Half-Life System Requirements: Can You Run It?

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Developer:

Valve

Publisher:

Sierra Entertainment

Release date:

19 November 1998 (26 years ago)

User score:

4.7 / 5

Hardware demand level:

1 / 10 - not demanding

Ray tracing support:

No

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Official Half-Life system requirements for PC

To run Half-Life, you'll need at least 96 MB of RAM. As for your CPU, an Pentium 4 2.4 GHz is the minimum, but if you want to crank up the settings and enjoy smoother gameplay, aim for an Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or better.

Minimum requirements

Graphics card:

16mb video card

CPU:

500 mhz processor

RAM:

96mb ram

File size:

no data

Operating system:

Windows XP

DirectX:

no data

Recommended requirements

Graphics card:

32mb+ video card

CPU:

800 mhz processor

RAM:

128mb ram

File size:

no data

Operating system:

Windows XP

DirectX:

no data

Half-Life performance on your PC

Half-Life performance on your GPU

GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

Your graphics card can run Half-Life at recommended settings according to Valve.

Half-Life performance on your CPU

Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

Core i5-12400 is 152.6x faster than Pentium 4 2.4 GHz. Your CPU can run Half-Life at recommended settings according to Valve.

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