I run HL2 with everything on high except water on level 2, 2x AA and 2x AF with my i9200 with a PM 1.8, 1 GB of ram, 7200 RPM HDD and a slightly oc'ed graphics card - typically getting around 40-50 FPS and no real slowdown during intense...
Yes it does - Half Life 2 (I bought it - its great) seems to run at 30-50 FPS with everything on high except water at the middle setting and no AA and AF.
Well I've had my 9200 for a few days now - and I am really very happy with it.
I've got
1.8 Ghz PM
1 GB Ram
7200 RPM Hard Drive (60 GB)
WXGA Screen (1440 x 900)
Bluetooth Module
Wireless Card
Win XP Pro
Screen
The LCD...
Do you want a portable lappy or not (since if I were you I would go for something like a 700m or equivilent and a desktop for games etc)
Would you have problems building your own system??
wtf? I posted that - then decided I was being really insulting - no one had replied to it then so I just changed it - like it is now...
hmm - Must have beat me too it...