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Windows 7: Free copy of Portal for everyone until May 24
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12 May 2010
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Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04 Pembroke |
Free copy of Portal for everyone until May 24
Quote: Originally Posted by Neowin.net In celebrating the launch of Steam for Mac today, Valve Software has put out an enticing promotional campaign differing from their usual free weekends for content pack updates to their other games, such as Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead. This time, they will offer Portal for free, for everyone to keep forever, as long as they respond by May 24. Both Windows and Mac OS X gamers can once again play the much loved puzzle shooter of 2007's The Orange Box that has won nearly 70 Game of the Year awards. Read the full article here.
Get Portal for free here! (Requires Steam to be installed) NOTE (5/12/2010): Currently the servers are being hammered, so those who have not so great internet connections may want to wait until tomorrow or the day after to download this game. NOTE (5/13/2010): Servers are starting to catch up and letting download speeds stay stable. Please keep in mind that the game WILL require Steam to play, if you remove Steam after installing Portal, you wont be able to play Portal.
Last edited by Dark Nova Gamer; 13 May 2010 at 09:55 PM..
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom | Whitebox
OS Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04
CPU Intel E6750 @ 3.80GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L (Revision 1.1)
Memory 2x2GB & 2x1GB (6GB) OCZ Reaper 1066MHz @ 1080MHz
Graphics Card EVGA nVidia GTX 260 896mb (216 Core) FTW Edition
Sound Card Realtek ALC888
Monitor(s) Displays 21" VIZIO TV
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless S520
Mouse Logitech Wireless S520 - Microsoft Wireless Arc Mouse
PSU Corsair 750W
Case NZXT Nemesis Elite
Cooling Thermaltake SpinQ
Hard Drives Western Digital WD6401AALS - 640GB
Hitachi HDP725016GLA380 - 160GB
Internet Speed Download: 20mbps, Upload: 3mbps
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12 May 2010
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#2 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Utah |
Everyone should have this. I'm downloading it right now and I was getting as low as 8b/s at one point. That's bytes, not kilo-bytes. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Zen Productions
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Intel i7-860
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P
Memory Corsair Dominator 1600Mhz, 8-8-8-24 1.65v 2x2GB
Graphics Card ATI Radeon 5770 HD
Sound Card Intel High Definition Sound
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung P2570HD
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech G110
Mouse Logitech MX Revolution
PSU Corsair CMPSU-750HX 750W
Case Antec p183
Cooling Corsair H50 Water Cooler
Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar Black 500gb
Internet Speed 768 mb/s
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12 May 2010
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#3 | |
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It's a fun little game for a few hours, you'll like it if you're into puzzles and such. It also comes free w/ most Valve game packs. If you're looking for decent Valve multiplayer games, the most popular is Team Fortress 2, a great game. Counter-Strike: Source is good as well but not quite as popular as TF2 nowadays.
EDIT:  Information Oops! 
Been using Steam for so long that I forgot to mention the old trick that we use to speed up downloads when servers are busy!
Simply go into your Steam settings and change your location to something other than the nearest one (that is if you're in a populated area). For example, I normally use the New York server but if it's busy I'll switch to Wasington DC or another server to try and speed up my download
Last edited by not so gray matter; 13 May 2010 at 09:27 AM..
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Apple Macbook Pro (April 2009)
OS W7 Ult. x64 | OS X
CPU Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo 2.93Ghz [T9800 Penryn]
Motherboard NVIDIA nForce 730i Rev. B1 [Mac-F2268EC8 (U2E1)]
Memory 4096MB Samsung DDR3 Dual Channel [PC3-8500F 1066Mhz]
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 512MB [G96M Rev. C1]
Sound Card SB X-Fi Surround 5.1 USB | Onboard Realtek (Disabled)
Monitor(s) Displays Acer x223wbd 22" | Apple Anti-Glare 17" (Disabled)
Screen Resolution {Current} 1440x900 {Acer} 1680x1050 {Apple} 1920x1200
Keyboard Logitech G-15v2 [PN 920-000379]
Mouse Logitech G-9 [PN 910-000338]
PSU Magsafe
Case Aluminum/Unibody (MBP52)
Cooling 2 x 6000 RPM Fans
Hard Drives {Internal}
Seagate Momentus 320GB 2.5" 7200RPM [ST9320421AS]
{Externals}
LaCie 320GB USB 2.0 HDD [301284UR]
LaCie 750GB USB 2.0 FW400 eSATA HDD [301314U]
LaCie 1TB USB 2.0 HDD [301304UR]
Internet Speed 12Mbps/2.5Mbps w/ 24Mbps Speed Boost [Comcast]
Other Info Logitech X-540 Speakers [PN 970223-0122]
Sennheiser PC-151 Headset
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12 May 2010
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#4 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04 Pembroke |
Quote: Originally Posted by Zen00  Everyone should have this. I'm downloading it right now and I was getting as low as 8b/s at one point. That's bytes, not kilo-bytes. I'm at 32%. It keeps pausing it when the servers get to full. Should be done by tomorrow. Lol | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom | Whitebox
OS Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04
CPU Intel E6750 @ 3.80GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L (Revision 1.1)
Memory 2x2GB & 2x1GB (6GB) OCZ Reaper 1066MHz @ 1080MHz
Graphics Card EVGA nVidia GTX 260 896mb (216 Core) FTW Edition
Sound Card Realtek ALC888
Monitor(s) Displays 21" VIZIO TV
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless S520
