lockups after November 24th 2004

[crownest]

This has happened more often after the release of the Audio Suttering patch fix on the 24th of November. Whenever I play Half-Life 2 or CS:S, my game will suddenly hang at random points of the game and make a sound. I have already downloaded the latest drivers for my sound card and already gotten the Catalyst BETA 4.12 (Also tried 4.11). I can not get out of the game and I need to reboot once my game hangs. Yes i know you people are going to tell me to use the mat_forcemanagedtexturesintohardware command but that does not work either. My computer specs are as follows:

Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 1)
Samsung SyncMaster 151s Monitor
AMD Athlon XP2600+ Barton @ 2.34 GHz
Creative 3D Blaster 5 ATI Radeon 9600XT 256MB AGP 8X (Standard clocks)
Twin-Sticks of Kingston 256MB DDR 333 PC2700
Western Digital 80GB 7200 RPM 1MB HDD
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer
Logitech MX 310 Optical Mouse
Abit NF7 nForce 2 Ultra400 Mainboard
HEC 6AU6 Mid Tower Casing

 

[Asus]

Considering that you OCed your CPU, have you tried it at stock speeds? Just an idea. You can always go back to OCed settings.

I don't have any experience with a buggy HL2 so I really don't have any other advice. Maybe delete your cash files and let HL2 download again.

 

[doomed - uk]

I have the same problem since the new patch. Crashes aren't that common, though, but they do lock the PC up totally and actually make Windows load at 1/4 speed until I do a System Restore.

Patch removal option please, Valve? :hmph:

 

[KagePrototype]

I have a similar setup. I simply changed the quality settings from high to medium, and the stuttering simply dissapeared. The change in quality doesn't really bother me, though you might find it too noticeable.

 

[B-MAn]

yeh i have the EXACT problem in CSS. i jus hand in the air for about 10 seconds which a sound repeating and the screen shaking and then i jus go back to normal. it happends at random times

 

[TheOtherBear]

My game went from very playable before the patch to, at times, utterly UNplayable, after the patch. Anti-citizen 1, especially the town square firefights, are complete jokes. I hear of at least one level still coming up that will be bad also. If it gets this bad again, I'm uninstalling - I'll reinstall Undying or something I know will run...

It's better indoors, with fewer actors onscreen - but still, I'd be a happier bear if I could UN-patch this thing. Specs below.

XP 2400+ (stock)
2x256mb Crucial 2700
Win XP Pro SP2
GigaByte Radeon 9600XT
Turtle Beach sound

I guess we're in the minority though - I don't get the sense there are any more patches/fixes coming to address these issues, are there?