L4D Hardware Benchmarks and More - 11/20/08

PCGamesHardware has posted a nice Left 4 Dead GPU and CPU benchmark review. See how different processors and graphics cards stack up on different resolutions for L4D. They reached the following conclusion:

If you want to play Left 4 dead in 1,280 x 1,024 with maximal details, an X2 5000+ and a Radeon HD 3870 are enough. With less powerful hardware Left 4 Dead is degenerated, depending on one's personal perception, to a washy zombie hunt. With a Geforce 7 the shooter is almost unplayable.

To supply a 22 or even 24 inch monitor you should, besides a very fast Core 2 or Phenom, have a Radeon HD 4850 or Geforce 9800 GTX+. AMD's Radeon HD 4870 or Nvidia's Geforce GTX 280 are powerful enough to smoothly display Left 4 Dead even with 8x MSAA or special Anti Aliasing modes.

Big Download Blog is having a Left 4 Dead Steam PC Giveaway Contest where five lucky people will get free copies of L4D. All you need to do is comment on the story and you have about a 100% chance of possibly winning. For all of you that have come into our nice and peaceful Steam Community chat to beg for free copies of L4D (and are now banned), go there and comment.

Community member Sebben has posted a comprehensive video guide on getting the cr0wned achievement in Left 4 Dead. Get out a pencil and paper, you'll need it.

Slyguy42o has a L4D dedicated server guide post going in the official forums which looks pretty helpful.

If you have Vista Ultimate, Samuelgames over at facepunchstudios.com has created a DreamScene wallpaper of the L4D menu video. Thanks to CS-Nation for the heads-up.

Planet Half-Life has a History of Valve article celebrating the 10th anniversary of the original Half-Life.

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