Mouse Logitech Wireless S520 - Microsoft Wireless Arc Mouse
PSU Corsair 750W
Case NZXT Nemesis Elite
Cooling Thermaltake SpinQ
Hard Drives Western Digital WD6401AALS - 640GB
Hitachi HDP725016GLA380 - 160GB
Internet Speed Download: 20mbps, Upload: 3mbps
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12 May 2010
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Thanks, I'm gonna login and download right now  . | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built/ Built by me, CR-48
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU INTEL CORE I5 750 180x20 all powersaving 1.168v
Motherboard MSI P55-GD55
Memory OCZ 4GB DDR3 PC3-10666 (7-7-7-20-2t) @1.651v
Graphics Card ASUS 9800GT GLACIATOR FANSINK
Sound Card ONBOARD REALTEK ALC889
Monitor(s) Displays VIEWSONIC VX924, VIZIO VS420LF1A
Screen Resolution VX924: 1280x1024 75hz, VS420LF1A: 1920x1080 60hz(1080p)
Keyboard Logitech K520
Mouse LOGITECH M310
PSU OCZ MODXSTREAM PRO 700 WATT SEMI-MODULAR
Case ANTEC 900
Cooling CoolerMaster Hyper 212+
Hard Drives HITACHI Deskstar HD31000 IDK/7K 1TB 7200RPM 32MB CACHE SATA II
Internet Speed CHARTER PIPELINE 15MB DOWN/ 3MB UP
Other Info ROUTER: DLINK DIR-655, Netgear WNR3500L (SamKnows)
MODEM: MOTOROLA SB6120
HTPC: AMD Athlon II x2 255 C3, Pegatron M2N78-LA (Violet 3.02) , Galaxy NVidia Geforce 210, HP OEM 300WATT PSU, Zalman Z7 Plus, SAMSUNG 3GB PC2-5300, SEAGATE 80GB SATA, Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800
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12 May 2010
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#6 | |
Windows 7 (64bit) Buffasnow, New York |
Quote: Originally Posted by DarkNovaGamer
Quote: Originally Posted by Zen00 Everyone should have this. I'm downloading it right now and I was getting as low as 8b/s at one point. That's bytes, not kilo-bytes. I'm at 32%. It keeps pausing it when the servers get to full. Should be done by tomorrow. Lol I can go on vacation and it may be done by the time I get back. LOL  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavillion- p6331-p
OS Windows 7 (64bit)
CPU AMD Athlon II X4 630 2.8 GHz
Motherboard Foxconn: H-Rs780-uATX
Memory 8.00GB DDR3-SDRAM (1333 MHz) ( Max allowed-16GB)
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4200
Sound Card Realtek High Def Audio
Monitor(s) Displays HP 20" high Def Widescreen
Screen Resolution 1600x 900
Keyboard Logitech EX110 Cordless
Mouse Logitech LX Laser Cordless
Hard Drives Seagate ST3750528AS- 700 GB
Internet Speed 25/25
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12 May 2010
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04 Pembroke |
98% and it keeps bumping me off the server.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom | Whitebox
OS Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04
CPU Intel E6750 @ 3.80GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L (Revision 1.1)
Memory 2x2GB & 2x1GB (6GB) OCZ Reaper 1066MHz @ 1080MHz
Graphics Card EVGA nVidia GTX 260 896mb (216 Core) FTW Edition
Sound Card Realtek ALC888
Monitor(s) Displays 21" VIZIO TV
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless S520
Mouse Logitech Wireless S520 - Microsoft Wireless Arc Mouse
PSU Corsair 750W
Case NZXT Nemesis Elite
Cooling Thermaltake SpinQ
Hard Drives Western Digital WD6401AALS - 640GB
Hitachi HDP725016GLA380 - 160GB
Internet Speed Download: 20mbps, Upload: 3mbps
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12 May 2010
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Retail) Honolulu, HI, USA |
I'm going for it, although I have no idea what I'm getting into with Steam etc. Hope I'm not going to be spammed to death. Took a few tries to get it going. . ., now it seems to be rolling in gradually. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP DV8t quad
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Retail)
CPU i7-Q 720
Motherboard Motherboard Chipset Intel Ibex Peak-M PM55, Intel Lynnfield
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GT 230M (1GB)
Sound Card IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
Monitor(s) Displays 18.4 inch HP Infinity FHD (Samsung 184HT03-001)
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard laptop
Mouse Logitech VX Revolution
Cooling Zalman NC-2000 notebook cooling pad
Hard Drives Hitachi 500GB 7200 rpm (x2)
Seagate FreeAgent 1.5 TB External USB (x2)
Thermaltake BlacX eSATA/USB 2.0 3.5/2.5 HD dock
Other Info Backup Unit: Lenovo T61p
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12 May 2010
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#9 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Utah |
Downloaded, installed, played, and beat. It only takes 3 hours to do it. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Zen Productions
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Intel i7-860
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P
Memory Corsair Dominator 1600Mhz, 8-8-8-24 1.65v 2x2GB
Graphics Card ATI Radeon 5770 HD
Sound Card Intel High Definition Sound
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung P2570HD
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech G110
Mouse Logitech MX Revolution
PSU Corsair CMPSU-750HX 750W
Case Antec p183
Cooling Corsair H50 Water Cooler
Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar Black 500gb
Internet Speed 768 mb/s
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12 May 2010
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Enterprise (x64); Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64) Earth - I wish I was on Risa |
Quote: Originally Posted by Zen00 Downloaded, installed, played, and beat. It only takes 3 hours to do it. Was it worth it? I don't want to download if it is not. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell OP760
OS Windows 7 Enterprise (x64); Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
Memory 8GB
Monitor(s) Displays 2 Dell 19" LCD
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Keyboard Dell
Mouse Dell Optical
Internet Speed 40meg
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