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Left 4 Dead's system specs have arrived photo

Unsure about which system you should buy Left 4 Dead for? Now that the system requirements for the PC version are floating around the net, that decision may become painfully obvious for those with ancient computers.

OS: Windows Vista, XP or 2000
CPU: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 or AMD64X2 (or higher)
RAM: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
DISC DRIVE: DVD-ROM Drive
HARD DRIVE: At least 7.5 GB of free space
VIDEO: Direct X 9 compatible video card (Video card must be 256 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for pixel shader 2.0)
SOUND: Direct X 9.0c compatible sound card

Major props should be given to the Source engine once again for allowing the system specs to be as low as they are, but what's up with the hefty amount of HDD space required for installation? Where are we supposed to stash our porn now!?

Still can't make up your mind on the old console vs. PC debate? You've got until November 18 to decide.

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garison's Avatar
garison at 09/26/2008 15:19
I'll just pick up the 360 version.
moocow21's Avatar
moocow21 at 09/26/2008 15:20
Hmm.. If I get this it will definitely be for PC. Valve games are always consistently and frequently updated on Steam, plus community made content adds an incredible amount of longevity (I honestly don't know if I'll ever stop playing games like Counter-Strike or Team Fortress 2).
Mabec's Avatar
Mabec at 09/26/2008 15:28
now how did Grim know i had more pron then 7gb, amazink.
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 09/26/2008 15:28
Hooray for the Xbox 360!
greks224's Avatar
greks224 at 09/26/2008 15:31
If there's a PC demo, I'll see how it runs on my system (I have 2.8 Ghz P4, but a nice graphics card, so it MAY still work).

If not, I'll just get it for consoles, no big deal.
monosylabik's Avatar
monosylabik at 09/26/2008 15:33
porn? if you arent rocking a terabyte hd by now....then gtfo the computer.
casualweaponry's Avatar
casualweaponry at 09/26/2008 15:34
Wow, 7.5 gigs? That's almost as large as my World of Warcraft install.

Which reminds me, I have to delete my World of Warcraft install.

The specs are very manageable though. I <3 the Source engine.
scsitransfer's Avatar
scsitransfer at 09/26/2008 15:42
i have a terribyte in my machine, I'm not worried about the 7.5 gig install especially considering sims 2+ expansions is over 13.5 gig
Kotua's Avatar
Kotua at 09/26/2008 15:43
Are these suppose to be the minimum, or the recommended specs?
:/
Then again, I'll probably get it for 360 since most of my friends have a 360.
mix's Avatar
mix at 09/26/2008 15:44
I just squeak by, yay!

AMD 64x2 4600+ (2.4GHZ I think)
320mb 8800 GTS

PC is where it's at!

I've been thinking about a full upgrade to a quad core with SLI graphcis cards but $2k is alot to spend....
Mabec's Avatar
Mabec at 09/26/2008 15:45
monosylabik, your avatar remind me of someone... HMMMM...
Volomon's Avatar
Volomon at 09/26/2008 15:54
@moocow21 uH just so you know this is based off the source engine, meaning their are already mods using the source engine. So why even bring it up if you already own any other source game.

I probably won't pick this up since they are not supporting the PS3 at all. Zombie Masters is already like this game anyway and is a free mod.

Quick note though they removed Zombie Masters from their list of free mods, curious isn't it?
Soulwax's Avatar
Soulwax at 09/26/2008 16:03
I seriously don't know what platform to get this for. With the PC I'm pretty much guaranteed to get frequent and free updates but it won't run as well as I'd like. But on the 360 I have a few friends who will be buying it and its guaranteed to run good but the updates probably wont be free.

Damn :(
moocow21's Avatar
moocow21 at 09/26/2008 16:08
@Volomon

I wasn't talking about mods, I was mainly talking about user made maps. (I.E. TF2 360 has 6 maps, for PC I have the 18 official ones + over 50 custom ones)
Teta's Avatar
Teta at 09/26/2008 16:19
Where the horde of PC gaming lovers screaming:
-YAY!
-I can run this shit!!!
-Can´t wait for zombies
-Wohooo
-kayboard and mouse I am gonna put a babie inside you
-YIPIEEE, let´s get naikiiiid.
-Paris Hilton is a whore

I feel alone in this party
godkow's Avatar
godkow at 09/26/2008 16:27
@Volomon

"Zombie Masters is already like this game anyway and is a free mod."

Really? I respectfully disagree.

In other news, my comp with rape this, let's kill zombies, etc.
Coldbrand's Avatar
Coldbrand at 09/26/2008 16:59
Hm, user created content, or not user created content? What a difficult decision.
Sphinx 13's Avatar
Sphinx 13 at 09/26/2008 17:05
A gentleman never saves porn on his computer, he has bookmarks
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king3vbo at 09/26/2008 17:12
As a stupid person that spends way to much money on keeping my main PC "kickass and current", I finally get a chance to look at something like this and scoff:

Hah! Mere peanuts to a my PC's caliber
Jetsetlemming's Avatar
Jetsetlemming at 09/26/2008 17:22
I'm pretty sure these are the RECOMMENDED requirements, and not the MINIMUM ones. These are right in line with the recommended of the Orange Box games, which Valve have previously stated Left4Dead would be similar to, requirements-wise. Another bit of possible evidence is the way they write the CPU requirement: "CPU: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 or AMD64X2 (or higher)" This isn't a minimum, but a baseline for recommendation.
If these are the minimums though, they aren't quite so nice, especially that 256 MB Video Memory requirement. There are many PC gamers on 128 MB of Vram currently, especially those on laptops.

On the other hand, when these were posted at Left4dead411.com, they were accompanied by a cropped picture of the requirements on what appeared to be the back of a retail copy of the game, which is mighty hard to argue against (unless it's concept art or a shoop).

So who knows!
monosylabik's Avatar
monosylabik at 09/26/2008 19:04
@mabec

I know right.
some where...just cant quite put your finger in it.
Blackhat's Avatar
Blackhat at 09/26/2008 19:06
"Where the horde of PC gaming lovers screaming: "

Snickering at the 360 guys?
foxhound009's Avatar
foxhound009 at 09/26/2008 19:13
@Grim:

... 7.5 gb isn't much comparing to other games that have been released in past 18 months...
... Check out the ms flight sim x ... now that game takes up some HDD space...
BigKev's Avatar
BigKev at 09/26/2008 19:40
Yeah, and im pretty sure if you have the Orange Box a large portion of that 7.5 g will already be on your computer (similar to TF2.)
Mink Car's Avatar
Mink Car at 09/26/2008 21:18
Booyah. I'm all set. Now... let's just delete something...

Oh crap my hard drive's only 50 gigs... what do I do you guys?
Jon2309's Avatar
Jon2309 at 09/27/2008 03:46
Ack! I thought my PC was fast!






Shit.
GohanGVO's Avatar
GohanGVO at 09/27/2008 21:34
I need to upgrade somewhat ... :(
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