On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:22:58 -0500, Jim Henderson wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:12:40 +0000, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> 
>> People complained about, say, HalfLife 2, but in fact it turns out to
>> have surprisingly modest requirements. It played perfectly well for me
>> on a lowly £60 graphics card. And when you consider that the
>> top-of-the-line cards are usually £300 or so, £60 isn't exactly pricey.
> 
> "Surprisingly modest requirements" by today's standards.
> 
> 8 years ago when it was released, the requirements weren't particularly
> modest.

For example, the entry-level video card they recommended was the GeForce 
FX 5700, which had a street price at the end of 2003 of US$199.  The 
recommended GeForce 6800 was sub-$300 when it came out.

Back in 2004, that was a considerable expense for a video card.

Jim

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