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[BoBoTheBum]

So I'm a poor person on a limited budget but I reaaalllyyy want l4d2. I'm trying to meet the reqs for it, so I systemrequirementslabbed my computer. I failed on:

  CPU Speed 
Recommended: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz 
You Have: 2.10 GHz Performance Rated at: 4.2 GHz 


  Video Card 
Recommended: DirectX 9 compatible video card with Shader model 3.0. NVIDIA GeForce 7600, ATI Radeon X1600 or better 
You Have: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x7183) 
  Upgrade Suggested: Unfortunately, your Video Card does not meet this requirement. Click here to see some recommendations. 
Features: Recommended attributes of your Video Card 
  Required  You Have 
  Video RAM  128 MB  1.0 GB 
  Hardware T&L  Yes  Yes 
  Pixel Shader version  3.0  3.0 
  Vertex Shader version  3.0  3.0 


I don't trust SRL's suggestions because I assume they are biased. I'm also confused because it seems that I meet the attributes, but SRL just rejects my vidcard based on model number.  ???

So, what are some cost effective suggestions, ladies and gents?

[cbre88x]

8800 or 9800 GT Nvidia (at least 512 VRAM) or whatever the ATI equivalent is..should be pretty cheap these days...and an AMD X2 6400+ should be running around the 100..could be wrong about prices since I havent checked. Those would get you to run it ok for around $250 or probably less.

[Wedge]

8800 or 9800 GT Nvidia (at least 512 VRAM) or whatever the ATI equivalent is..should be pretty cheap these days...and an AMD X2 6400+ should be running around the 100..could be wrong about prices since I havent checked. Those would get you to run it ok for around $250 or probably less.

Yeah I wouldn't really recommend that he buy an AMD chip when he has an Intel mobo.  A 2.1 C2D can prob be overclocked if it actually ends up being a bottleneck, but I dunno.  Anyways, according to a quick google search that video card is the chipset for a shitty old X1300 or X1500 Radeon, which would definitely be a problem running almost any game these days.

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8800 or 9800 GT Nvidia (at least 512 VRAM) or whatever the ATI equivalent is..should be pretty cheap these days...and an AMD X2 6400+ should be running around the 100..could be wrong about prices since I havent checked. Those would get you to run it ok for around $250 or probably less.

Yeah I wouldn't really recommend that he buy an AMD chip when he has an Intel mobo.  A 2.1 C2D can prob be overclocked if it actually ends up being a bottleneck, but I dunno.  Anyways, according to a quick google search that video card is the chipset for a shitty old X1300 or X1500 Radeon, which would definitely be a problem running almost any game these days.
[/quote]i can run l4d2 on a radeon x300 at around 30-40 fps on 640x480

[BoBoTheBum]

on 640x480

Isn't that absurdly small