Danqazmlp Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 I'm upgrading my pc, at the moment i'm using Dell's pc builder thing, but i have no idea what capabilities the things i'm adding will have. As a benchmark, for what game capabilities the pc will have, lets use basic half life 2. What graphics would this system be able to run hl2 at? (med, high, between the two?) This is what i'm currently looking at: PROCESSOR: Intel® Core 2 Duo E8400 processor (3.00GHz, 1333MHz, 6MB cache) OPERATING SYSTEM: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 - English MEMORY: 4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [4x1024] HARD DRIVE: 640GB (7200rpm) SATA Hard Drive GRAPHICS CARD: 512MB nVidia GeForce 9800GT graphics card Want to be my friend? Look under my name to the left<<< and click the 'Add as friend' button!Big thanks to Stevepole for the signature!^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpbizkit Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Nothing. Not even half life 2. Just look at the OS. Tif 360 MGC Leaderboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danqazmlp Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 Nothing. Not even half life 2. Just look at the OS. Are you being serious or is that a dig at vista? Its practically impossible for me to buy a pc now without it being vista. Want to be my friend? Look under my name to the left<<< and click the 'Add as friend' button!Big thanks to Stevepole for the signature!^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonorhc Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Vista can run things, but XP is less of a resource hog. Varrock Library: Shattered Sky | Silent Thunder | The Emperor's FinestAstri @ MythWeavers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenshinjapan Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 It might be able to turn on :thumbsup: . YOU! ATTEND TET EVENTS! CLICK HERE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danqazmlp Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 Well my current pc can barely run hl2 on min detail, so would vista hinder it so much it would be no benefit upgrading at all? Want to be my friend? Look under my name to the left<<< and click the 'Add as friend' button!Big thanks to Stevepole for the signature!^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidi Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Ignore the Vista haters for now. With a 9800GT and that CPU, your PC will be hitting 100fps+ always on HL2 at max settings, the newer Source games (TF2, L4D) will also be able to run on max, L4D the FPs may dip to 40 or lower in fire fights but you'll have no problems running any of the Source games out at the moment. (15:14:25) <Vidi> Peter likes barbie xD (15:14:30) <Peter> totally (15:14:46) <Peter> I've got all the accessories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodredsword Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 @the vista haters: My current computer runs fine with vista, including games. I myself am no lover of Vista, but it's not horrible for HTPC use and mild gaming. Really. OT: Per your example that should run Hl:2 quite smoothly, but I definitely would recomend "downgrading" (more of an upgrade :P) to xp. Listen to the mighty words of Bloodredsword. Tip it MGC Xbox live leader board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpbizkit Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 @the vista haters: My current computer runs fine with vista, including games. I myself am no lover of Vista, but it's not horrible for HTPC use and mild gaming. Really. OT: Per your example that should run Hl:2 quite smoothly, but I definitely would recomend "downgrading" (more of an upgrade :P) to xp. With the games you play .. Hardly ever. And No Vista is NOT good os at all. Xp is far superier and runs alot more efficently esp for games. Tif 360 MGC Leaderboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidi Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 @the vista haters: My current computer runs fine with vista, including games. I myself am no lover of Vista, but it's not horrible for HTPC use and mild gaming. Really. OT: Per your example that should run Hl:2 quite smoothly, but I definitely would recomend "downgrading" (more of an upgrade :P) to xp. With the games you play .. Hardly ever. And No Vista is NOT good os at all. Xp is far superier and runs alot more efficently esp for games. Epicly Bias (I dislike Vista my self, XP user) but w/ SP1 it's not THAT bad now. If you don't have a high spec PC, you'll have problems, (you need atleast 2gb of RAM to run Vista smoothly). With those upgrades, OP, you have nothing to worry about. (15:14:25) <Vidi> Peter likes barbie xD (15:14:30) <Peter> totally (15:14:46) <Peter> I've got all the accessories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodredsword Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 @the vista haters: My current computer runs fine with vista, including games. I myself am no lover of Vista, but it's not horrible for HTPC use and mild gaming. Really. OT: Per your example that should run Hl:2 quite smoothly, but I definitely would recomend "downgrading" (more of an upgrade :P) to xp. With the games you play .. Hardly ever. And No Vista is NOT good os at all. Xp is far superier and runs alot more efficently esp for games. Epicly Bias (I dislike Vista my self, XP user) but w/ SP1 it's not THAT bad now. If you don't have a high spec PC, you'll have problems, (you need atleast 2gb of RAM to run Vista smoothly). With those upgrades, OP, you have nothing to worry about. I've got to agree. The big problems with vista is when you have a pc that has the minimum, or even medium requirements for it, because as you said vista is a huge resource hog. The biggest bugs are pretty much worked out, and sp1 really isn't that bad. I'd still go for xp, but vista is starting to look alot better. Listen to the mighty words of Bloodredsword. Tip it MGC Xbox live leader board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracion1 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Why didn't you post this in tech and computers? It'll run Half Life 2 fine, you'll probably be able to run pretty much all source games with that setup on highest and still get a nice framerate. "In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkDude Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Vista shouldn't be a problem at all. Although