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nntp.charter.net - 05 Mar 2008 02:05 GMT

My Dell Inspiron has a cpu with T7200 2.0 ghz and Portal system requirements
say minimum of 1.7 but 3.0 ghz is reccomended. Is my cpu adequate to play
this game? I can't play Lost Coast. At first I thought it was my video
card, but now I figured out it is due to my apparently lame cpu. Shows up in
the video effects - patchy.
Been enjoying Minerva, Episode 1, and currently Coastline to
Atmosphere. I get motion sick driving the jeep and the boat. Just as well or
I'd be playing too much.
I really enjoy this newsgroup. I go right to it everytime I boot this
computer up.
So anyway, Portal costs $19.95, and glowing comments in the thread
started by Beladi make me think I better get it.

Scott in Austin MN (its cold tonight!)

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Peter [AGHL] - 05 Mar 2008 14:27 GMT

> My Dell Inspiron has a cpu with T7200 2.0 ghz and Portal system
> requirements say minimum of 1.7 but 3.0 ghz is reccomended. Is my cpu
> adequate to play this game? I can't play Lost Coast. At first I thought
> it was my video card, but now I figured out it is due to my apparently
> lame cpu. Shows up in the video effects - patchy.

I have a T7700 with 8600M GT gfx (laptop) - a Dell Vostro 170 btw
I don't think you should consider anything less than the 8600M GT (or GS
probably)

Other opinions?

> Been enjoying Minerva, Episode 1, and currently Coastline to
> Atmosphere. I get motion sick driving the jeep and the boat. Just as well
> or I'd be playing too much.

I'd recommend these mods (played 'em myself)

Try Ravenholm
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Ravenholm_mod

Rock24
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Rock_24

Awakening
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Awakening

Or the list
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Category:HL2_Third_Party_Mods

> I really enjoy this newsgroup. I go right to it everytime I boot this
> computer up.

It's on and off - updates are a bit slow atm :)

> So anyway, Portal costs $19.95, and glowing comments in the thread
> started by Beladi make me think I better get it.

I probably go for the Orange Box when I get my big fat bonus for all the
late hours away from home last year

> Scott in Austin MN (its cold tonight!)

- Peter, Denmark (down to +1 degree tonight)

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Civilian_Target - 05 Mar 2008 18:59 GMT

> I'd recommend these mods (played 'em myself)
>
> Try Ravenholm
> http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Ravenholm_mod

I'm so playing that... in the dark some evening!

Civilian_Target, France

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Paul Johnson - 05 Mar 2008 15:47 GMT

> My Dell Inspiron has a cpu with T7200 2.0 ghz and Portal system requirements
> say minimum of 1.7 but 3.0 ghz is reccomended. Is my cpu adequate to play
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> Atmosphere. I get motion sick driving the jeep and the boat. Just as well or
> I'd be playing too much.

If you can play E1, you can play Portal. It's the same game engine.
It even runs in Linux under Wine just fine. That being said, on your
next computer, don't go to a big box store. Go to your local
independent neighborhood computer store. You could have gotten a far
better machine for your money with better support from your
neighborhood entrepreneur than from any of the big guys.

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