skipping

[rarowe63]

Hello, i have been having problems with HL2 skipping like a broken record, in video and in audio. here is my laptop configurations:

OS Name Microsoft? Windows Vista? Home Premium
Version 6.0.6000 Build 6000
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name RALPH-PC
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
System Model Presario C500 (RQ335UA#ABA)
System Type X86-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Celeron(R) M CPU 440 @ 1.86GHz, 1862 Mhz, 1 Core(s), 1 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Hewlett-Packard F.12, 12/20/2006
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6000.16386"
User Name Ralph-PC\Ralph
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 1,525.50 MB
Available Physical Memory 920.53 MB
Total Virtual Memory 3.21 GB
Available Virtual Memory 2.43 GB
Page File Space 1.78 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys


Any help fixing this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thank yo, Ralph

 

[joule]

From that I can't tell what video card you have installed. Type dxdiag into run to find out. It'll be under the display tab. You may have outdated sound/video drivers.

 

[rarowe63]

It says:
name; mobile intel(r) 945 express chipset family
manu: intel corp
chip type: intel GMA 950
approx total memory: 256 MB
current display: 1280 x 800 (32bit) (60Hz)
direct X features all enabled

drivers:

main driver: igdumd32.dll
version: 1.14.0010.1409
date 1-2-2008
DDI version: 9Ex

Sorry if thats too much info, i wasn't sure.

 

[joule]

Your video card, or lack thereof, is the issue. You can try -dxlevel 80 in your launch options, see if that helps.

 

[rarowe63]

Where is that located? Thank you very much for your help

 

[joule]

Open up your games list, right-click on the game, go to properties, and then Set launch options. Enter -dxlevel 80 in the field provided.

 

[AciD]

Playing games on laptop results in fail...

 

[99.vikram]

* Open Steam's 'My Games' list.
* Right click the game and click 'Properties'.
* Click on 'Set Launch Options' and enter this string into the box :-

+mat_forcehardwaresync 0 -autoconfig +snd_async_prefetch_priority 1

* Click OK.

Also, you can add -dxlevel 81 to force DirectX 8 mode for better performance.
It's an issue with the Intel GMA 950 graphics card driver.