Half-Life 2 System Requirements: Can You Run It?
Half-Life 2 system requirements - see whether your PC is compatible.
- Developer:
- Valve
- Publisher:
- Valve
- Release date:
- 16 November 2004 (20 years ago)
- User score:
- 4.6 / 5
- Hardware demand level:
- 1 / 10 - not demanding
- Ray tracing support:
- no data
Official system requirements for PC
To run Half-Life 2, you'll need at least 256 MB of RAM. As for your CPU, an Pentium 4 2.4 GHz is the minimum.
Minimum
Minimum- Graphics card:
- DirectX 7 level Graphics Card
- CPU:
- 1.2 GHz Processor
- Memory:
- 256MB RAM
- File size:
- no data
- Operating system:
- Windows XP/2000
- DirectX:
- no data
Recommended
- Graphics card:
- DirectX 9 level Graphics Card
- CPU:
- 2.4 GHz Processor
- Memory:
- 512MB RAM
- File size:
- no data
- Operating system:
- Windows XP/2000
- DirectX:
- no data
Performance on your PC
Performance on your GPU
Performance levels below the bar correspond to the target FPS shown on each marker for that preset/resolution.
Your graphics card can run the game at recommended settings.
Half-Life 2 FPS calculator
Average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). May vary depending on your OS and other factors.
Performance on your CPU
Core i5-12400 is 152.3x faster than Pentium 4 2.4 GHz. Your CPU can run the game at recommended settings.
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