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Half-Life 2 — system requirements & benchmark status
This game is in the catalog, but no published review benchmarks have been collected for it yet — so this page carries no frame-rate numbers, no verdicts and no estimates. Below are the publisher's own system requirements and what they say about the hardware the game targets. A game joins the calculator only when published review benchmarks cover both its CPU and GPU sides.
Developer: Valve · Released: Nov 16, 2004 · Genres: Action
Game facts and system requirements are as published on Steam (checked 4 November 2026).
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System requirements — Half-Life 2
As published by the publisher on Steam (checked 4 November 2026). Requirements are the publisher's target figures, not measurements — they describe the hardware the developer aims at, not the frame rate any part delivers.
| Component | Minimum (Steam) |
|---|---|
| OS * | Windows 7, Vista, XP |
| Processor | 1.7 Ghz |
| Memory | 512 MB RAM |
| Graphics | DirectX 8.1 level Graphics Card (requires support for SSE) |
| Storage | 6500 MB available space |
Benchmark status
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