I know it will not happen(at least not in the foreseeable future)but the character I would most like to play as,is the Gman,what with all his portal manipulating and such,would be the most interesting imo. :)
I think there is one way playing Alyx will work,if you continue from the exact point that HL2 ended******SPOILER******
That is asuming Alyx survived somehow,or the Gman spared her,I think it would be pretty cool if you continued on, possibly searching for Gordan or something along those...
By the way the reason I don't think it is just an issue with hl2 in YOUR case is that you stated that it ran fine with just your new 512 3200 stick of ram inserted,I understand that you do not want to buy another stick of ram as you have just bought one but I am not sure what else I can suggest...
I think that is because those tasks are very simple and does not put much strain on your ram,that is it does not take much memory to do simple tasks such as surfing the net,old pc games ect..
Half-life 2 uses a lot of memory,thats probably why valves test machine(That some reviewed hl2...
The fact that your new stick of ram works fine without the slower ram added means that the problem is DEFINITELY(in my opinion)your motherboard not liking the mix of speeds and latency's between your two ram sticks,and unfortunatly there may not be a way to adjust those settings on your...
Could you please give me the complete name of your motherboard so that I can help you to troubleshoot your problem.
You are right that your motherboard should automatically detect the optimal settings,but sometimes it doesent detect all the settings properly,I know in my case it did not,I...
EDIT:If unsure about setting up latency try these settings
CAS LATENCY: 2.5T
RAS TO CAS DELAY:3.0T
RAS PRECHARGE TIME:3.0T
RS ACTIVE TIME:6T NOTE:These settings are geared towards your 2700 stick if you set them much lower than the above settings it could cause a crash or random or...
Try lower you latency in your BIOS to that of your slowest ram stick,since your computer will only run as fast as your slowest ram module ie:your slowest ram stick is ddr 2700 that means that BOTH will run at that speed.So just in case check to see wether or not lowering your mem settings in...
Here is a few I posted on a similar thread on the steam forums under the name "Dendrite"
307) When you start "ooohing and ahhhhing",at the high,silky smooth "frame rate" of your REAL life.
308)You walk into a butcher and start smashing actual crabs in the display case with your crowbar...