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Half life2 : FPS dropping too much in some levels.

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darkstorm Original post #1
Aug 19, 2005 at 12:13 PM
I am having 6600GT 128MB, 512 MB ram, 2.66 GHz P4,

Still in HL2, in some levels, (anticitizen, where you see a four legged monster), fps drops to 15-20. Did anybody find any such problem. I am running the game in highest setting. Even in lowest setting, at the same spot fps is 18 - 22. I don't know what is the problem. Any clue? Should I upgrade my ram to 1 GB??

Thanks
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QwertyManiac
Aug 19, 2005 at 1:12 PM
Try disabling ur extra services and antivirus and firewalls and try...
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Aug 19, 2005 at 1:47 PM
Did you face any such drop in fps? I don't have a firewall installed. I tried terminating all but essential processes, still no big difference.
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wolfff #4
Aug 21, 2005 at 6:45 AM
Add this command line argument and c if it helps.

-heapsize 524288

If this is the fps that u get all through the game... then it could be a problem. If u generally average 40 or more at highest settings with an occasional drop to 20s then its nothin to worry about.
tarey_g
tarey_g #5
Aug 21, 2005 at 8:50 AM
u have a pretty god config ,i played hl2 on 1024X768 with in game 4x aa and 4xaf enabled with 512 mb ram on a ti4200 prety smoothly. the game shud work fine on ur system , u need not to upgrade ram .ur sys config is far better than needed, better than my config. there must be some other prob.
QwertyManiac
Aug 21, 2005 at 10:23 AM
See ur task manager for a process thats takin lotsa mem or cpu usage or PF ....
shut it down if safe and play...
deathvirus_me
Aug 21, 2005 at 1:39 PM
I am having 6600GT 128MB, 512 MB ram, 2.66 GHz P4,

Still in HL2, in some levels, (anticitizen, where you see a four legged monster), fps drops to 15-20. Did anybody find any such problem. I am running the game in highest setting. Even in lowest setting, at the same spot fps is 18 - 22. I don't know what is the problem. Any clue? Should I upgrade my ram to 1 GB??

what settings ru playing the game at ???

upgrading to 1gb ram will definitely give a boost in fps .... i played the game at 1280*1024,4x aa,16x af,maxed settings .. the fps fell barely below 30 ...oh btw .. i used a 6600GT ...
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Aug 22, 2005 at 8:33 AM
darkstorm said:
I am having 6600GT 128MB, 512 MB ram, 2.66 GHz P4,

Still in HL2, in some levels, (anticitizen, where you see a four legged monster), fps drops to 15-20. Did anybody find any such problem. I am running the game in highest setting. Even in lowest setting, at the same spot fps is 18 - 22. I don't know what is the problem. Any clue? Should I upgrade my ram to 1 GB??

Thanks

SAME HERE MAN. I AM RUNNING IN 1280X768X32, 4XAA, 4XAF MODE AND WAS ABLE TO GET DESCENT 35-40 FPS. BUT UNTIL I REACHED ANTICITIZEN ONE, I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. MY SYS IS P4 2.8, 512 DDR, 128 MB ATI 9000. I AM RUNNING THE GAME WITH ALL THE SERVICES OF ANTIVIRUS AND FIREWALL TURNED OFF. PLEASE HELP.
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Aug 22, 2005 at 9:57 AM
Thanks for all the helps and suggestions. Infact I got some virus on my PC. I checked the processes running in bg, I came to find some unknown process. When I turned it off, my system got shut down. Defnitely it was a virus. Let me remove it and see how the performance improves,

Thanks.