Half life 2 and my computer. Help

21 grams · 05-18-2005, 06:19 AM

I just upgraded my old computer to a new one:

CPU - AMD Athlon 64 3200
Videoe - GeForce 6600 gt
Mobo - msi k8tneo2
ram - 512 ddr 400
hd - 80gig 7200

running my hd on NTFS system.
When i play Half Life 2 im also running Mcafee virus scanner.
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Now.. everyone tells me that this new computer is a solid choice, and yet, im having problems with it.
When i play Half Life 2, on 1024 by 768 (all high) and some big explotion happenes, or something else my cumputer stops for a split second and then continues to go. sometimes it can stop for a split second 3-5 times in a minute, like its getting annoying. Although i see perfect graphics and my fps is from 60 to 250 or something. I tried to change graphics, desable virus scan, whatever, i still get all those lags with this brand new computer.

does anyone know what could possibly cause that problem?
i have a few theories
1 - hd should not be in NTFS system
2 - for some reason when i go to BIOS it shows that my RAM runs 200MHZ, and my CPU 2000 MHZ... should be 400MHZ and 2200 MHZ. But i dont want to get into overclocking yet. maybe mobo setting are incorrect.
3 - not enough ram, although, when i try to use dual ram (2 by 512 sticks) it ****s up and does not work...
4 - video card
5 - slow cpu

help... i wasted 1000 on those upgrades and it works worse then my old p3 933 with gefroce mx440 video card

spacedude89 · 05-18-2005, 06:28 AM

1. ntfs is fine, i use it and it work fine with hl2.
2. mabey, im not sure though....
3. i personaly think this is it, it seem most likely, althogh 512 should be enough
4. that video card should be fine
5. i have that processor, its fine

also, see what processes you have running, mabey you have a virus or spyware/adware, try reinstalling the drivers, try reinstalling hl2, other than that, im not sure.....

21 grams · 05-18-2005, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by spacedude89

1. ntfs is fine, i use it and it work fine with hl2.
2. mabey, im not sure though....
3. i personaly think this is it, it seem most likely, althogh 512 should be enough
4. that video card should be fine
5. i have that processor, its fine

also, see what processes you have running, mabey you have a virus or spyware/adware, try reinstalling the drivers, try reinstalling hl2, other than that, im not sure.....

we have about the same computers. can u play half life 2 or source with no lags. like my needforspeed undrg. 2 FULL graphics just flies.

spacedude89 · 05-18-2005, 06:51 AM

yes i can play it with no lag, and i dont have nfs.ug

[-0MEGA-] · 05-18-2005, 11:30 AM

its the RAM, when i had only 512mb ram, the games froze for a few seconds when i played hl2 and farcry. Getting another 512mb should solve this problme completely.

flame1117 · 05-18-2005, 04:00 PM

Maybe you need a faster internet conection? unless your tlking about 1 player. then try running it in lower resalutions and see what happens.

Blue · 05-18-2005, 04:48 PM

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1 - hd should not be in NTFS system

Doubt it.

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2 - for some reason when i go to BIOS it shows that my RAM runs 200MHZ, and my CPU 2000 MHZ... should be 400MHZ and 2200 MHZ. But i dont want to get into overclocking yet. maybe mobo setting are incorrect.

If a cpu reads wrong speeds then bios settings need to be checked.. Your ram is supposed to be running at 200 as you have one stick installed.

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3 - not enough ram, although, when i try to use dual ram (2 by 512 sticks) it ****s up and does not work...

You really could use more ram for this game. If you have another stick then put it in, It's not like your running duell channel at the moment anyhow. Also what SKT do you have? 754 has no duel channel support where as the SKT 939 does. Also you'd benifit more from another 512megs of ram even without duel channel support.

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4 - video card
5 - slow cpu

both are fine.

lynx6200 · 05-18-2005, 04:50 PM

Do you have this type of problem with any other applications/games? That might help answer the problem, because maybe its just a thing with H2. Just a thought

21 grams · 05-19-2005, 08:00 PM

sometimes it happenes in cs source (very rare though) and even cs 1.6... speaking of fps i always have 100 in 1.6 and 60 to 180 in source. as of half life 2 its between 250 and 60 80... basically the whole STEAM lags on my computer, but hl2 does the most

im running ungerground2 on 1280x 1.... something resolution and goes perfectly.

maybe i need more ram, but when i try to put in another stick of ram (in dual combination) then nothing works... when i use only 1 512 stick everything works fine. maybe i should try to use 2 512 sticks in no dual mode. dont know whats wrong with my mobo using dual.. both sticks are exactly the same, only diff name.

