Need a little bit of advice....?

Question

2.8ghz P4 (Prescott)

512mb RAM PC3200

Windows XP SP2

ATI Radeon X300 (looking to upgrade in few months)

140gb HD

500w Antek basiq PS

Okey dokey. First off, I'm a hardcore gamer with 2 reluctant parents and a tight budget. I know a LOT about computers and such too. With my current setup, I can play Halo at 1024x768 pretty well and NR2003 (Nascar Racing 2003) at about 30fps in a 43 car pack at med settings. I'm thinking about buying Counter Strike Source. But with that setup, can I REALLY run that at a playable rate with my current setup? Also, I was thinking of adding 1gb of RAM. Will that help until I can get a new ATI card?

-Matt

Answer 1

You'll defiantly be able to play counter-strike source, i was able to get 20 fps on elementry school computers that were running half of what your running now, and it was intel video card; Those things suck too. I would suggest upgrading your ram, to reducload timeses, and stuttering in your game. Upgrading your video card will help aloas wellll even a cheap ATI x1300 would majorly increase your fps

Answer 2

You will be able to run CS: S just fine. Trust me on this.