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When is one likely to be released?
You can list any bug fixes you'd like to see included and general half life 2 errors chat.
You can list any bug fixes you'd like to see included and general half life 2 errors chat.
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Tyla wrote:
> Massivley outperforms the 6800U in all aspects of HL2 from the
> benchies currently doing the rounds. COme to mention it, the X800 Pro
> just pips the 6800U in most of the HL2 tests, but only by about
> 2-5fps!
>
> [URL]http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/half-life.html[/URL]
*shrug* :)
> Massivley outperforms the 6800U in all aspects of HL2 from the
> benchies currently doing the rounds. COme to mention it, the X800 Pro
> just pips the 6800U in most of the HL2 tests, but only by about
> 2-5fps!
>
> [URL]http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/half-life.html[/URL]
*shrug* :)
Pandaemonium wrote:
> Tyla wrote:
> Oddly enough though, it may be ATi users moaning, but they're still
> thrashing the benckmark pants of anything nVidia have to offer!
>
> Heh. Never mentioned the relevant speeds of the cards in the
> slightest.
> I take it you're an Ati user? ;)
Personally: X800XT PE
Massivley outperforms the 6800U in all aspects of HL2 from the benchies currently doing the rounds. COme to mention it, the X800 Pro just pips the 6800U in most of the HL2 tests, but only by about 2-5fps!
[URL]http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/half-life.html[/URL]
> Tyla wrote:
> Oddly enough though, it may be ATi users moaning, but they're still
> thrashing the benckmark pants of anything nVidia have to offer!
>
> Heh. Never mentioned the relevant speeds of the cards in the
> slightest.
> I take it you're an Ati user? ;)
Personally: X800XT PE
Massivley outperforms the 6800U in all aspects of HL2 from the benchies currently doing the rounds. COme to mention it, the X800 Pro just pips the 6800U in most of the HL2 tests, but only by about 2-5fps!
[URL]http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/half-life.html[/URL]
Tyla wrote:
> Oddly enough though, it may be ATi users moaning, but they're still
> thrashing the benckmark pants of anything nVidia have to offer!
Heh. Never mentioned the relevant speeds of the cards in the slightest. I mean, anyone would think i'm shouting "Nvida are better than ATI!" from the rooftops.
Which I ain't.
I take it you're an Ati user? ;)
> Oddly enough though, it may be ATi users moaning, but they're still
> thrashing the benckmark pants of anything nVidia have to offer!
Heh. Never mentioned the relevant speeds of the cards in the slightest. I mean, anyone would think i'm shouting "Nvida are better than ATI!" from the rooftops.
Which I ain't.
I take it you're an Ati user? ;)
Pandaemonium wrote:
> Oh yeah, but the majority of people complaining that it makes the
> title unplayable seem to be ATI users.
If they're not using the 4.12's, then they will as the 4.10's are aweful and the 4.11's weren't optimized for HL2 unlike the 4.12's.
Oddly enough though, it may be ATi users moaning, but they're still thrashing the benckmark pants of anything nVidia have to offer!
> Oh yeah, but the majority of people complaining that it makes the
> title unplayable seem to be ATI users.
If they're not using the 4.12's, then they will as the 4.10's are aweful and the 4.11's weren't optimized for HL2 unlike the 4.12's.
Oddly enough though, it may be ATi users moaning, but they're still thrashing the benckmark pants of anything nVidia have to offer!
cookie monster wrote:
> Well, even Ali is having problems and he is on an X800 XTPE.
Cookie - I thought your card counts as one as well??
> Well, even Ali is having problems and he is on an X800 XTPE.
Cookie - I thought your card counts as one as well??
Tyla wrote:
> Pandaemonium wrote:
> Seems as if ATI card users are suffering a little more than NvIdia
> users from the looks of the posts so far.
>
> It's not strictly GFX card related, it's more to do with the way the
> game is managing system RAM with dumping the audio in and out.
Oh yeah, but the majority of people complaining that it makes the title unplayable seem to be ATI users. On mine, it's a slight irritation, but in no way in the slightest is it impossible to play. I might just have a higher tollerance though. ;)
> Pandaemonium wrote:
> Seems as if ATI card users are suffering a little more than NvIdia
> users from the looks of the posts so far.
>
> It's not strictly GFX card related, it's more to do with the way the
> game is managing system RAM with dumping the audio in and out.
Oh yeah, but the majority of people complaining that it makes the title unplayable seem to be ATI users. On mine, it's a slight irritation, but in no way in the slightest is it impossible to play. I might just have a higher tollerance though. ;)
I've tried downgrading to the older creative drivers (heard their drivers get worse as they go) but no luck.
Where did you find the AC97 betas?
Pandaemonium wrote:
> Seems as if ATI card users are suffering a little more than NvIdia
> users from the looks of the posts so far.
It's not strictly GFX card related, it's more to do with the way the game is managing system RAM with dumping the audio in and out.
It's affecting everyone no matter what based system they're on, though there seems to be an issue with AMD and the ATi 4.12 Betas atm as well.
The probalem does seem quite trivial, definatley a chaching issue, but from what I've read on Steam, it's more to do with the audio being streamed from the HDD/DVD instad of pre loading and how it';s accessing the system RAM. I've got around this a little by dropping the bit rate of the audio down to reduce the stream size, not ideal, but does the job ok for now.
Have found it a little annoying, made worse by the autosaving (which I really want to disable).
Some manufacturers have released new audio drivers to help with this too. Tjose using nForce Sounstorm can get hol dof the new audio Betas and there's a coupdl of AC97 betas floating abou too. Not sure about Creative.
> Seems as if ATI card users are suffering a little more than NvIdia
> users from the looks of the posts so far.
It's not strictly GFX card related, it's more to do with the way the game is managing system RAM with dumping the audio in and out.
It's affecting everyone no matter what based system they're on, though there seems to be an issue with AMD and the ATi 4.12 Betas atm as well.
The probalem does seem quite trivial, definatley a chaching issue, but from what I've read on Steam, it's more to do with the audio being streamed from the HDD/DVD instad of pre loading and how it';s accessing the system RAM. I've got around this a little by dropping the bit rate of the audio down to reduce the stream size, not ideal, but does the job ok for now.
Have found it a little annoying, made worse by the autosaving (which I really want to disable).
Some manufacturers have released new audio drivers to help with this too. Tjose using nForce Sounstorm can get hol dof the new audio Betas and there's a coupdl of AC97 betas floating abou too. Not sure about Creative.
Seems as if ATI card users are suffering a little more than NvIdia users from the looks of the posts so far.
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