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PostPosted: 11:57 - 09 Sep 2010    Post subject: Half Life 2 not working Reply with quote

Downloaded a copy of Half Life 2 from btjunkie. Everyone has raved about it there, and it's a one click installer (no keygens etc).

Anyway, even on the lowest settings and tried on XP, Vista and normal compatability (on Windows 7).

Computer is new, but only a cheap Notebook (Acer Aspire D260), but it doesn't seem to be maxing out ram or CPU when it crashes.

Anyway, first cutscene, just as he says 'I don't wish to imply you've been sleeping on the job'... crash.

Error message comes up if you tab out, saying;

Quote:

Display driver stopped responding and has recovered:
Display driver Intel Graphics accelerator drivers for windows Vista (R) stopped working, and have now recovered.


Any ideas?

It ran portal ok on low setting with out much trouble (until Gladys exploded Laughing)
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PostPosted: 12:07 - 09 Sep 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Saw the fb comment then came on here, - definate lollage Laughing

Though unfortunately I cannae help.

Main problem with gaming on a lappy Thumbs Down
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PostPosted: 12:13 - 09 Sep 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Naughty Fawbish wrote:
Saw the fb comment then came on here, - definate lollage Laughing

Though unfortunately I cannae help.

Main problem with gaming on a lappy Thumbs Down


I wanted to tap Karen before that comment. Now I might hunt her down and marry her cute little half cast chinese ass.

And yes, gaming on laptops is gay. But so are towers. As all my games are now free, it doesn't irk me that much (and I bought the cheapest laptop I could, which suits me fine except for games made in the last few years).

Just curious if this is a common conflict?
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PostPosted: 12:19 - 09 Sep 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

You bought a laptop, why bother with games.

Main thing I hate about laptops is the way all the hardware is weird and you can't change anything. If you get a gfx error then unless you can update drivers or something then not much you can do.
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PostPosted: 12:23 - 09 Sep 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Artist wrote:
You bought a laptop, why bother with games.


You bought a small cc bike, why bother riding it recreationally?

I travel a lot, I have limited funds out here, and I don't intend to be playing recent games at high res. But it ran spore fine (and looking pretty), which makes me think it's a software conflict (I should certainly be able to run HL2 on nasty ass settings and work upwards).

My ancient laptop used to run dawn of war beautifully. Wouldn't touch Spore with a barge pole mind.
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PostPosted: 12:47 - 09 Sep 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Play HL1 instead.

HL2 is a little more demanding than spore. Laughing
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PostPosted: 12:48 - 09 Sep 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

SoND wrote:
Play HL1 instead.


Way ahead of you, already on torrentflux ready to download to my comp once the locals turn off their bastard webcams.

Seriously, from 4pm to 11pm, fuck all net because every fucker within 10 miles has a webcam on... while they potter about doing fuck all.

Odd people.
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PostPosted: 12:48 - 09 Sep 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow you got Half life 2 to start on a notebook?

A notebook wont have the right graphics/card power to play a game like HL2, unless its some uber notebook i dont know about.
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PostPosted: 15:50 - 09 Sep 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

laptop specs?

my laptop can run half life 2. thats getting on for 2.5/3years old now
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PostPosted: 21:07 - 11 Sep 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

id say your video card can not handle it>
try a video stress test
https://majorgeeks.com/Video_Memory_Stress_Test__d5896.html


https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Benchmarks/Video-Card-Stability-Test.shtml
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PostPosted: 02:27 - 12 Sep 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

willi wrote:


Done sir. Might as well be in Klingon. The 2 rotating worlds thing went on for 15 minutes before I got bored.
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PostPosted: 08:03 - 12 Sep 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

your bench mark is very low

try this

https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-check-if-a-game-will-run-on-your-computer-b/
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PostPosted: 09:49 - 12 Sep 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Install another kitten.
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PostPosted: 13:15 - 12 Sep 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Willi.

Checked on that site.

Reckons a pass for HL2, and only my CPU is lacking from the recommended settings (recommends 2.4GHz and I have 1.66GHz).

Bah.
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PostPosted: 12:12 - 18 Sep 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why not just buy the game? cheap enough now!
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