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Half life 2 crashes when changing..
Name: earlofnim Date: May 9, 2007 at 15:13:48 Pacific OS: Windows xp CPU/Ram: 2.8 ghz/512 mb ram Product: Dell
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All my Steam games such as Half-life 2 and Counter-strike: Source work, but at a very low fps. Every time I try to go change video settings to improve my fps, it crashes the moment i click "OK".. The settings are mid-high because that's my system default, but it runs very slowly, and I want to know is there some way I can change the video settings without going into the game first?? Every other option works such as changing resolution, but i have to do it one by one then quit then change the next thing but it doesn't work on video settings like detail. Someone help please
It would help if you told us which video card you're using. If you have a weak card or integrated graphics, you shouldn't expect decent frame rates. And you should really have more than 512MB RAM for gaming.
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Response Number 2
Name: earlofnim Date: May 10, 2007 at 15:16:21 Pacific
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I have an integrated video card, intel plug and play 82865g.. I know it's bad but I can't do anything about it. I can't get a new one because then it won't work because i already have an integrated card. 512 megs is decent anyway.. I have no problem playing the games that I have with 512, it's just that my video card sucks. You really didn't help at all with this one, so IMO don't reply at all next time to a question you can't solve.
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Response Number 3
Name: mapleleaf Date: May 13, 2007 at 16:45:27 Pacific
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I had the exact same prob. on my laptop with the intel extreme gfx 2 with my new system the problem is gone so i think it must be the graphics card
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