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    Horrendous stuttering in Half Life 2

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Fewmets, Jun 10, 2008.

  1. Fewmets

    Fewmets Notebook Consultant

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    8600gt w/ the 175.16 Forceware driver...

    Why?

    Any way to fix it?
     
    Fewmets, Jun 10, 2008
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  2. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    tweak the settings first

    then try different drivers

    Ive had stuttering issues with CS:S, it was the driver.
     
    flipfire, Jun 10, 2008
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  3. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Use 169.09 for such an old game.
     
    Lithus, Jun 10, 2008
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  4. StormEffect

    StormEffect Lazer. *pew pew*

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    Before changing your driver, try making sure your power settings are listed as "High Performance" and defragment your hard drive.

    If those two things don't work, THEN change the driver.
     
    StormEffect, Jun 10, 2008
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  5. csinth

    csinth Snitch?

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    I don't see how defragging your hard drive would cause horrendous stuttering in a game (??).. certainly check the power settings though.
     
    csinth, Jun 10, 2008
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    StormEffect Lazer. *pew pew*

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    Certain stuttering, characterized by frequent pauses in gameplay and disk activity, is caused by highly fragmented game files. Games that use large data files are particularly susceptible to fragmentation, resulting in poor performance. It is rare, but I've had cases where serious stuttering issues were caused entirely by a game .dat file breaking into 1000+ fragments.
     
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  7. Fewmets

    Fewmets Notebook Consultant

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    I've read this too, Valve strongly suggests defragging your hard drvie after dloading something on steam because as you turn into a new environment, new textures have to be loaded - if these textures are all over your HD, this will cause stuttering?

    I think that's what they were getting @, at any rate.

    Well, I'll try that, and if not, guess it's back to 169.04 for me...

    Shame, I really liked 175.16 for Bioshock, saw a nice jump in performance.
     
    Fewmets, Jun 10, 2008
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