Left 4 Dead - Low-end Test (You will be amazed!!!)

Ok, this has to be the most surprising and astounding test I have ever done. I actually couldn't believe it when I performed this test. Left 4 Dead is known for it's very demanding nature, ecspecially when it comes to the cpu department. When i did this test I had extremely low expectations, I didn't even think I would get over 15 fps. Boy was I wrong...

TEST SYSTEM SPECS:

Intel Celeron 2.2 ghz

nVidia 6200 OC 256 mb

2 gigs of factory ram

LEFT 4 DEAD:

Ok, this was very surprising, the game ran at a perfect 60 fps nearly through the whole game with all graphics setting other than resolution at low. With more than 25 characters on screen the fpps dropped between 5-20 fps.

SETTINGS USED:

Screen Resolution - 640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768. (above 10x7 were not tested.) The game ran perfectly at these three resolutions with all graphics on low.

Texture quality - low

Shader Quality - low

Texture Filter - Bilinear

Page memory file usage - low

SIDE NOTE:

The game ran at great speeds, yet for some strange reason, lighting and shaders were permantly disabled and could not be turned on. It was very strange, no matter what I tried, lighting did not work! it kind of reminded me of the PC port of Resident Evil 4.

Awesome!

That proves that valve knows how to optimize their engine to suit even the crappiest of builds.

Why can't you just update one of the two threads you already made?

Why can't you just update one of the two threads you already made?

Sporknife

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26869109

I don't want to sound mean but I don't really think anyone cares on these boards since most of us have mid-high end builds.

i can handle doom 3 on high with an fx 5200 XD

I don't want to sound mean but I don't really think anyone cares on these boards since most of us have mid-high end builds.

King-Saddam

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I don't want to sound mean but I don't really think anyone cares on these boards since most of us have mid-high end builds.

cluclap1

[QUOTE="cluclap1"][QUOTE="King-Saddam"]

I don't want to sound mean but I don't really think anyone cares on these boards since most of us have mid-high end builds.

SamiRDuran

Thanks for posting. It's truly amazing what you can still play with a lower end PC. Nice work!!

Source Engine is IMO one of the best engines out now, it is so well optimized it can run on virtually any computer made within the last few years and it still looks great to boot. Hell, my old beater of a computer I have lying around can run HL2 at 1024*768 on med/some high settings and its a P4 with a GeForce FX5200 videocard.Im_single

source and the unreal engines are the best

i can handle doom 3 on high with an fx 5200 XD

aura_enchanted

it's funny that that pc is probably still better than what a lot of people out there have. some random small kid came in and bought left 4 dead for pc and i couldn't imagine he had a pc to run it but this gives me hope he did get to play at least.paullywog

You sell this game to little kids?

raynimrod

YEP. It's a great game... When I'm not at home. I play L4D on a relatively Low-End laptop. Get a decent performance out of it but the visual is totally.... compared to HIGH setting. But this will do.