Water Shader Problem

[Ubern00b]

Tech Specs:

2.00 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+
2.5 GB RAM
Nvidia Quadro FX 4500 512MB
Windows XP Professional SP2
DirectX 9.0c

Problem:

While these screen shots were taken in the Lost Coast level, the exact same issue is present in HL2 as well.

 

[Rapstah]

It appears as if the skybox water has turned into "cheap" water.

 

[Ubern00b]

I don't know what that means. Is there a solution?

 

[Beerdude26]

Are you running in Directx 9 mode?

Left-click on the Steam tray icon.
Select "Games".
Click on the "My Games" tab.
Right-click on the game that you want to activate the console of.
Select "Properties".
Click on the "General" tab.
Click on the "Set Launch Options" button.
Put in the window box: -dxlevel 90
Click "OK".
Click "Close".

 

[Ubern00b]

Tried it. It's had no effect.

 

[Lawnmower233]

What's wrong with the second screenshot?

 

[giant384]

are quadros even meant to work well with dx9?