz 512 mb ram 6600 GT 80 GB hd New Asus Mobo with 400mhz fsb.
December 11, 200421 yr Author Have they come out with mods yet? Like TFC and CS? 632505[/snapback] whats CS? if you mean counterstrike then the game shipped with counter strike source. which is the old counter strike made new with the gfx engine of half life 2 and some new maps. from what ive seen it looks crazy insane. besides that ohter mods coming out soon are day of defeat.thats all ive heard since i get my game on xmas.
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