Midnight Cowboy
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Okay here's the context and the problem.
I bought Episode One off steam (in case that effects any speculation to what this problem might be) and started it up, hit new game and everything is going fine (except for a longer load time than all my other source games)... I notice a little bit of stuttering, and as soon as G-man is gone...
...STUTTER CLUSTER ****- my first reaction is it'll pass... (getting digged out of the rubble by dog) it'll still pass... (got gravity gun) uh... not passing (look at corner) ah... passed, finally... (turns view around back to Alyx and Dog) hmm... not passed.
So what's the deal I thought; All the settings are turned up (to my knowledge) when I looked more closely and see that it detects my 9800Pro as being directx 8.1. So I can't turn HDR on (only Bloom), and the game runs at a frame per second at best with sound to match, "OV-OV-OV-OV-OV-ER-ER-ER-ER-ER..."
So I get desperate and turn the rez down to 800X600... and it's the same suttering/frame rate.
So then I turn down all the options and finally I have a playable game, which I finished, and I must say, is ****ing amazing.
But here's my specs,
Pentium 4, 2.8Ghz
512mb
Radeon 9800Pro 128mb
YES LATEST DRIVERS (Catalyst 6.5)
I can run Half-Life 2 at 1024X728 at full settings and 4XAA at a high fps.
I can run Lost Coast at 800X600 with HDR at a high fps.
Why can't Episode One even try to meet me halfway? I mean I have to play it at 800x600 with almost everything turned off or down.
What's worse is that on starting up HL2 to try to see if this is just a problem with EPONE or all my source games... the menu stutters... then thinking I should just see if it runs fine ingame it did... I was relieved, untill I went into the video options to see that the game ALSO recognized my card as being DX8.1! and had turned down most of the video settings to medium where previously they were on high.
Please help me for super happy feelings!
I bought Episode One off steam (in case that effects any speculation to what this problem might be) and started it up, hit new game and everything is going fine (except for a longer load time than all my other source games)... I notice a little bit of stuttering, and as soon as G-man is gone...
...STUTTER CLUSTER ****- my first reaction is it'll pass... (getting digged out of the rubble by dog) it'll still pass... (got gravity gun) uh... not passing (look at corner) ah... passed, finally... (turns view around back to Alyx and Dog) hmm... not passed.
So what's the deal I thought; All the settings are turned up (to my knowledge) when I looked more closely and see that it detects my 9800Pro as being directx 8.1. So I can't turn HDR on (only Bloom), and the game runs at a frame per second at best with sound to match, "OV-OV-OV-OV-OV-ER-ER-ER-ER-ER..."
So I get desperate and turn the rez down to 800X600... and it's the same suttering/frame rate.
So then I turn down all the options and finally I have a playable game, which I finished, and I must say, is ****ing amazing.
But here's my specs,
Pentium 4, 2.8Ghz
512mb
Radeon 9800Pro 128mb
YES LATEST DRIVERS (Catalyst 6.5)
I can run Half-Life 2 at 1024X728 at full settings and 4XAA at a high fps.
I can run Lost Coast at 800X600 with HDR at a high fps.
Why can't Episode One even try to meet me halfway? I mean I have to play it at 800x600 with almost everything turned off or down.
What's worse is that on starting up HL2 to try to see if this is just a problem with EPONE or all my source games... the menu stutters... then thinking I should just see if it runs fine ingame it did... I was relieved, untill I went into the video options to see that the game ALSO recognized my card as being DX8.1! and had turned down most of the video settings to medium where previously they were on high.
Please help me for super happy feelings!