Quote Originally Posted by Mikeus Caesar
The highest graphics settings, other wise referred to as max settings. Any computer capable of running HL2 at max is generally considered as some sort of godly supercomputer.
Sorry, my sarcasm didn't work...
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the damn smilies ruined it


I've never been able to use max settings on the latest games due to my awful hardware spec as listed above. They stopped releasing the latest drivers for Nvidia GeForce 2 gfx cards years ago
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curse those fools, will get an ATI next time round


I was impressed with HL2 though, despite my hardware limitations
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OK, I'll stop moaning now
. Its made a complete breakthrough with its ragdoll physics engine, very stunning.