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06-27-2008, 07:41 PM
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 |  Can my laptop handle Half Life 2? Here are my specs: OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600 OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name LAPDEIVAN System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard System Model Pavilion ZV6100 (PN494AV) System Type X86-based PC Processor x86 Family 15 Model 15 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~1989 Mhz BIOS Version/Date Hewlett-Packard F.1A, 9/3/2005 SMBIOS Version 2.31 Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)" Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB Available Physical Memory 172.87 MB Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB Page File Space 1.22 GB Page File C:\pagefile.sys Do I need to add anything else? Thanks Ivan
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06-27-2008, 07:49 PM
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 | Re: Can my laptop handle Half Life 2? i think you can probably play it on low/lowest settings.
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06-27-2008, 08:08 PM
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| Re: Can my laptop handle Half Life 2? Hmm alright well Ill try it then, can I upgrade the videocard on it? Or upgrade anything else on it? I dont know if the sound or video is onboard
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06-27-2008, 08:19 PM
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| Re: Can my laptop handle Half Life 2? you can really only upgrade the ram without risking serious harm to the laptop.
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06-27-2008, 08:44 PM
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| Re: Can my laptop handle Half Life 2? Hmm ok I guess Ill upgrade the ram, any suggestions? Well I mean what Ram is compatible, and would it be hard to upgrade the videocard?
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06-27-2008, 10:42 PM
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| Re: Can my laptop handle Half Life 2? Can You RUN It? Try that with HL2 But I'm not sure because you didn't list a GPU on that List.. On laptops they are soldered on, so they are hard to upgrade without replacing the whole Mobo
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06-28-2008, 12:03 AM
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| Re: Can my laptop handle Half Life 2? Seriously? May I ask what GPU you did have?
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06-28-2008, 10:13 AM
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| Re: Can my laptop handle Half Life 2? GPU = Graphics Processing Unit or Video Card You're thinking CPU
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