On what quality will I be able to play L4D on?

[nickz168]

Title states the question...

Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz (2 CPUs)
1.25 GB of ram
Graphic Card: ATI HD3650 512MB DDR3(note that its for AGP 8X)
I'm using windows XP SP2..
Don't know what else info should i include.

P.S. Mind recommending me any other games that this computer can run...?

[Mustacio]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=can+you+run+it%3F (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=can+you+run+it%3F)

trust me, the first link isn't bullshit. depending on how high your bar is, i think it would be easy to figure out if you run it through other games that you currently have.

[nickz168]

I know that website, but the thing is, I DONT HAVE THAT GRAPHIC CARD YET!

[darkmessiah]

Medium-Low.

[nickz168]

medium-low...damn that sucks.
what i get more ram?
or is it cos of the processor?

[one of them]

Lol, awesome link. Ima use that.

[DMXell]

I think the card is more powerful than mine and I can run L4D on High/Very High settings at 1440x900. I'm on an Nvidia 9600M GT, which is about 10% better than an Nvidia 8600 GT in terms of performance. The 8600, when compared to the ATI HD3650, is about half as good by comparison. So your card should easily handle Left 4 Dead. But I've never personally used it as I'm not an ATI fan, so I don't know.

Edit: I just saw that you said its AGP. I don't build machines but from my understanding, AGP is slower than PCI-e. My card is a PCI-e card, so does anyone know how well AGP fairs to PCI-e?

[nickz168]

The card i'd say its good, but what about the processor and ram?
It doesn't allow me to run it at a good quality right?
Is it because of the ram or processor(Or both?) which brings it down?

[darkmessiah]

Processor is HyperThread, 1.5 GB recommended.

Dual-core Recommended. The process is fine, you're GPU's not strong enough to be held back by it.

[InstantDeath]

There's nothing wrong on running on low-medium. (I do.) If you really don't care about the quality of the graphics and just save the money.

(Awesome link btw)

[nickz168]

EDIT 2. I just got the ATI HD 3650, and when i play it on 1024x760(i think..my screen resolution is 1260x1024), with all low except the last one(video settings, others dont affect the gameplay does it?), it jerks a little when i play..any solution?

[nickz168]

BUMP. i dont think anyone's been looking into this page anymore.

[Darkness]

if your looking for games, id try and post in the more populace forums since that really isnt related to hardware (it kinda is, but kinda isnt) and alot more ppl check those than the hardware forum.

[nickz168]

I know, its optional..lol

[nickz168]

it like..lags..the screen hangs for a split second then continues..and repeats quite often

[Darkness]

does it do this for campaign 2 and 3 but not for 1 and 4?

[nickz168]

i think so...it lagged on dono what campaign, but when i played the No mercy campaign(the whole thing) it didnt lag much(normal lags when there are tons of zombies)idk bout the rest, i think the rest lagged too

[BiosageX]

Here

lolol.

in reality though, nickz, you should be able to run l4d, which is more then some people can say. it just might not be the prettiest thing you've ever seen in your life.

[nickz168]

I can run it(yes i checked it a few times on the website, before and after i got the graphic card)
Now it doesnt lag anymore, after i restarted the comp..

[Darkness]

Ah... that would possibly scare me. Id suggest checking for viruses and spyware.

[nickz168]

the comps completely clean, as far as i know, and now most of the time it doesnt lag like crap, only a little most the time though, A LITTLE but still playable.
Maybe i need to reformat the comp..