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    lost coast puts many notebooks to shame

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by ccbr01, Oct 28, 2005.

  1. ccbr01

    ccbr01 Matlab powerhouse! NBR Reviewer

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    have you looked at the system requirements for half life 2 lost coast!!! min video card is a 6800 or x800. then you have to have a gig of ram... but the installation didnt like my pentium m... i cant believe it but im running the lowest in the recommended hardware requirements... what has the world come to
     
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    dprimm Notebook Guru

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    Lost coast is only recognizing the baseline CPU Speed. Remember that your M runs basically at 1.5 x a standard P4
    So a Pent M 2ghz runs like a Pent 4 3.0ghz
     
    dprimm, Oct 28, 2005
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    griffenmaster Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah, my 1.6ghz PM was more than enough for Lost Coast. To put it in your own words, it puts Lost Coast to shame :) Running it all on medium/high with smooth fps... your 1.86 should handle better than mine.
     
    griffenmaster, Oct 28, 2005
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  4. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Hm...I guess I didn't see this thread when I put up my other one...oh well. It's cool.

    Yeah - what an awesome chapter of HL2. HDR is amazing - I am playing it on my 256MB X700 at 1280x768 with max + Full HDR + 2X AF no problem... :)

    Chaz
     
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  5. ccbr01

    ccbr01 Matlab powerhouse! NBR Reviewer

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    yeah, the 6800 makes the water look so real... if this is the future of the half life engine, im ready for it
     
    ccbr01, Oct 29, 2005
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