shavedfish
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Hi
Had Half Life 2 for some time now, and, whilst I've been fairly patient with the choppiness and slow loading times up until now, I think I'd quite like to play it without.
I have XP, 512MB ram, 2.5GHZ, GeForce 5200 AGP 128, and a crappy Sound Blaster 24-Bit sound card.
Since the Half Life people have put the minimum system requirements as less than this, I think the choppiness, even with graphics settings at minimum, is less than satisfactory. They can't have meant people to play it when it's this slow, so all I can assume is that my computer is having issues in other areas.
I reallise a dual core uber computer would have no trouble, I just don't have the money to buy a new PC.
I have the latest drivers, anti-virus software, anti-spyware and anti-adware.
Perhaps Norton could be slowing it down? But I can't work out how to turn it off. It seems impossible.
Any ideas as to how to improve the situation would be gratefully received, thanks!
Rob.
Had Half Life 2 for some time now, and, whilst I've been fairly patient with the choppiness and slow loading times up until now, I think I'd quite like to play it without.
I have XP, 512MB ram, 2.5GHZ, GeForce 5200 AGP 128, and a crappy Sound Blaster 24-Bit sound card.
Since the Half Life people have put the minimum system requirements as less than this, I think the choppiness, even with graphics settings at minimum, is less than satisfactory. They can't have meant people to play it when it's this slow, so all I can assume is that my computer is having issues in other areas.
I reallise a dual core uber computer would have no trouble, I just don't have the money to buy a new PC.
I have the latest drivers, anti-virus software, anti-spyware and anti-adware.
Perhaps Norton could be slowing it down? But I can't work out how to turn it off. It seems impossible.
Any ideas as to how to improve the situation would be gratefully received, thanks!
Rob.