Pls Help!! Very Jerky Half Life 2 Episode 1.

[harpoon]

Hi ! I have a Compaq Presario V3000 laptop, which runs on a AMD Turion processor, 1.8 Ghz, & also powered by a N Vidia graphics card of 64 MB.I was able to smoothly play Half Life 2 in the last 4 months with not even a single glitch.

However, yesterday after loading Episode 1, the game becomes very jarry whenever I try to play it. I have even tried to play the game by turning the room AC on so that it will cool the heat generated; but nothing has helped.

Also I have tried to play the game at the lowest settings possible but still something is wrong.

What could have happened, when I was able to play HL 2 so smoothly, but not this one???

Do I have to remove the HL2?

Please help guys, as it is really very irritating.

Guys!!! Need serious help with this issue.

[Liverpool_fan]

Well HL2 is a 2004 game and HL2E1 is a 2006 game, so I guess HL2E1 has some graphical enhancements and is hence more resource intensive than HL2. Maybe you should run the game at a lower resolution disable AA and AF completely if not already and also disable reflection effects, Maybe that will help.

[thewisecrab]

If you want it to run without jerks
disable all effects (shadows, anti aliasing, etc)
and run it in 640*480 resolution
It will look jagged and without eye candy
But its your best bet for smooth gameplay

[Kl@w-24]

As the two posts above me clearly state, HL2 Ep1 has better graphics than HL2. I also got a noticable framerate drop when I played Ep1 after HL2 on my old 6200TC. As a matter of fact, I had to lower the res to 800x600 to play Ep2 smoothly!!

[Psychosocial]

Yus, try to lower your res plus your desktop's resolution(You can revert back to a higher res. after playing the game ). Disable all eXtra eye-candy (AA.AF.etc) and set all the options to lowest. Then game happily.