>>> 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.

Worked just fine with my GeForce 6600, which was about £60.

(That's not GeForce 6600 GT or 6600 Ultra, just a vanilla 6600.)

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