Half-life 2 And Source Video Problems

[crude]

i just bought a new ati x1650 pro 512 mb graphics card and updated the drivers....cheched the game cache and everything and the half-life 2 games and also the source games displays everything weirdly....the maps all messed up and the walls and floors become seethrough...i dont know how to fix it except maybe i should go with nvidia instead of ati......can someone please help me.....the only problem i can think of is maybe i didnt uninstall the integrated graphics card before upgrading but i dont think thats the problem.....i dont even know how to do that
I also forgot to mention that my pc came with 2 gb of ram and i added another gb of ram...do you think that could be the problem???? And 1 other thing....im using windows vista ultimate

 

[Przemek]

ATI, 3GB RAM - that's not the problem.

Try the following:
1. uninstall graphic drivers and then use DriverCleaner in safe mode
2. restart and install drivers again. NOTE: make sure you disable your integrated graphics card in your BIOS
3. check if your motherboard requires drivers. If so, download and install their latest version
4. try renaming your steam_user_name folder inside \SteamApps. Maybe there are some odd leftovers. You can then copy your savegames if that solves the problem

I don't know of any problems of Source engine with Windows Vista - that's probably the first game ever that worked fine under that system.

Drivers may still be problematic under Vista, though. If you're using the latest Catalyst drivers, try downloading older ones, version 7.2.

edit - more information about your hardware would help a bit

 

[CyberPitz]

I vote him using Vista.

 

[crude]

MY SYSTEM INfo

HERE IS MORE INFO
System Information
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Time of this report: 4/1/2007, 17:56:39
Machine name: CRUDE-PC
Operating System: Windows Vista? Ultimate (6.0, Build 5600) (5600.vista_rc1.060829-2230)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP Pavilion 061
System Model: ER902AA-ABA a1450n
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory: 3070MB RAM
Page File: 1033MB used, 5304MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.5600.16384 32bit Unicode


Display Devices
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Card name: Radeon X1650 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: Radeon X1650 Series (0x71C1)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_71C1&SUBSYS_23521002&REV_9E
Display Memory: 1789 MB
Dedicated Memory: 510 MB
Shared Memory: 1279 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic Non-PnP Monitor
Driver Name: atiumdag.dll,atiumdva.dat,atitmmxx.dll
Driver Version: 7.14.0010.0471 (English)
DDI Version: 9Ex
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 2/2/2007 12:50:43, 2781696 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-3281-11CF-6572-58033FC2CA35}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x71C1
SubSys ID: 0x23521002
Revision ID: 0x009E
Revision ID: 0x009E
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C


DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled

 

[Beerdude26]

Well, every video card currently has problems with Vista, and Vista has problems with HL2 and HL2 has problems with Vista. I propose you just wait a bit until more stable drivers come out and an updated version of HL2 for Vista comes out.