HELP laggy HL2

[RobBase]

ok so here's the deal i got hl2 off steam & well i played it through & when there were alot of zombies or anything on the screen it would lag really bad but not bad enough were i couldnt play, i thought that my computer just wasn't fast enough for hl2 but i went to www.srtest.com (a website that tells you if your computer can run a certain game) and it said that not only did my computer meet the minimum for hl2 but it also met the recomended requirements :afro: cool right? but i still dont know why it lags so bad i have all my video settings set on the lowest settings and i have the latest drivers installed here's what I got....

Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.93GHz
501.8 MB RAM
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family (Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset)
& plenty of free space

If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated:farmer:

 

[Shasta]

You haven't really given us much to work with, but your RAM is seriously lacking. 1GB is pretty much minimum requirements these days, no matter what any "back-of-the-box" requirements say.

GFX card??? PSU??? etc etc. Need more info and specs.

Anyway, I guess you COULD try lowering your graphics settings, and make sure only the necessary tasks are running in the background.

 

[giant384]

its because of that integrated card. its looks to me like you have a pci-e slot so you will need a new video card in order to play with decent fps.

 

[RobBase]

damnit, that kinda what i figured... i thought since it met the requirments it would atleast run somewhat smoothly..

 

[Ridge]

You can pick up a 512mb ATI PCI-e card for like $200 right now...

And yeah, 2gb of RAM would be good, too...

 

[giant384]

You can pick up a 512mb ATI PCI-e card for like $200 right now...

And yeah, 2gb of RAM would be good, too...

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for hl2 2gbs is an overkill. at least 768-1gb is more then enough.

 

[Xendance]

My Half Life 2 lags, but I still manage to cope. I'm gonna try make it better by lowering graphics etc.

 

[L337PwnageN00b]

mine lags a little bit too but i fixed it by just running it on the min. specs

 

[The Brick]

Mine lagged only when I was spawning 300 npcs and I fixed it by getting a new pc.

 

[giant384]

Mine lagged only when I was spawning 300 npcs and I fixed it by getting a new pc.

LOL.....