Portal system "requirements"

05-05-2011, 11:56 AM

Has anybody experimented to see how "hard" the Portal system requirements are? For example, I have a 2.25 GHz processor, where the system requirements are 3. Likewise my graphics card is a GeForce 130M which I'm not sure where it stacks up in the requirements category. Does it have reduced resolution modes for lower specs, etc? I'd like to get the game, but I sure don't want to spend $50 if my system can't run it.

P.S. Valve: This is where a demo version would probably be helpful.

Xebec · 05-05-2011, 12:00 PM

You should be fine, I have a friend who can run it on 2.24 GHz Core 2 Duo with Intel integrated graphics. I myself run it on a single core AMD TF-36 2.00GHz with an integrated Radeon HD 3200.

05-05-2011, 12:04 PM

Thanks for letting me know. I guess I can take the plunge and if it turns out to be unusable, pray to Valve to take pity upon me...

TmanIsHere · 05-05-2011, 12:14 PM

Where do you live? Best Buy has it on sale for $29.99 this week.

McMasterGold · 05-05-2011, 12:37 PM

Use Alien Swarm as a benchmark (it's free). If you can run it, you can run Portal 2.

05-05-2011, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TmanIsHere

Where do you live? Best Buy has it on sale for $29.99 this week.

Ooh, good to know! Thanks!

05-05-2011, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McMasterGold

Use Alien Swarm as a benchmark (it's free). If you can run it, you can run Portal 2.

I did this and I think Portal 2 runs better than Alien Swarm. I was surprised how well Portal 2 runs actually.

Simian_ · 05-05-2011, 12:59 PM

Yeah I think alien swarm has a lot more effects.

Lacoste. · 05-05-2011, 01:00 PM

I have a very bad computer:
1 gb ram
ati radeon hd 240 pro 256 mb vram
dual core 1,8 ghz(:S)
hdd 153 gb and i run Portal 2 at medium quality

05-05-2011, 11:56 AM	#1
luxgladius Guest Posts: n/a	Portal system "requirements" Has anybody experimented to see how "hard" the Portal system requirements are? For example, I have a 2.25 GHz processor, where the system requirements are 3. Likewise my graphics card is a GeForce 130M which I'm not sure where it stacks up in the requirements category. Does it have reduced resolution modes for lower specs, etc? I'd like to get the game, but I sure don't want to spend $50 if my system can't run it. P.S. Valve: This is where a demo version would probably be helpful.

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05-05-2011, 12:00 PM	#2
Xebec Join Date: Jan 2011 Reputation: 387 Posts: 1,345	You should be fine, I have a friend who can run it on 2.24 GHz Core 2 Duo with Intel integrated graphics. I myself run it on a single core AMD TF-36 2.00GHz with an integrated Radeon HD 3200.

05-05-2011, 12:04 PM	#3
luxgladius Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks for letting me know. I guess I can take the plunge and if it turns out to be unusable, pray to Valve to take pity upon me...

05-05-2011, 12:14 PM	#4
TmanIsHere Join Date: Dec 2004 Reputation: 0 Posts: 182	Where do you live? Best Buy has it on sale for $29.99 this week.

05-05-2011, 12:37 PM	#5
McMasterGold Join Date: May 2009 Reputation: 142 Posts: 3,634	Use Alien Swarm as a benchmark (it's free). If you can run it, you can run Portal 2.

05-05-2011, 12:59 PM	#8
Simian_ Join Date: Jan 2011 Reputation: 1198 Posts: 3,857	Yeah I think alien swarm has a lot more effects.

05-05-2011, 01:00 PM	#9
Lacoste. Join Date: Feb 2011 Reputation: 0 Posts: 47	I have a very bad computer: 1 gb ram ati radeon hd 240 pro 256 mb vram dual core 1,8 ghz(:S) hdd 153 gb and i run Portal 2 at medium quality