Will HL2 work on my computer?

[M16]

My computer has:

CPU: AMD Athlon XP, 1342 MHz (13.5 x 99) 1500+
(1.3 GHz)

Mobo: nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400

RAM: 256 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)

Video card: NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro
(32mb) (DirectX v6.0)

Disk Drive (120 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)

Of course, I am going to get a better video card. Any suggestions? I do not plan to go over $150

I am also going to upgrade my ram to 512mb

I am not going to get a new CPU, if I have to do that I will wait intell my next computer.

and I already own HL2

I will be thankful for any information.

 

[SHAWN]

You should be ok i guess. Go with a nvidia 6600GT video card. You wont be sorry!

 

[m3trj]

It should play if you get, say, a 6600GT or something. Then you'll have above the minimum requirements.

 

[dhw200]

Id be amazed if it ran. For starters, id upgrade to 512 MB of RAM, at least, and upgrade to a low level Radeon card (HL2 is ATI biased - i know Nvidia dominated this round)

 

[m3trj]

It will run with 256MB RAM, as long as you don't have any other software chewing up RAM.

 

[diabloII]

1.) not enough ram...you will need at LEAST 1 gb of ram, my friends with less than 512 have problems running this game, even with a decent CPU; with that outdated CPU, you'll need 1 gig for sure, putting you at $80
2.) you need a new gfx card...a 6600GT is minimal if you're upgrading, and the CHEAPEST you can find them for now, is $160, which is very cheap

putting you at $240 at LEAST

and when you update your computer, you'll probably want to go PCI-E, which means that if you buy a gfx card now, it won't work if you get a PCI-E computer

there's no point for you to upgrade if you don't have the money

 

[Chase]

No offense but your computer seems to be a bit dated. Like diablo said, you will need to majorly upgrade to play this at even minimal speeds and if you are going to bother with $170 on a 6600GT, you had better get PCI-E because it runs faster and smoother than the AGP. But seeing your current setup I highly doubt your Mobo supports PCI-E. If I were you I would save the upgrade money and save some more until you can buy a new setup (which you can actually do for a fairly cheap price at www.newegg.com). I would not waste $$$ on upgrades that may or may not make HL2 run.

To sum it all up: I would wait until I had the money for a new setup if I were you. Even if the game runs with upgrades it still will not run very good (at least from a SPECS point of view).-
::-Chase-::

 

[M16]

But seeing your current setup I highly doubt your Mobo supports PCI-E.

No my mobo doesn't support PCI-E.

I was worried because I read (somewere from this site)
that HL2 was prop. going to be taken off the shelves.

I can download it from steam but if they take hl2 off I dont know if thay will leave the download on.

And I still have the disks

 

[Noodles]

Your CPU is well out of date, I tried running HL2 on my old 1.3ghz machine and it takes incredible amounts of time to load, even with all details on low. Getting a new graphics card won't help much, your cpu is holding it back.

 

[diabloII]

just wait until you get a new computer...no point in upgrading now