New Counterstrike?

Post by **Xanien** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:52 am

So I bought a new Mac that has the dual core processor and can use both Windows and the MAC OSX . . . I got 2 GB ram and was thinking of getting a game such as the new Counterstrike to play on it. What are the system specs for this game and what should I allocate on the Window's partition in order to run this game smoothly?

kaos · Post by **kaos** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 3:05 am

are you talking about source?

Minimum: 1.2 GHz Processor, 256MB RAM, DirectX 7 level graphics card, Windows 2000/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

Recommended: 2.4 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX 9 level graphics card, Windows 2000/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

Post by **Xanien** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 6:35 am

Sweet. Thanks for the info. Yeah, I was thinking about source. Do a lot of people still play the original? I'm wondering if I should just get the old one or buy the new one. What do you think?

kaos · Post by **kaos** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:51 am

I dunno. I don't play either of them. never did.
I just happen to be studying the source engine at the moment.

I remember Mik saying somthing about CS: Source in comparison to regular CS tho.

Post by **Chewi** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:40 am

Your machine will play them fine. I'm not sure how big your hard drive is but I'd allocate at least 20GB. I gather a lot of people still play the original. My brother played Source for a while but then went back to the original. I gather he's got a life instead now though.

Trigo · Post by **Trigo** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:24 pm

I think there is still a lot players on both version i mainly plat source for gun game servers these days when not on tour.

Post by **Xanien** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:05 am

Sweet. My new HD will have 250GB of space, so no problem. But if I get the first one it will take a lot less. I remember playing it on my old machine that only had 11 GB of space total and it was fine (in a intel celeron processor no less). I might just get the old one to save space and RAM, and also play on maps I'm familar with. However, wouldn't I be pinging like crazy being in Japan and playing on US servers? Or with my 50MBps DSL connection would it be fine?

Post by **Chewi** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:39 am

Heh even a Celeron is heaps fast enough for the old one. People seem to forget just how old it is. The minimum requirement for the original Half-Life was a Pentium 133 if you had a 3D card and a Pentium 166 if you didn't. I first saw a Pentium 133 in 1996.

Not sure about the lag. I think there'll always be a fair degree of lag over that kind of distance, nomatter how fast your connection is. It'll probably depend more on the quality of your connection than the raw speed.

Post by **Mik** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:11 pm

I reckon around 100-200ms, if you have a good connection, which will be noticable during high combat. Source had (I haven't played in a while) to have really laggy hitboxes anyway so it shouldn't effect you that much.

I remember back in the day I learnt to play TFC and CS with 500ms-600ms and I still killed people but It was difficult.

Post by **Xanien** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:34 pm

Now I just have to find a place to get Microsoft XP in English over here. Do you reckon it's pretty cheap now that Vista has come out?

Post by **Chewi** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:35 pm

Knowing MS, probably not.