Performance

[CookieCuttah]

Alright, first of all my computer specs- 2.0 ghz Intel, 512 2100PC RAM, Radeon 9800 pro.

Problem is , i can't get descent FPS in hl2. It doesn't go very far...its like a slide show in combat sometimes. Anyhow, ive tried the tweaking guides,did everything possible to tweak it, tried mostely every ATI driver. Tried many , many programs...It just refuses to work well...And I had a steady 60 fps in Farcry on high settings, I never got anything lower than a 55.

So does anyone have any ideas for me?

 

[giant384]

prob. the pc2100 ram

 

[Dead-Inside]

2.0 GHZ intel sucks. That's like my old 1.2 AMD, or even worse.

But I do believe Giant is right with the PC2100. Get better if your MB supports it. Else get a new one, new processor and get the new PC3200 Ram with it.

 

[Asus]

HL2 is pretty heavy on the CPU and loading from Harddrive/memory.

Close any program you don't need open and defrag your harddrive. Make sure you have a good chunk of free harddrive space as well.

Does your system take awhile to boot? That might mean that there are a lot of services loading which will run in the background. You can disable programs from starting by going to "start/run" and typing 'msconfig'. You can reset it back to how it was if you want to change it back.
Also make sure you are clean of Virus/spyware junk.

 

[Narcolepsy]

I have 2.2 gHz P4, Radeon 9800 Pro, and 768 MB of RAM, and it runs Half-Life 2 like a dream. I can usually get away with 2xAA and 4xAF at around 30 fps, which is good enough for me.

 

[[46] pushit [2]]

2.0 GHZ intel sucks. That's like my old 1.2 AMD, or even worse.

you're way off about the Pentium. I have a 2.0 Ghz and it runs better than my friend's 2.0 AMD

 

[CookieCuttah]

Asus ive done all that, my computer doesn't take a while to boot, and like I said I ran Farcry at a constant 60 fps at high settings...

 

[CookieCuttah]

Welp I guess theres nothing much to do except to buy a new computer..

 

[Warbie]

It is the cpu - the heavy fights in HL2 bring even the beefiest cpu's to their knees.

My friends 3800 a64 hits around 40 fps in the most hectic areas.

 

[NeverstilL]

update just came out,fixes the stuttering,and it really fixes it this time!