Performance issues with CS / HL2 EP1

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JeradR

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System specs:

3800+ AM2
M2N-SLI motherboard
1GIG Corsair XMS2 DDR800 ram (5-5-5-12)
eVGA 7900GT KO

In CS I have it at 1024x768, high detail settings, 2x AA, 4x AF. It seems VERY jittery. In HL2 Ep1 I'm having an issue with audio stuttering which freezes the game for that split second also. Any idea what is going on? Prey is smooth as butter at 1024x768 all high settings, which definitely should be pushing the system harder than Source.
 
I don't believe so. I think it pauses any downloading when you launch the game. I'm running the latest BIOS and Nvidia drivers also. I've heard the audio stuttering issue is widespread, but my 9800Pro ran CS better than this machine at this point :\
 
Slow hard drive? I know hl2 does a lot of hard drive thrashing even with a lot of ram
 
Onboard audio on the M2N-SLI, and I have an older WD 100GB 8mb cache drive. I didnt' have this issue on my old machine though and i'm using the same harddrive. Of course I had onboard audio on the nforce2 which was much better.
 
yeah with your system specs i would be suprised to see anything less then 80fps constant, have you done a fresh install of windows, check maybe spyware, virus etc...
 
I just didn't install SP2 yet. I'm using the latest Nforce 5 drivers, and the latest video drivers for the 7900GT.
 
Somethings wrong since I can play both of those at 1600x1200 with everything maxed on my system. CS:S is really smooth while HL2:EP1 does stutter once in a while.
 
Any ideas? Possible BIOS setting? What is Peg-link? I said that to Fast, but there is a Faster option (or auto). I'm wiping out the Windows Install on Wednesday to put on Home, maybe I'll wait until then.
 
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