sound problem in Steam Halflife games

[Joel]

No, this is not a Halo problem.

I have all the latest drivers, but I am having an audio/lag problem in the
games I play online. Whenever an audio (automated voice) comes up to tell me
to do something in the games, I get a 1 second stoppage. It is almost like
the computer skips in the data transfer. The games are all HalfLife mods
used through the network program called Steam.

I know in ME/98 there was a way to change the amount of virtual memory. It
looks like in XP the paging file is the equivalent of this. Is that right?
If not, where can I change it to make my virutal memory bigger. I have
increaseased paging file size by 1,000mb greater than the default settings.

I was told that this is probably a cache problem and that I should increase
the virutal memory.

Pentium 4 2.7cpu
1gig ram
35gig free on the HDD
XP Pro sp2
ati radeon x600 video card

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Joel,

You can even build a new, larger page file using this method:

1. In Control Panel / System / Advanced / click the Performance
"Settings..." button which open the "Performance Options" box.

2. Click the "Advanced" tab and then the "Change..." button.

3. Scroll through the list, click on any line that has a value listed in
the "Paging File Size" column, click the "No paging file" choice,
and then click the "Set" button for the page file to be cleared.

4. After completing step 3 for each entry, click OK 3 times to exit.

5. Restart the computer, hold down F8 to startup in Safe Mode.

6. Delete each pagefile.sys you find on your drive's partitions.

7. Repeat steps 1+2, and click the "System managed size" choice.

8. Click the "Set" button, click OK 3 times, and restart the system.

9. For a visualization of the Virtual Memory Page file configuration try:
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/mcfedries/03june16.asp
For advanced options visit: http://www.aumha.org/a/xpvm.htm

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Joel Wrote:
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| No, this is not a Halo problem.
|
| I have all the latest drivers, but I am having an audio/lag problem in the
| games I play online. Whenever an audio (automated voice) comes up to tell me
| to do something in the games, I get a 1 second stoppage. It is almost like
| the computer skips in the data transfer. The games are all HalfLife mods
| used through the network program called Steam.
|
| I know in ME/98 there was a way to change the amount of virtual memory. It
| looks like in XP the paging file is the equivalent of this. Is that right?
| If not, where can I change it to make my virutal memory bigger. I have
| increaseased paging file size by 1,000mb greater than the default settings.
|
| I was told that this is probably a cache problem and that I should increase
| the virutal memory.
|
| Pentium 4 2.7cpu
| 1gig ram
| 35gig free on the HDD
| XP Pro sp2
| ati radeon x600 video card