Half Life 2 on Intel 915 onboard graphics?

[Journeyman]

Intel has this to say:

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Symptom(s):
Half-Life* 2 game exits to the desktop at the end of a level and certain other points during gameplay.

Solution:
This issue has been recently reported and is currently being investigated.

The following steps can be used to minimize the issue reported with the game:

* Reload the game after the game exits. The game will continue from where it had previously stopped.​

Additional information may be available at the game manufacturer's website.

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Has anyone else tried half life 2 on this onboard graphics solution? Would I be mad to try it? Help.

 

[StAtiC]

Buy a new graphics card. That's all the help I can give.

 

[nbk]

It's fine.... happens anytime at a save point. I beat HL2 with it... albeit about 100 warning files.

 

[diluted]

Solution:
This issue has been recently reported and is currently being investigated.

The following steps can be used to minimize the issue reported with the game:

* Reload the game after the game exits. The game will continue from where it had previously stopped.​

Lol, wow, that sure is a great solution. GJ Intel.

 

[<RJMC>]

I also hav a integrated videocard

so HL2 can run on them?

I hav a S3 prosavage DDR 32mb

 

[slicktick]

It isnt up to the task really, you need a real video card. The problem is that your onboard card steals your ram and it just makes for problems. It is also only dx6 hardware, so it doesnt technically meet the minimum requirements. I have a laptop with the same thing and there is no fix, just deal with it quitting when it saves. You can disable autosave and only save when you want it to, that helps the too frequent of crashing. This is the only help I can give.

 

[StAtiC]

sv_autosave 0

 

[MiccyNarc]

I have a 486 DX2 with 8 MB of RAM and a 2 MB PCI graphics card, do you think I'd be able to run HL2 on max settings???

 

[CookieCuttah]

Maybe with an overclock.

 

[Journeyman]

It isnt up to the task really, you need a real video card. The problem is that your onboard card steals your ram and it just makes for problems. It is also only dx6 hardware, so it doesnt technically meet the minimum requirements. I have a laptop with the same thing and there is no fix, just deal with it quitting when it saves. You can disable autosave and only save when you want it to, that helps the too frequent of crashing. This is the only help I can give.

The onboard graphics on the 915 is DX9 compliant.... :stare:

 

[Journeyman]

I have a 486 DX2 with 8 MB of RAM and a 2 MB PCI graphics card, do you think I'd be able to run HL2 on max settings???

I ask a serious question and get shit like that posted as a reply, gee you're such a hero. :flame:

 

[DrDevin]

But it doesnt support hardware vertex shaders so it isnt technically DX 9

 

[Journeyman]

But it doesnt support hardware vertex shaders so it isnt technically DX 9

I don't know, I'm no expert. Just saying that by Microsoft DX9 Standards the onboard graphics solution on the intel D915 GAG mainboard are DX9 compliant. :monkee:

 

[DrDevin]

Ya i know that they are DX 9 compatable but that is more of a marketing thing than a real DX 9 card

 

[Journeyman]

Ya i know that they are DX 9 compatable but that is more of a marketing thing than a real DX 9 card

:dork: Better get those redies saving for a nice shiny 6600 gt.

 

[Grumpy]

The onboard video of the 915 is notorious for NOT working the way it should..so many games have glitches Maybe one of those new X800 Cards with 12 Pipes that is due any day now

 

[Deadly200]

Dude get i real vidio card i think your comp will exploed as soon as you try to run hl2.

 

[aeroripper]

lol i love their response


it should have just been "Your really asking us this question? Go buy a real video card cheapskate"

 

[Sid Burn]

Buy a new videocard... atleast a Radeon 9200 SE.

 

[czrsink]

Has anyone successfully tried HL2 with an Intel Extreme 2 Graphics onboard? I got a new laptop which has this onboard, with 64MB memory and 512MB RAM (well, it's really 448 as video memory is shared).

Is it even worth installing it and trying to get it to run?

 

[pomegranate]

Compliant isn't the same thing as actually supporting DX9 features...

Is it even worth installing it and trying to get it to run?

Well, it would be smarter to test it using the demo, rather than register a paid copy of the full game to a computer that might not run the game properly.