If I can play half-life2?

I just have a quick question. If I can play half-life 2... on medium settings i would say at an average of 33 to 35 fps and in intense fights it drops down to 25fps. Can I play Half-life episode 1? I have a pretty weak computer but it was cheap. But i am really getting into the first game and would like to know if i will be able to continue on in the series. Eventually I plan on buying another PC but right now I just can't afford to buy a new one. I have a sempron 3000 and an ati x200m and 1.5 gigs of ram. My PC only cost $550. It was a good deal from compusa. It was only $420 for the pc but it only had 256 ram I just had to upgrade it and I got a 512 mb of RAM for my b-day. But if anyone can answer that for me i would greatly appreciate it.

 

The requirements are the same so should be ok. Do you have an AGP or PCI-E slot?

If not, you could still get a regular PCI card for a few bucks that'd perform better then your X200, like a 6200 or an fx5500...

 

If you have AGP, this is a great deal, although a little behind, HL2EP1 has many settings on high and few on medium. No low and HDR is bloom. overclockable with Riva Tuner but you cannot unlock more pipelines. I have it on my desktop and it its great. I recommend it 100% for an aging system (Mine is six years old and still alive )

 

What exactly is an AGP or PCI-E. I know i have a pcmci card slot. It's a laptop if i did not mention that.

 

They were talking about desktops.

You should probably be able to run it as the requirements look to be fairly low for that game. I'm not 100% sure though as I've only played the first Half-Life.

Minimum: 1.2 GHz Processor, 256MB RAM, DirectX 7 level graphics card, Windows 2000/XP/ME/98, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

Recommended: 2.4 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX 9 level graphics card, Windows 2000/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

 

short answer:
if u can play HL2 on Medium settings, u shoud be able to play it.

 

Yeah, you should be able to play it. I have the X1100 (basically the same as the X200M) and i could play it medium settings just fine.

 

I have a friend that plays EP 1 on a $500 Toshiba with Intel graphics card and it runs it just fine. I can play it on my x200m without a problem, I can run it on med-high settings, but I need to say that I have the 128mb dedicated card, not the shared like you have, so I would say yes. I would recommend ending as many programs as you can that are running to get some more free RAM.

 

Thanks everyone i really appreciate the help.

 

Have fun with HL2EP1!