Locks Up At Second Screen After Starting HL2!!

[Jancarius]

Well, I get to a screen right after it shows the guy with the turny lever in his eye and then some copyright stuff. The screen says "Loading..." in a block rounded rectangle in the bottom right corner and the image is very fuzzy. I can't even make out what it is. But it just freezes there. I thought maybe it just took a while becuase of how "advanced" the game is but I walked away for half an hour and it was still stuck there.....

Help? Thanks in advance.

EDIT: My computer is good on all the requirements.

Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+, ~2.0GHz
RAM: 256 MB
OS: Windows XP Prof.
Hard Drive: > 20 GB of Free Space
Graphics Card: Radeon 9200

 

[Kyorisu]

1. 256mb of Ram isn't enough for windows XP alone.
2. A Radeon 9200 isn't suffice for Hl2.
3. Turny Lever? You mean a Valve ie the people that made the game.

I think your machine is trying to load the 3d background map for the menu. The fuzzy image I think your seeing is displayed whilst the 3d background is loading, and is merley a screenshot of said 3d background with a simple filter run on it.

 

[Jancarius]

WTF.
Minimum System Requirements:
1.2 GHz Processor(Check) * 256MB RAM(Check) * DirectX 7 Level Graphics Card(Check) * Windows 2000/XP/Me/98(Check) * 4.5 GB of available Hard Drive Space(Check) * Mouse(Check) * Keyboard(Check) * Internet connection required(Check)


So WTF? I thought Radeon 9200 was a very good graphics card? How can 256MB not be enough when it meets the requirements?

 

[Kyorisu]

Yes those are the minimum requirments. I highly recomend 512mb of ram before attempting to play Hl2. That is 512mb DDR pc 2700 or above.

The Radeon 9200 is considered a budget card compared to today's top of the line cards. I'm running a 9600 pro which is significantly faster than the 9200.

Your processor to a lesser extent it fine. I'd still go for an Athlon 2800 or above.

 

[Jancarius]

But the game should still at least run, wether it lags or whatever.

 

[Kyorisu]

Ofcourse theres allways the matter of how you mantain your system. Alas I don't dare tread there.

 

[JellyWorld]

So WTF? I thought Radeon 9200 was a very good graphics card? How can 256MB not be enough when it meets the requirements?

Lol you're mistaken, the 9200 is a very poor card. Who told you it was a good card?

 

[Jancarius]

My computer is virtually brand new. I'll bet my life maintanance isn't the problem.

 

[Kyorisu]

I mean Spyware, Viruses, Malware, trojans etc.

If it's brand new how much did you pay for it all then? You may have payed too much.

 

[Jancarius]

The first time it has ever had internet access hooked up to it was about 4 hours ago. I updated everything, drivers and whatnot, and installed HL2, steam and all that happy jazz.

And I paid $700

 

[_Meitsi_]

Are you shure that HL2 is fully downloaded? When i downloaded HL2 it said that it's ready to play but it made that same thing. Look into Steam Monitor Window.

 

[Beerdude26]

But the game should still at least run, wether it lags or whatever.

I've got a 3.06 Ghz Pentium 4 Hyperthreading (2 CPU's in one, one virtual CPU and one real one) , 512 MB DDR RAM FSB 400 Mhz (Running at 800 Mhz because of Hyperthreading) , an ATI Radeon 9800 XT 128 MB, 160 GB Maxtor 7200 RPM and it STILL lags at high quality textures and shaders with no AA on.