Blue · 05-19-2005, 10:13 PM

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maybe i need more ram, but when i try to put in another stick of ram (in dual combination) then nothing works... when i use only 1 512 stick everything works fine.

What do you mean nothing works? Computer wont boot? Are both sticks compatible? I'm assuming your chip is a SKT 939?

05-18-2005, 06:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
21 grams New Member Join Date: May 2005 Age: 23 Posts: 5	Half life 2 and my computer. Help I just upgraded my old computer to a new one: CPU - AMD Athlon 64 3200 Videoe - GeForce 6600 gt Mobo - msi k8tneo2 ram - 512 ddr 400 hd - 80gig 7200 running my hd on NTFS system. When i play Half Life 2 im also running Mcafee virus scanner. =============================================== Now.. everyone tells me that this new computer is a solid choice, and yet, im having problems with it. When i play Half Life 2, on 1024 by 768 (all high) and some big explotion happenes, or something else my cumputer stops for a split second and then continues to go. sometimes it can stop for a split second 3-5 times in a minute, like its getting annoying. Although i see perfect graphics and my fps is from 60 to 250 or something. I tried to change graphics, desable virus scan, whatever, i still get all those lags with this brand new computer. does anyone know what could possibly cause that problem? i have a few theories 1 - hd should not be in NTFS system 2 - for some reason when i go to BIOS it shows that my RAM runs 200MHZ, and my CPU 2000 MHZ... should be 400MHZ and 2200 MHZ. But i dont want to get into overclocking yet. maybe mobo setting are incorrect. 3 - not enough ram, although, when i try to use dual ram (2 by 512 sticks) it ****s up and does not work... 4 - video card 5 - slow cpu help... i wasted 1000 on those upgrades and it works worse then my old p3 933 with gefroce mx440 video card

05-18-2005, 06:28 AM	#2 (permalink)
spacedude89 Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Oregon Age: 19 Posts: 1,419	1. ntfs is fine, i use it and it work fine with hl2. 2. mabey, im not sure though.... 3. i personaly think this is it, it seem most likely, althogh 512 should be enough 4. that video card should be fine 5. i have that processor, its fine also, see what processes you have running, mabey you have a virus or spyware/adware, try reinstalling the drivers, try reinstalling hl2, other than that, im not sure..... __________________ Desktop: Abit AW9D-MAX ~ Core 2 Duo E6300 @ 2.4GHz ~ Radeon X1900GT Laptop: HP ~ Core Duo T2050 ~ nVidia 7600 First smiles, then lies. Last comes gunfire.

05-18-2005, 06:51 AM	#4 (permalink)
spacedude89 Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Oregon Age: 19 Posts: 1,419	yes i can play it with no lag, and i dont have nfs.ug __________________ Desktop: Abit AW9D-MAX ~ Core 2 Duo E6300 @ 2.4GHz ~ Radeon X1900GT Laptop: HP ~ Core Duo T2050 ~ nVidia 7600 First smiles, then lies. Last comes gunfire.

05-18-2005, 11:30 AM	#5 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 27,068	its the RAM, when i had only 512mb ram, the games froze for a few seconds when i played hl2 and farcry. Getting another 512mb should solve this problme completely. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

05-18-2005, 04:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
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05-18-2005, 04:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
flame1117 banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,770	Maybe you need a faster internet conection? unless your tlking about 1 player. then try running it in lower resalutions and see what happens.

05-19-2005, 08:00 PM	#9 (permalink)
21 grams New Member Join Date: May 2005 Age: 23 Posts: 5	sometimes it happenes in cs source (very rare though) and even cs 1.6... speaking of fps i always have 100 in 1.6 and 60 to 180 in source. as of half life 2 its between 250 and 60 80... basically the whole STEAM lags on my computer, but hl2 does the most im running ungerground2 on 1280x 1.... something resolution and goes perfectly. maybe i need more ram, but when i try to put in another stick of ram (in dual combination) then nothing works... when i use only 1 512 stick everything works fine. maybe i should try to use 2 512 sticks in no dual mode. dont know whats wrong with my mobo using dual.. both sticks are exactly the same, only diff name.

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