Posts by Controller2k

Note the latest omega drivers are based on the ati 4.12 driver set - which considerably speeds up half life and allows AI to be turned back on without side effects in HL2.

Quote: Originally Posted by narattah Playing DVDs on 8600 or 9200 wouldn't last long in terms of battery life isn't it? You can only watch like a movie or two and that's it unless you have an airplane charger. Is there...

I bought it off ebay for about 85. (The Dell model). Dell charges, I think, $140ish.

Quote: Originally Posted by Bossy573 ...so I knocked everything down to medium and it has been extremely playable and I think that even at those settings the game looks great. I have the settings (except water)...

Quote: Originally Posted by varignet Ok I confirmed AI set to disabled solves the issue but It seems loosing a tiny bit of framerate (but well worth it) But has anybody experienced this? 1) sound stutter (like a...

Quote: Originally Posted by addi2 ooo god, ooo god i think i just fried my gpu. i was playing hl2, had the rainbow textures but didnt let that bother me to much. so i played for about 1.5 - 2 houres. then the game...

Quote: Originally Posted by viersich Hi! Yes, me. Just trief it out: No rainbow-textures any more when AI turned off. Bye Marc I too can confirm shutting off AI works. (It also helps, if...

I agree with you. I play Far Cry with no problems and that beats the heck out of the laptop. Having done some research on driverheaven.net, we should try disabling the "AI" feature in the drivers. (I am pretty sure it is...

I am having problems running HL2 myself. See this thread (I created a new one only before I found this one... though it is more about the problem I am having than the game in general) http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=50566

I have the Intel PRO Wireless 2200 b/g. I use a Linksys WRT54G router at home and an unknown brand b/g router at work. The intel solution runs great - very fast most of the time, good range.. and the latest version of its software...