Half-Life 2: The Lost Coast

Danhill · Apr 11, 2005, 07:33 AM

As refreshingly optimised as Half-Life 2 was to run on low and mid range PCs, there's no doubt that a hugely significant chunk of its owners went out and upgraded their rigs with the specific intention of playing Valve's game without compromise, in all its staggeringly gorgeous glory. But while many of us went out and upgraded to a gigabyte of RAM, stuck in a high-end Radeon or GeForce and spent a fortune, it's pretty clear that our PCs had plenty of headroom left - and now Valve wants to take advantage of that with the forthcoming release of a specially designed level called 'The Lost Coast'.

Read more: Eurogamer

Forbidden Donut · Apr 11, 2005, 02:08 PM

Sounds great! Can't wait to try it out

Volcom929 · Apr 11, 2005, 05:44 PM

3.2GHZ recommended!!!! Holy crap this is gonna be pretty demanding on your system. I know thats whats recommeneded but still thats quite a lot of power.

Forbidden Donut · Apr 11, 2005, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volcom929

3.2GHZ recommended!!!! Holy crap this is gonna be pretty demanding on your system. I know thats whats recommeneded but still thats quite a lot of power.

I think both of our rigs can handle it rather nicely

bananaman · Apr 11, 2005, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Forbidden Donut

I think both of our rigs can handle it rather nicely

but at what res?

wonder if it is goign to be a 1024x768 jobby?

nana

Dom · Apr 12, 2005, 06:10 AM

Damn.

Chubby_C · Apr 12, 2005, 05:34 PM

I saw that and my jaw dropped, I'm going to try it out, the only requirement I don't meet though is the 3.2ghz, hopefully 2.6 is enough. and hopefully they consider the x800pro enough

MitchRapp · Apr 12, 2005, 07:15 PM

holy crap .... i dunno if i should try it .... i don't wanna be disapointed in my PC's performance !

pr0digal jenius · Apr 12, 2005, 08:08 PM

i'm gunna have seizures playing that in the dark

Danhill · Apr 13, 2005, 07:57 AM

If I remember correctly, the recommended specs for FarCry was a 3Ghz machine, but I may be wrong!!

pr0digal jenius · Apr 13, 2005, 05:51 PM

i thought it was 2.4, but yea, it was way up there

Apr 11, 2005, 07:33 AM	#1
Danhill DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,112 Rep Power: 0	Half-Life 2: The Lost Coast As refreshingly optimised as Half-Life 2 was to run on low and mid range PCs, there's no doubt that a hugely significant chunk of its owners went out and upgraded their rigs with the specific intention of playing Valve's game without compromise, in all its staggeringly gorgeous glory. But while many of us went out and upgraded to a gigabyte of RAM, stuck in a high-end Radeon or GeForce and spent a fortune, it's pretty clear that our PCs had plenty of headroom left - and now Valve wants to take advantage of that with the forthcoming release of a specially designed level called 'The Lost Coast'. Read more: Eurogamer __________________ MOBO: [color=white]ASUS A8N-SLI Premium[/color] CPU: AMD 64 3200+ (Venice) @ 2,50 Ghz MEM: 2 x 512 DDR 466, VGA: 2 x 6600 GT in SLI, HDD1: WD Raptor HDD2: Maxtor Diamond Plus 9, Case: Antec Plus View 1080, PSU: ThermalTake PurePower 500W, MX 1000, Dell 2001 FP, Aud. 2 SZ

Apr 11, 2005, 02:08 PM	#2
Forbidden Donut DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 85 Rep Power: 0	Sounds great! Can't wait to try it out __________________ Opteron 175 dual core 2.2ghz DFI LP SLI-DR 2x 1GB Mushkin Hi-Performance pc3200 Nvidia 8800GTX 80GB Maxtor Sata, 40GB WD HDD WindowsXP MCE 2005 Samsung SATA dvd-rw Soundblaster X-Fi Sparkle Power 550w psu

Apr 11, 2005, 05:44 PM	#3
Volcom929 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 175 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	3.2GHZ recommended!!!! Holy crap this is gonna be pretty demanding on your system. I know thats whats recommeneded but still thats quite a lot of power. __________________ AMD FX-53 w/ XP-120 & Panasonic 120mm Panaflow fan Asus A8V Deluxe Rev 1.02 BIOS 1009 ATI Radeon X1950 Pro AGP 2 GB Corsair XMS PC3200XL 2-3-3-6 Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro 2*WD 10,000 RPM Raptor Hd's Raid 0 120GB Seagate 7,200 SATA LiteOn 8x dvd +/- RW LiteOn 52X CD-RW LiteOn 16X DVD-ROM PC Power and Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 Deluxe

Apr 12, 2005, 05:34 PM	#7
Chubby_C Working away at ATI Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 251 Rep Power: 0	I saw that and my jaw dropped, I'm going to try it out, the only requirement I don't meet though is the 3.2ghz, hopefully 2.6 is enough. and hopefully they consider the x800pro enough __________________ P4 HT 2.6Ghz 800mhz FSB 1536 MB PC3200 @ 2-2-2-8 16x DVD +/- RW DL 4x DVD +/- RW Logitech MX1000 w/ICEMAT 2nd Edition Black Nostromo n52 BBA X800Pro 256 AGP BBA TV Wonder Pro RCE

Apr 13, 2005, 07:57 AM	Thread Starter #10
Danhill DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,112 Rep Power: 0	If I remember correctly, the recommended specs for FarCry was a 3Ghz machine, but I may be wrong!! __________________ MOBO: [color=white]ASUS A8N-SLI Premium[/color] CPU: AMD 64 3200+ (Venice) @ 2,50 Ghz MEM: 2 x 512 DDR 466, VGA: 2 x 6600 GT in SLI, HDD1: WD Raptor HDD2: Maxtor Diamond Plus 9, Case: Antec Plus View 1080, PSU: ThermalTake PurePower 500W, MX 1000, Dell 2001 FP, Aud. 2 SZ

Apr 12, 2005, 06:10 AM	#6
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Damn.

Apr 12, 2005, 07:15 PM	#8
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 49 System Specs	holy crap .... i dunno if i should try it .... i don't wanna be disapointed in my PC's performance !

Apr 12, 2005, 08:08 PM	#9
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	i'm gunna have seizures playing that in the dark

Apr 13, 2005, 05:51 PM	#11
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	i thought it was 2.4, but yea, it was way up there