will i be able to run left 4 dead?

[carbinered]

intel core 2 duo 2.13ghz
2gb of DDR2 RAM
nvidia 8800gt

im still waiting for my heatsink before i actually get the computer running and i wanna know before hand

[fusion509]

sounds like you should be able to run l4d my best guess is medium settings possible some high. You got a solid gpu so should not be much of a problem.:welcome:

[Tsnowflake]

i have a q6600 and an 8800gt, i run l4d at 1680x1050 at 4xAA 16xAF and all settings at max and virtually never go below 60 fps (average is like 80). I imagine you will be able to play at near maximum settings.

[disk11]

I have a e6300 with no OC and a 7900GT and I can run 16x10 at medium.

[sulretal]

I can run l4d on a pentium mobile 1.67ghz, 9600 32mb vram and 1 gig ram on low-high at 1024x768 with fps over 25; you'll be fine.

[SeanChiarot]

easiest way to find out, http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

[>HyperlogiK<]

I can run Portal and CS:S at low settings at 1280x800 on a Celeron M 1.5Ghz and a Radeon Xpress 200M, an 8800GT will eat the source engine up.

[rumbl3]

u should be just fine. I run it at almost full graphics with 4x everything. Worse my fps drops to right now is 35ish with a horde and all kinds of crazy stuff going at once.

I got mine oc'ed to 2.75 now tho lol not that it makes a huge difference. Still working on it just got my water cooling :)

but games runs just fine with awesome graphics. Only thing i skimp really on is res i do 800x600 lol but i do that in all shooters it actually feels werid to play in anything bigger like my eyes can't handle all of the stuff to see.

[bLack0ut]

intel core 2 duo 2.13ghz
2gb of DDR2 RAM
nvidia 8800gt

im still waiting for my heatsink before i actually get the computer running and i wanna know before hand

HL2 engine is heavily dependent on the CPU, and C2D's are easily overclockable. I would hit 2.8-3.0 ghz, that'll let you get a really nice fps increase.

[Aynjell]

i have a q6600 and an 8800gt, i run l4d at 1680x1050 at 4xAA 16xAF and all settings at max and virtually never go below 60 fps (average is like 80). I imagine you will be able to play at near maximum settings.
Spot on. If a 9800GTX M can run the game as well as my buddy's laptop does, so can an 8800GT which should be 2 or 3 times faster still...

sounds like you should be able to run l4d my best guess is medium settings possible some high. You got a solid gpu so should not be much of a problem.:welcome:
Nope, I think your evaluation is way off. :(

HL2 engine is heavily dependent on the CPU, and C2D's are easily overclockable. I would hit 2.8-3.0 ghz, that'll let you get a really nice fps increase.
It's also incredibly forgiving. My 3800X2 at 3Ghz is probably about as good as his C2D at 2.13, if not a little bit behind... and I run it just fine with a Core 216. An 8800GT is a much closer match for my system and I still might have to lower the AA only a little bit.