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dudex77
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Computer Troubles

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Well anyone who has ever talked to me about computers knows I generally fail at them and I am almost always having problems with them. My computer is a Compaq Pressario SR1130NX with 512 megs of Ram, 64 megs of video memory integrated into my mobo, and Direct X 9.0c. For some reason I can't run anything in full screen except Touhou and Stepmania, even my emulators screw up when I try and run them full screen(they might run for a few minutes but then it'll randomly bring me back to my desktop.) Also whenever I try and run HL2 it loads up the level and then restarts my computer. Could someone help me out with this? I have a feeling it's something really easy and I'm just being dumb.

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Post by samus »

haha i have more RAM than you. (sorry, i do that to everyone who has less than me, i just got 2 more gigs.) honestly i have no clue.
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samus wrote:haha i have more RAM than you. (sorry, i do that to everyone who has less than me, i just got 2 more gigs.) honestly i have no clue.
Oh shut up you just stamped all over my nerd ***** with that comment :lol:

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Post by bacteria »

No need for lude comments against our female member.

"64 megs of video memory integrated into my mobo" - there's your problem. Of course you can't run HL2 on this, your graphics capability is like a hamster in a wheel. You won't be able to put in a graphics card without changing your mobo, which might mean new memory, etc - may as well get a cheap off-the-shelf PC, last year's spec - that should run it fine.
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bacteria wrote:No need for lude comments against our female member.

"64 megs of video memory integrated into my mobo" - there's your problem. Of course you can't run HL2 on this, your graphics capability is like a hamster in a wheel. You won't be able to put in a graphics card without changing your mobo, which might mean new memory, etc - may as well get a cheap off-the-shelf PC, last year's spec - that should run it fine.
Half life 2 should theoretically be able to run though since it only requires 64 anyway. Also I didn't originally have this problem when I first bought the computer but now I can't even run zsnes in fullscreen for some reason and UT 2004 no longer works. BTW The comment was just going on with the comparing computer specs is a nerds way of saying who has a larger "member"
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Post by Jongamer »

I think my PC has a 64mb of video memory too. And I can run everything up to HL2.
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Jongamer wrote:I think my PC has a 64mb of video memory too. And I can run everything up to HL2.
So then my specs are clearly not the problem. Anyone know what's up with my computer?
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Post by HotDog-Cart »

I can run HL2 on my IBM Thinkpad R40. (Pentium M, 512MB ram, 32MB videocard (Radeon 7800 Mobile) 30gb HDD.)

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