for your 4GB of RAM you'll need 64 bit vista to take advantage of all of it (Otherwise you'll only be getting 3.2GB or so) however 64 bit Vista is meant to have quite a few driver problems, although I assume this is becoming a lot better over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouchy Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 If Vista is such a pain in the [wagon] as you all say it is, then just downgrade to Windows XP. I know that the Laptop my dads company provide him with came with Vista, but they put XP back on it. My relaxation method involves a bottle of lotion, beautiful women, and partial nudity. Yes I get massages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doomy Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I don't find Vista bad at all for games :| Doomy edit: I like sheep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggzs Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 lol @ the Vista haters who don't even know what the [bleep] they are on about. But that PC should run about any game you throw at it, anomalies include GTA IV cause its an un-optimized POS, Crysis and maybe some maxed out with AA/AF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpbizkit Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 @the vista haters: My current computer runs fine with vista, including games. I myself am no lover of Vista, but it's not horrible for HTPC use and mild gaming. Really. OT: Per your example that should run Hl:2 quite smoothly, but I definitely would recomend "downgrading" (more of an upgrade :P) to xp. With the games you play .. Hardly ever. And No Vista is NOT good os at all. Xp is far superier and runs alot more efficently esp for games. Epicly Bias (I dislike Vista my self, XP user) but w/ SP1 it's not THAT bad now. If you don't have a high spec PC, you'll have problems, (you need atleast 2gb of RAM to run Vista smoothly). With those upgrades, OP, you have nothing to worry about. I've got to agree. The big problems with vista is when you have a pc that has the minimum, or even medium requirements for it, because as you said vista is a huge resource hog. The biggest bugs are pretty much worked out, and sp1 really isn't that bad. I'd still go for xp, but vista is starting to look alot better. Hello Stalkers. Nice too meet you. Seeming as you dont know what the hell I've used OS wise and have used Vista enough to know how bad it is. Thanks. Tif 360 MGC Leaderboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furah Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Ignore the Vista haters, my Laptop with a 1.73Ghz Intel processor, 2Gb RAM and the graphics is intergrated, I can run HL2:DM and TF2 on low settings just fine, using Vista Home Basic btw Steam | PM me for BBM PIN Nine naked men is a technological achievement. Quote of 2013. PCGamingWiki - Let's fix PC gaming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron8000 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 The specs you posted are almost exactly the same as the PC I built 6 months ago. Literally identical. I play all my games at the highest detail, I have yet to experience slowdown on any of them, even the typical "my pc can run crysis lol" example poses no problems for me (is there a new "my pc can run this game and thus can run anything" standard?). Ignore the Vista-hate, I've had it for 6months and had no problems running games personally. If vista was the broken, uncompatible mess that its made out to be then I have trouble explaining my 100% success rate. I even managed to get DK2 working on it, which I couldn't manage on XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henman888 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Why so much hate for Vista? It has 4GB of RAM and a fast processor so it will run fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisp Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 With 2gb of ram and a slightly worse processor, it runs at high perfectly for me. And on vista. Hegemony-Spain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megakiller32 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 It has good capabilities, but if you're using it just for gaming, then go for XP. but my PC is a gaming PC and it's using Vista and works fairly well. :D Quit Runescape 30th May 2006.Thanks to Hawkxs for my signature :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faux Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Nothing wrong with it. Won't be able to bend time and space, but it can play games. E8400 is a really good CPU for gaming and 9800GT isn't a horrible card either. But as time passes by though, might want to consider replacing the sticks of RAM it came with and upgrade your card to 4870. but like I said, 9800GT isn't bad. :: Guess the Movie Contest Champion: pfilc23 :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xSxqPowerx Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yeah it'll run pretty much anything. Vista is lame though : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodredsword Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 @the vista haters: My current computer runs fine with vista, including games. I myself am no lover of Vista, but it's not horrible for HTPC use and mild gaming. Really. OT: Per your example that should run Hl:2 quite smoothly, but I definitely would recomend "downgrading" (more of an upgrade :P) to xp. With the games you play .. Hardly ever. And No Vista is NOT good os at all. Xp is far superier and runs alot more efficently esp for games. Epicly Bias (I dislike Vista my self, XP user) but w/ SP1 it's not THAT bad now. If you don't have a high spec PC, you'll have problems, (you need atleast 2gb of RAM to run Vista smoothly). With those upgrades, OP, you have nothing to worry about. I've got to agree. The big problems with vista is when you have a pc that has the minimum, or even medium requirements for it, because as you said vista is a huge resource hog. The biggest bugs are pretty much worked out, and sp1 really isn't that bad. I'd still go for xp, but vista is starting to look alot better. Hello Stalkers. Nice too meet you. Seeming as you dont know what the hell I've used OS wise and have used Vista enough to know how bad it is. Thanks. Stalking is fun :twss: Listen to the mighty words of Bloodredsword. Tip it MGC Xbox live leader board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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