Half Life episode 2 stut-stut-stutters

i think you know what i mean.. you play just fine and it starts to to freeze and unfreeze all the time...i have the latest drivers, any idea why that happens or how to fix it?

It studdered a little for me when I played it, but it wasn't that bad and I got use to it. How bnad is the studdering?

come one people my issue is terrible....

Need info about your hardware to help... you may want to go look at the valve KB.

Yeah I am pretty sure its a sound related issue. I had this before but I can't remember how I fixed it. Are you using surround sound? If so try switching it to stereo sound in the Windows control panel.

Source is a horrible engine, and at launch it was even worse. Stuttering everywhere.

Here is a full article on the problem.

Yeah I am pretty sure its a sound related issue. I had this before but I can't remember how I fixed it. Are you using surround sound? If so try switching it to stereo sound in the Windows control panel.

-Unreal-

Source is a horrible engine, and at launch it was even worse. Stuttering everywhere.

Here is a full article on the problem.

funked_up

Try downloading a sound codec pack. I had a recent issue with Fallout 3 which had similar stuttering and it was resolved after I installed a codec pack. The game was using a specific version of a codec which was probably not fully compatible with other parts of the game engine.

This is the one I downloaded:

http://www.cccp-project.net/

Source is a horrible engine, and at launch it was even worse. Stuttering everywhere.

Here is a full article on the problem.

funked_up

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Source is a horrible engine, and at launch it was even worse. Stuttering everywhere.

Here is a full article on the problem.

gamer082009

Stuttering: One of the most famous aspects of the Source Engine is its tendency for Stuttering, including skipping or looping audio at certain points, or periodically. The actual issue revolves around the way the engine is continually loading chunks of texture information on the fly from your hard drive into Video RAM - such as when you walk around a corner into a new area, or see a new creature - the audio pauses or skips at the same time. Let me be clear: it's not actually an audio issue, it's a general game engine issue. The early history of this issue is covered in greater detail here: Half Life 2 Stuttering. Over time Valve has released a range of updates which have minimized this issue with varying degrees of success.TweakGuides

Try downloading a sound codec pack. I had a recent issue with Fallout 3 which had similar stuttering and it was resolved after I installed a codec pack. The game was using a specific version of a codec which was probably not fully compatible with other parts of the game engine.

This is the one I downloaded:

http://www.cccp-project.net/

-Unreal-

is your computer old? Mine gets a solid 160+fps maxxed out. Latest drivers don't mean a thing if your running on a 9800pro AGP card.ColdfireTrilogy