help me......

[Gamer_Kought]

Hey all, when I play Half-life 2 it has a weird problem- everyonce in a while, (especially when something big is gonna happen) my game freezes and I hear a loop of whatever sound it was playing, This is kinda annoying, is it loading something, or is it my PC? If it is my PC, I am willing to upgrade it. Here are my specs:

Operating System: Windows XP
Memory: 512 RAM
Video Card: Nvidia Geforce FX 6800
Hard Drive: 74.5 GB Space
CD Writer 52X

If there is any other information you all need just tell me and ill post it up.

Thnx

 

[vsaravia]

You have a CPU, right?

What's the speed?

 

[diluted]

That is the infamous stuttering problem. Have you tried reducing your texture quality in the video options? I found that if I put on medium textures instead of high, the stuttering disappeared almost entirely. Since I bought another 512mb of RAM (I now have 1024), I can put it on high quality textures without the stuttering. So for me it was a RAM (or lack of) problem.

 

[Elkhound]

I've set the most things to medium and a few things to low. I left the textures on high else the game was to ugly if you ask me. Good Luck with playin.

 

[CriYam]

Try playing on the settings the game recommends or join the people on steam forums complaining their game is broken. I suggest the first.