slawson990

Now you'll really see the neophyte "tightwad" come out. Am I crazy to spend more than $150 to play a $49 version of Half Life 2? Depends on whether you ask me or my Frau. Is there a less expensive version of the Radeon card that will suffice for this one game package? Once the guffaws have quieted, I'd still appreciate any advice.

Thank you folks very much for the input. I'll look into all of your suggestions. I got a heck of alot more help on this website in one night than I ever have from Steam. Thanks again.

When I attempt to download any of the games in the Half Life Silver package, it tells me that my computer does not meet the optimal criteria for running the game selected. It also provides the caveat, that the game will run, but the graphics may not be what they should. I then say, OK, run it anyway, and the loading process begins. I get the blurry skyline photo which begins the game and the sign that Loading is ongoing. Then it just freezes up. I actually had to physically unplug the computer at the wall last night to shut it down. Neither the escape key or a soft boot would do it.

I just purchased an AMD Athlon 3000, 512 Mb RAM, 80 Gb hardrive, and it has the DX9.0c system. It's all just a standard XP package. Obviously, I know almost nothing about internals, but have a buddy who builds his own. What specifically do I need to upgrade my computer to allow me to play Half Life 2? I purchased it directly, online, from Valve and have the full Steam setup.