Valve lowers system requirements for Left 4 Dead

While it still won't operate on our trusty Macintosh Performa 5200, PC gamers with less-than-stellar rigs will be pleased to know that Valve recently lowered the previously announced system requirements for Left 4 Dead. Well, okay -- the only thing they lowered was the video card memory requirement from 256 MB to 128 MB, but we imagine that this will allow access to a much larger number of casually outfitted PCs. To find out if you'll be able to join in all the zombified reindeer games upon Left 4 Dead's Nov. 18 release, check out the full list of requirements we've posted after the jump.

• OS: Windows XP, Vista, Vista 64
  
• CPU: 3.0GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 or AMD64X2 (or higher)
  
• RAM: 1 GB for XP / 2 GB for Vista
  
• Disc Drive: DVD-ROM Drive
  
• Hard Drive: At least 7.5 GB of free space
  
• Video: DirectX 9 compatible video card (Video card must be 128 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9 compatible with support for pixel shader 2.0)
  
• Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card