I'm a PC gamer and there are a few developers that I'm a huge fan of. One of those developers is Valve, the creator of hit games such as Half Life (1 and 2), Team Fortress 2, Portal and Left 4 Dead.

They're currently transitioning to next-gen computers for game development and anyone wants to venture with a guess their specs?

* EVGA X58 3X SLI Intel Motherboard
* Intel Corei7 940 2.93GHz Quad-Core Processor
* 12GB PC3-10600 DDR3 1333MHz ram
(Crucial Ballistix, Kingston ValueRam)
* 1 x NVidia GTX285 1GB - OR - ATI 4870 1GB graphics card
* 1 x 250GB 7200RPM SATA HD
* (Seagate, Western Digital) 1 x 500GB 7200RPM SATA HD
* (Seagate, Western Digital) Lian Li P60-F Case
* Intel CPU Cooler
* 850W Antec power supply
* 1 x Dell 3008FPW-HC 30" LCD - OR - 2 x Dell 2001FP 20.1" LCD monitors
* Windows Vista 64bit

Check out their "last-gen" computer specs @ PC: How Big Are The PCs Valve Program On?

thats all very well, but lets guess they dont base the system requirements for the games on what they have heh, that makes my average spec home built machine (spec in sig) look like a pile of poop

I wish they'd give me one of theirs. lol. I wouldn't mind their last gen pcs either! lol

keep your eye out at carboot sales then haha