TWRoO said:
Final-Fan said:
TWRoO said:
shio said:
TWRoO said:
Justin said:
No excuse for anyone not to get this! |
If it doesn't work on my machine there is no point me getting it.
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uhhh why? If you get it, it will be yours forever, and then you can play it when you have a stronger computer...
Besides, is it so hard to click on the red button to find out the requirements? :
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Dunno about a red button, but I did check it out on "Can You Run It" .... it says yes (although puts a ? for Windows 7 but I don't think that will be a problem) but I am not sure how accurate it is, or indeed specifics about graphics drivers etc, my laptop is the cheapest Dell there was, and as such has no dedicated graphics card. It runs GTA:San Andreas, but only on low settings.... Portal looks like it will need more. Also that yes is a close call for processor (1.7 vs 1.77Ghz)
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TWRoO: Please listen carefully to what I am about to say.
The system requirements don't matter. If your computer currently can't play the game, you can still get it for free. When you get a newer computer later in life -- 6 months, 6 years, I don't care -- that computer will surely be able to play it. If not, you can play it later still. Or hell, you can put Steam on a friend's (better) computer and play it there, or just let him use your Steam account to play it.
Download now. Ask questions later. I'm about to temporarily usurp my sig for ad purposes.
Thanks shio!
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My problem is I would rather not have junk on my computer that is useless.... I would happily pay £5 or whatever for the game in 5 years time when I buy a new machine.... I might also have my own mouse by then, and somewhere to put that mouse other than on top of my laptops keyboard.
I also don't like suffering all the wank that PC gaming comes with, I just downloaded the Steam uploader and it already had an error updating.
However I am going to download it, just not now as it said it would take 2h 48 to do so, and it is almost midnight here.
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It's going to be a big download. However, what you can do once you download it is go to your games list and right click on Portal and select 'backup game files'. If you make a backup, you can burn it to a disk and then you can remove Portal from your computer so you wont have to worry about any wasted hard drive space and then you can easily pop in the disk and have it reinstall Steam and/or Portal on any computer you please.
Heck you might not even need to actually finish downloading it as I'm sure Portal is in your account now so you can have access to it whenever you want.
