Who here alreday has their money saved for half-life 2?

[Dragon365]

I just received my Half-Life 2 funds in the form of a $50 compusa gift certificate from my mom's credit card reward program. Yay!

 

[neutralizer]

not me

 

[Kev]

heheh... i remember the days when i would have to save for a game. having a job rules

 

[fs5]

you mean for the actual game or the $400 video card you're going to have to buy to fully enjoy all the effects?

 

[Electric Amish]

I'm paying bills.

 

[notfred]

I'd have to broke as fvck to have to save up $50.

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: notfred
I'd have to broke as fvck to have to save up $50.

Good pt. I have already more than $50 in my wallet.

 

[DnetMHZ]

If you have to "save up" for a game.. probably shouldn't be spending any more money

 

[chin311]

nope, i just spent it on some xbox games, oh well.

 

[Dragon365]

Originally posted by: fivespeed5
you mean for the actual game or the $400 video card you're going to have to buy to fully enjoy all the effects?

Already have that, bought a radeon 9500 pro about 7 months ago. And no, I don't have a job, but I have been looking for one.

 

[shabby]

Half-life 2 = $50
3ghz cpu/mobo/ram = $600
5900 or 9800 vid card = $400
Total = $1050 to be able to play half-life 2.

I think ill skip hl2

 

[freebee]

Who cares about hl2....i wanna see CS2....

<---plays CS 5 hours a day.

 

[yellowperil]

So what are the min. specs to play it decently? Looks like a killer

 

[ROTC1983]

Going to get that game as soon as it comes out

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: freebee
Who cares about hl2....i wanna see CS2....

<---plays CS 5 hours a day.

Wow. Your life sucks.

 

[Dragon365]

Originally posted by: shabby
Half-life 2 = $50
3ghz cpu/mobo/ram = $600
5900 or 9800 vid card = $400
Total = $1050 to be able to play half-life 2.

I think ill skip hl2

You could probably get away with a 2ghz cpu/mobo/ram combo and a radeon 9600 pro, this game scales well.

Edit: minimum specs are like 800mhz and a DX7 card.

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: Dragon365

Originally posted by: fivespeed5
you mean for the actual game or the $400 video card you're going to have to buy to fully enjoy all the effects?

Already have that, bought a radeon 9500 pro about 7 months ago. And no, I don't have a job, but I have been looking for one.

I said fully enjoy, not semi-fully enjoy. If you turn everything on you'll need something better than a 9500 pro.

 

[dmw16]

I already have mine reserved at the local video game store. HL2 is gonna rule. And you arent gonna need a 3.0ghz P4. And CS2 is gonna suck. Based on the original HL engine. They are outta their damn minds if they think people are gonna pay $50 for an engine that old.
-doug

 

[Dragon365]

Originally posted by: fivespeed5

Originally posted by: Dragon365

Originally posted by: fivespeed5
you mean for the actual game or the $400 video card you're going to have to buy to fully enjoy all the effects?

Already have that, bought a radeon 9500 pro about 7 months ago. And no, I don't have a job, but I have been looking for one.

I said fully enjoy, not semi-fully enjoy. If you turn everything on you'll need something better than a 9500 pro.

Oh come on, I'm sure it will look great on a radeon 9500 pro, with full DX9 effects. My monitor only does 1152x864 comfortably anyways, so it's not like i can have a lot of resolution.

 

[sharkeeper]

Half-life 2 = $50
3ghz cpu/mobo/ram = $600
5900 or 9800 vid card = $400
Total = $1050 to be able to play half-life 2.

I read that thinking it was going to be a priceless joke so...

Half-life 2 = $50
3ghz cpu/mobo/ram = $600
5900 or 9800 vid card = $400
Not being able to play HL2 with FSAA = priceless



-DAK-

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: Dragon365

Originally posted by: fivespeed5

Originally posted by: Dragon365

Originally posted by: fivespeed5
you mean for the actual game or the $400 video card you're going to have to buy to fully enjoy all the effects?

Already have that, bought a radeon 9500 pro about 7 months ago. And no, I don't have a job, but I have been looking for one.

I said fully enjoy, not semi-fully enjoy. If you turn everything on you'll need something better than a 9500 pro.

Oh come on, I'm sure it will look great on a radeon 9500 pro, with full DX9 effects. My monitor only does 1152x864 comfortably anyways, so it's not like i can have a lot of resolution.

I'm sure it'll look fine, the game does scale well, but you're just kidding yourself if you think HL2 on a 9500 pro will look as good as and play as smooth as on a 9800

 

[CubicZirconia]

Originally posted by: dmw16
I already have mine reserved at the local video game store. HL2 is gonna rule. And you arent gonna need a 3.0ghz P4. And CS2 is gonna suck. Based on the original HL engine. They are outta their damn minds if they think people are gonna pay $50 for an engine that old.
-doug

You're outta your damn mind if you think they won't. Counter-strike is as popular as any other game and it uses the original Half Life (quake) engine too. Name recognition is everything, and condition zero will have it big time.

 

[HiTek21]

Originally posted by: Kev
heheh... i remember the days when i would have to save for a game. having a job rules

But it sucks that you don't have a lot of time to play games when you have a job.

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: dmw16
I already have mine reserved at the local video game store. HL2 is gonna rule. And you arent gonna need a 3.0ghz P4. And CS2 is gonna suck. Based on the original HL engine. They are outta their damn minds if they think people are gonna pay $50 for an engine that old.
-doug

cs2?? dont you mean CS: condition zero?

CS2 will hopefully and probably be a HL2 mod

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: HiTek21

Originally posted by: Kev
heheh... i remember the days when i would have to save for a game. having a job rules

But it sucks that you don't have a lot of time to play games when you have a job.

eh, i have enough