is steam worthit?

MiNxYyY · 5 Jul 2008 at 21:22

after recieving my new gfx card,it came with a steam card allowing me to dwnload HL 2 LC & HL2 DM for free,when i create an account.
a few people have told me steam is a very demanding programme and makes your system sluggesh and slow,is this true?

TIA

Cr0fty · 5 Jul 2008 at 21:24

MiNxYyY said:
after recieving my new gfx card,it came with a steam card allowing me to dwnload HL 2 LC & HL2 DM for free,when i create an account.
a few people have told me steam is a very demanding programme and makes your system sluggesh and slow,is this true?

TIA

You can exit it when you're not using it. If you think this

BlackDragon · 5 Jul 2008 at 21:25

I don't find it slowing my system down at all. Quite a nice program I think. With your system I wouldn't worry about it at all

Timber · 5 Jul 2008 at 21:30

Rubbish, doesn't slow your system down at all.

ins0mn1ac · 5 Jul 2008 at 21:32

Steam is probably one of the best programs I've used.

Margaret · 5 Jul 2008 at 21:42

I think Steam used to be a hog somewhat but that problem is a thing of the past.

MiNxYyY · 5 Jul 2008 at 21:43

ah thats good to know,currently downloading my 2 games @ 800kbs and 700kbs

Hamoodii · 5 Jul 2008 at 21:44

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Steam is probably one of the best programs I've used.

Yup I'll second that, love it to bits

Hamoodii · 5 Jul 2008 at 21:45

MiNxYyY said:
ah thats good to know,currently downloading my 2 games @ 800kbs and 700kbs

If you like lost coast be sur to get the orange box

Tetsu · 5 Jul 2008 at 21:49

Hamoodii said:
Yup I'll second that, love it to bits

Yeah its great, in fact it puts me off games sometimes when i can have them on my steam account

Gimpymoo · 5 Jul 2008 at 22:33

If your running it on a Spectrum it may hog a few CPU cycles.

davecarter · 6 Jul 2008 at 08:58

The only negative I can think off is that there are not many retail games you can add to steam, unless you buy them off steam at somewhat hefty prices.

Apart from that its awesome

Will Lucky · 6 Jul 2008 at 09:29

Best is one of the better background program's I've used notice no slow down and I can launch a game quite easily or check up what friends are doing with it easily.

Mp4 · 6 Jul 2008 at 09:30

Steam is awesome though VERY good at makign you buy games for no reason

~Divine~Wind~ · 6 Jul 2008 at 09:38

Steam used to be a bit of a PITA, but its come on leaps and bounds.
Very stable and no issues with it in a while here.

medley · 6 Jul 2008 at 10:17

Do your friends say a hog in terms of bandwidth? It will be if you leave steam downloading a couple of games while you go off to play some TFC

magicoi · 6 Jul 2008 at 10:22

Steam is great and you have some great games to play there for free.

Like its been said above, it does make you buy more gmes though cos there are some great deals flying about!

Andr3w · 6 Jul 2008 at 10:32

Yes,because you can get TF2 from steam...and that rules!

Teaf · 6 Jul 2008 at 10:32

Love Steam, would definitely not agree that it is a resource hog, it's very well designed and you can turn it off and stop it from starting when Windows does.

MotherMayI · 6 Jul 2008 at 11:07

MiNxYyY said:
after recieving my new gfx card,it came with a steam card allowing me to dwnload HL 2 LC & HL2 DM for free,when i create an account.
a few people have told me steam is a very demanding programme and makes your system sluggesh and slow,is this true?

TIA

How have you been playing games on the internet for the last 3+ years without Steam?

is steam worthit?

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