I recently bought "Counter-Strike: Source" with "Half Life 2: Deathmatch" and "Day of Defeat: Source". I am having problems running the game, however. It's been updated and all by Steam. The game, however, runs incredibly slow. My screen lags while turning and the sound pretty much lags behind as well.
My computer meets the reccommended requirements, but it doesn't seem to work. Here are my specifications, straight from DXDIAG. Just type that in Start> Run.
MS Windows Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.00 GHz (2 CPUs)
250 GB ROM
1014 MB RAM
DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
And just before I bought the game, I defragmented my drive and ridded it of all spyware and viruses using McAfee.
Can anyone give me any reccomended settings, perhaps the best for my PC?
ID:185477
 Jan 22 2006, 8:21 pm
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Jan 22 2006, 8:48 pm
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Ben G
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What kind of video card do you have?
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I thought I posted that.
Name: Intel 8291515G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family Type: Same as name, but without "Family" | |
ewww that graphics card is disgusting. You could get a better one for $20 (an Nvidia Geforce 420 MX... A crappy card but better than what you've got)!
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You and Ben G are right, although I just updated all possible drivers including BIOS (Thank god I had the right version) and it runs much smoother now, although still only 40 frames per minute. Anything better than what I have will do.
And that graphics came with my PC, it's sort've high performance for business. I'd have chosen better given the chance, but I really know nothing of graphics cards. [Edit] So, what do I need? AGP, PCI, or PCI Express? | |
Business's have little use for graphics cards. You have an intergrated chip, and I am really surprised the game will run at all. What you need depends on what you can have. AGP and PCI-E are the standards, and you won't find a PCI that will run that game worth while. For that, I recommend a ATI 9800se. It is a weak card to todays standards, but it will run HL2 just fine. I had one, but I upgraded to a ATI x800xt, much faster. An nvidia 6800 is not a bad card either, close to the same class as a 9800se though. The price is vastly different between them. The 9800se is about $60-90, the 6800 is about $70-100, and the x800xt was $300 for me, but I got all all in wonder, which I don't recommend, added cost for a buggy device. The TV tends to freeze or black out. Can't be used as a normal TV because if you want to play a game, it tends to act weird, requiring a restart to fix it. Anywho consult your manual as to the format you need. But your card online, I recommend http://www.newegg.com for good prices.
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CaptFalcon33035 wrote:
And that graphics came with my PC, it's sort've high performance for business. I'd have chosen better given the chance, but I really know nothing of graphics cards. High performance? Hah! If you have an intel graphics chipset, you can pretty much forget about gaming. ;P Anyways, to know what kind of graphics card to get, you need to know what kind your computer will take. It should mention somewhere if it has either AGP or PCI Express, which are the two fastest. If you have neither of those slots, which is quite possible for a business computer, then you can get a PCI graphics card. It'll probably work, but much more slowly than an AGP or PCI Express card. It'll also be older. | |
Jon88 wrote:
CaptFalcon33035 wrote: High performance for business, as in little use for games, and much more focused on running programs faster and data space. <_< | |
CaptFalcon33035 wrote:
it runs much smoother now, although still only 40 frames per minute. Quoted for excellence. | |
Budget cards:
AGP - Geforce FX5200 PCI-E - Geforce 6200TC Both are like $50. ~Kujila | |
Hey, if you need a teammate online, call me :D
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CaptFalcon33035 wrote:
lolol Open up your computer and take a look. I'm going to guess that the only slot you have is PCI, which is not good at all for gaming. Invest in a new motherboard with a PCI-E 16x slot and the gaming gods will be happy. | |
I'm not actually sure how to tell whether you have AGP or PCI-E without physically taking the side off the case X_X
There's probably a windows program to display system information, though, does anyone know of one? My dxdiag isn't showing that I have PCI-E. ~Kujila | |
I opened that muthah up and most of the componenets were covered with a protective plastic to make the flow of the fans run faster. I have one of those newer Gateway Models with the super fanning system.
These are my exact computer statisitcs. http://support.gateway.com/s/PC/R/GXModels/5476/ 5476sp6.shtml And this is my favorite part. Add-In Card Slot Three PCI Conventional One PCI-Express x1 One PCI-Express x16 I can play that muthah! I shall now search for PCI-Es! =D | |
I would suggest getting an NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT, because its worth every penny, and delivers amazing graphics at an affordable price (though subjective). If you really want to go high-end, you can go buy a 6800 GT, or even the newer 7800 GTs or GTXs, though they can go up to 500 dollars in price.
~~> Unknown Person | |
