ati radeon and halflife2

Mrjigga · 02-15-2005, 09:04 PM

i have an ati radeon 9550/256 ram and i am trying to play halflife2 but to really enjoy the game i cant put full graphics without having some lag not to much but enough to be shitty what can i do.... or the card just isnt good enough

feddup · 02-15-2005, 10:49 PM

I was amazed how smoothly it played on my 9800XT at 1280 X 1024. I was getting 60 to 90 FPS. Doom 3 is about 40. I'm no expert but I wouldn't think the card would be the problem. The Catalyst 4.12 were supposedly optimized for HL2. What drivers are you running? You might try the omega or DNA drivers. I stick with ATI but I've never heard a bad thing about these third party drivers. Sorry I don't have THE answer. I still doubt it's the card.

TKD2 · 02-16-2005, 12:57 AM

The 9550 just isn't up to scratch to cope with hl2 at max detail. If you want to be picky you could go through the catalyst CP and verify that AA and AF are switched off - but other than that I think you'll just have to accept the limitations of the hardware.
Bear in mind that although the 9550 has a good 'sounding' model number, it's actually significantly slower than the 9500.

02-15-2005, 09:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mrjigga Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2 OS: xp	ati radeon and halflife2 i have an ati radeon 9550/256 ram and i am trying to play halflife2 but to really enjoy the game i cant put full graphics without having some lag not to much but enough to be shitty what can i do.... or the card just isnt good enough

02-15-2005, 10:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
feddup Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Posts: 174 OS: XP	doubt it I was amazed how smoothly it played on my 9800XT at 1280 X 1024. I was getting 60 to 90 FPS. Doom 3 is about 40. I'm no expert but I wouldn't think the card would be the problem. The Catalyst 4.12 were supposedly optimized for HL2. What drivers are you running? You might try the omega or DNA drivers. I stick with ATI but I've never heard a bad thing about these third party drivers. Sorry I don't have THE answer. I still doubt it's the card. __________________ P4C800-e Deluxe 3.2C 2 gigs Corsair XMS4000Pro 2 WD740gd Raid 0 on ICH5R 2 Seagate IDE on Promise 20378 9800XT

02-16-2005, 12:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
TKD2 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Leeds, UK Posts: 152 OS: XP/SuSE	The 9550 just isn't up to scratch to cope with hl2 at max detail. If you want to be picky you could go through the catalyst CP and verify that AA and AF are switched off - but other than that I think you'll just have to accept the limitations of the hardware. Bear in mind that although the 9550 has a good 'sounding' model number, it's actually significantly slower than the 9500.