Well U would require a fair enough broadband connection both to validate ur Hl2 key as well as To play the hl2 deathmatch Online (if u own a legal copy i.e.)
Plus post ur full system specs.......Hl2 works fine on My Nvidia Nforce 2 chipset with 32MB Shared Vram and Havin 256MB Ram powered by AMD Athlon XP 2000+ proccy (Delivers around 35 Fps)......so just get a rough idea what it will require in ur case......a good Gfx card and Processor Will be ur good pals out here..... 8)
Btw also as Nemesis said Try to be respected to ur fellow members at digit.....Plus raven was just givin u a small info to figure things out and words like dude,buddy,pal and mate are common on this forum......learn to deal with it for a while.....it aint that offending u see
@Nemesis.......Man were sparks flyin outta ur system or what.....Lol

Chill man this Guys will probably get used to it later on

Also did ya buy that 2.1 speakers yet mate
