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    will my computer run hl2 smoothly on low graphics?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by mycomputersucks, Jul 4, 2006.

  1. mycomputersucks

    mycomputersucks Newbie

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    i have an AMD athlon (tm)XP 2500+, 1.83GHz 512 ram and i know my graphics card can handle it... i bought it off a friend who had same ram but only difference was the proccesor, he had 2.5ghz will i be able to run hl2 on all the lowest settings? will it run smoothly?
     
    mycomputersucks, Jul 4, 2006
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  2. lunateck

    lunateck Bananaed

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    Yea, probably. Mayb the loadin time will be longer, anyway wat's ur gpu.
     
    lunateck, Jul 4, 2006
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    cbrviper Notebook Guru NBR Reviewer

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    yes, provided u have a "semi" decent GPU

    HL2 forgiving to hardware
     
    cbrviper, Jul 4, 2006
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    sionyboy Notebook Evangelist

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    Would help if you posted your graphics card.

    But otherwise, yes you should be able to run it fine. Extra 512mb would be a good idea though.
     
    sionyboy, Jul 4, 2006
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