I played HL2 at 1600x1200 45fps

[soccerballtux]

Really, really strange in my opinion. Soon as I turn up resolution beyond 800x600, slows way down.

Why is this? HL2 ran practically perfectly.

edit: hl2; haven't run episode 2 yet.

episode 1 ran well IIRC. Ep 2 better not be like portal.

 

[Ylurien]

You have received 43 views and 0 replies to your thread as of this writing.

I think the reason for this is that your message makes almost no sense. I`m not sure what your problem is, and I have reread your message a few times. I`m not trying to be rude, but I imagine you`re going to need to rewrite your message if you want to get any serious help.

 

[swtethan]

HL2 is how old now? Portal has HDR and other nifty things added.

 

[Skunkwourk]

might be your sempron.

 

[daveybrat]

Originally posted by: swtethan
HL2 is how old now? Portal has HDR and other nifty things added.

Like he said.

 

[lupi]

I played portal at native rez with a 7600gt on my 22"ws and noticed no slowdown.

 

[Munky]

The current Source engine has been updated with more features and capabilities since HL2. I can guarantee you if you try Episode 1 or 2, you'll get lower framerates than the original HL2.

 

[secretanchitman]

played portal with my 8600GT...no problems here. try upgrading your cpu and/or gpu...that probably will help a ton.

 

[soccerballtux]

Originally posted by: daveybrat

Originally posted by: swtethan
HL2 is how old now? Portal has HDR and other nifty things added.

Like he said.

HL2: Ep 1 had HDR, and if I turn EVERYTHING down to minimum, portal still runs horribly at anything not 800x600.


Oh well, I beat it last night I guess it doesn't matter

 

[soccerballtux]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
played portal with my 8600GT...no problems here. try upgrading your cpu and/or gpu...that probably will help a ton.

I don't get it...2.3ghz sempron...that's like better than a 3200+, almost a 3400+.

 

[Skunkwourk]

Originally posted by: soccerballtux

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
played portal with my 8600GT...no problems here. try upgrading your cpu and/or gpu...that probably will help a ton.

I don't get it...2.3ghz sempron...that's like better than a 3200+, almost a 3400+.

well depends on the sempron, not all were 64-bit like the Athlons.

 

[gorobei]

i have a semp3100 at stock, 6600gt, 1gb ram and it runs fine on 1440x900.

 

[AzN]

Core 2 duo 3.05ghz and 8600gts running fine 1440x900 8xCSAA 16xAF

 

[BFG10K]

If it was the CPU it would be running slow at all resolutions, not just at 1024x768 and higher.

This is clearly a GPU limitation; upgrade your drivers and if that doesn't work you may need to upgrade your video card.

 

[soccerballtux]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
If it was the CPU it would be running slow at all resolutions, not just at 1024x768 and higher.

This is clearly a GPU limitation; upgrade your drivers and if that doesn't work you may need to upgrade your video card.

THat doesn't explain gorobei's situation though

Maybe he's just trolling me - .-

 

[swtethan]

256mb or 128?

 

[alcoholbob]

45fps is slow for a single player game? Obviously you don't play many rpgs =)

 

[postmortemIA]

my 6800ultra on 2nd rig can run hl2 at 1600x1200 just fine, but it can't hl2:ep1

 

[gorobei]

Originally posted by: soccerballtux

Originally posted by: BFG10K
If it was the CPU it would be running slow at all resolutions, not just at 1024x768 and higher.

This is clearly a GPU limitation; upgrade your drivers and if that doesn't work you may need to upgrade your video card.

THat doesn't explain gorobei's situation though

Maybe he's just trolling me - .-

Sorry not trolling,
it runs fine beyond the odd disc access delay as the autosave goes off mid-level. the settings are a mix of mostly high and some medium. I am running an older video driver(pre-vista whql 93.x something.) the latest 16x.xx divers are usually to fix vista issues and end up screwing up my lcd display. you may need to downgrade your drivers, lol.

 

[BFG10K]

THat doesn't explain gorobei's situation though

Maybe he's running a different driver to you. Did you update yours like I suggested?

In either case like I said earlier what is happening to you is a video card issue; if it was a CPU problem you'd get slow performance at all resolutions.