CRAP performance in HL2

leishi85

i just got my copy of HL2 today, and installed it and played it a little.

here is my rough spec
1700+ @ 2.57gh
9800pro @ 406/383 128mb
512mb pc3200 corsair

and playing the game at 1280x1024, everything at high, no AA and AF

when i play the game, the game will stutter whenever i go to an area that advances the game(like when i will say loading.....), and the stuttering gets so bad, that it's almost like the game is running like frame by frame, so i just closes the game.

what could be causing this??

Thrax

A game flaw which has recently been patched. See the front page of [H]ard|OCP for more infor on the stuttering fix. It's somewhere in the middle of the page by now.

djstubbs

You need to upgrade.

Thrax

No he doesn't. His configuration is superior to mine and I can run the game 2x AF/AA at 1280 without a hitch.

leishi85

stuttering seems to be fixed, but loading still takes forever.

shwaip

have you increased your heapsize?

open the play games menu in steam, right click hl2, click properties, launch options.

add the following:

-heapsize 196608

that number is ((total ram)/2 - 64 MB) * 1024 I've heard suggestions of total ram / 2, but I've also heard that can cause crashes.

Thrax

Totally irrelevant, however the online acronym guide in your sig has neither STFU or WTF! I question the veracity and the legitimacy of the document!

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Xander

Thrax wrote:

Totally irrelevant, however the online acronym guide in your sig has neither STFU or WTF! I question the veracity and the legitimacy of the document!

Rabble rabble rabble!

We love you too Thrax.