Originally posted by: Arkaign
Originally posted by: Insomniator
Well I'm sure many are just wondering how it plays source...
my roomate just got a new vostro with 2 gigs/vista/8400 and
it plays source at 1680x1050/medium settings at 60 fps stable.
Sure it aint maxed but thats a high resolution and it looks good.
The HL2 engine is what, 4-5 years old? Running it at low/medium settings should be doable on almost anything, I remember 9500 non-pro playing it like butter on old AXP boxes.
It's REALLY sad that a modern laptop is barely the gaming equal of a 5 year old PC. Maybe a better word is 'pathetic'.
half life 2 came out around when the 9600 series ATI cards came out, i think it was the pack in coupon.
it was release november 2004. not quite 3 years.