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    Playing Half life 2

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Sai, Jun 10, 2006.

  1. Sai

    Sai Notebook Enthusiast

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    Which rig is better for Half life 2

    Acer 4202 laptop

    Intel Core Duo Processor T2300 1.66Ghz
    15.4 WXGA
    Intel GRaphics Accelerator 950
    100GB HD 5400rpm
    1GB RAM

    OR

    Custom built

    AMD Athlon XP +2500
    17 inch monitor
    ATI 9600 the normal version
    80GB HD I think 5400rpm
    512mb RAM
     
    Sai, Jun 10, 2006
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  2. neilnpatel

    neilnpatel Notebook Evangelist

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    umm think about it the if u still need out help we will tell u
     
    neilnpatel, Jun 10, 2006
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  3. citric

    citric Notebook Consultant

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    dont get integrated graphics
     
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  4. Reize

    Reize Notebook Virtuoso

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    The custom built one would be better, simply because of the gpu, however it'd be held back by the CPU badly.

    If you're trying to decide what to buy you could fill out the faq and we could try to help you.

    neil; if you could please refrain from doing that in the future.
     
    Reize, Jun 10, 2006
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  5. Sai

    Sai Notebook Enthusiast

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    I own both those rigs already the Desktp is 4 years old and laptop is about 2 months old I would assume the AMD is better. The AMD is OC'ed to the speed of a pentium 4 speed it jsut doesnt show properley
     
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  6. Budding

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    The only superior bit that will make a (pretty significant) difference with the desktop is its non-integrated graphics card. However, the desktop won't excel with Half Life 2 as it is limited by the amount of RAM it has and its CPU (even if it is OC'd).
     
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  7. djpharoah

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    Avoid the integrated graphics from Intel. THey are horribly disabled.

    Also, you might have good luck seeing as the 9600 series cards were recommended for HL2 back when they launched. However adding more ram might help you out there.
     
    djpharoah, Jun 10, 2006
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  8. Reize

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    The desktop will play it bettwe, but I'm pretty sure the laptop will play it too, if you really wanted to.
     
    Reize, Jun 10, 2006
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