Graphical Anomalies in Half-Life 2

[l***@hotmail.com]

Hi,

I just bought Half-Life 2 and I'm getting graphical anomalies in-game.
The most distant mountains or buildings flash different colors: bright
purple, blue, red, etc. It's very distracting.

I've tried the following to correct the problem:

1. Updating graphics card drivers
2. -autoconfig
3. Using the link to autoconfig game to the optimal levels for my card.
4. Verifying files
5. Updating to DirectX 9.0c

So far, nothing is working.

Ideas?

System:

IWill KK266 motherboard (KT133A chipset)
1.4 GHz Athlon T-Bird
Gainward GeForce3 Video Card (latest Forceware drivers)
SB Live! Value
768 MB PC-133 RAM

(Yeah, it's old. I'm poor. :) )

LH

[Photubias]

Half-Life 2 has hardware issue's on DX7 cards, it is known, but no patches
in that direction are planned.
I'm sorry...

Post by l***@hotmail.com
Hi,
I just bought Half-Life 2 and I'm getting graphical anomalies in-game.
The most distant mountains or buildings flash different colors: bright
purple, blue, red, etc. It's very distracting.
1. Updating graphics card drivers
2. -autoconfig
3. Using the link to autoconfig game to the optimal levels for my card.
4. Verifying files
5. Updating to DirectX 9.0c
So far, nothing is working.
Ideas?
IWill KK266 motherboard (KT133A chipset)
1.4 GHz Athlon T-Bird
Gainward GeForce3 Video Card (latest Forceware drivers)
SB Live! Value
768 MB PC-133 RAM
(Yeah, it's old. I'm poor. :) )
LH

[l***@hotmail.com]

The GeForce3 is a DirectX 8-level card, not a DirectX 7-level card. It
is supposed to be supported by HL 2.

[Tweek]

Have you tried setting the DirectX level in the Video settings menu to
"DirectX 8.0"?