A little dissapointed

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Well I got very dissapointed this evening when after spending about two hours downloading HL:source (yes thats half life 1 not 2) onto my wifes Advent 4211 (Atom based 10" netbook) I found it couldn't even produce a playable framerate.

I was really hoping this would work so I could play a bit of HL1 at lunch so I am ready for black mesa:source.

I assume the achilles heal is the source addition to the first game completely overwhelming the little Atom cpu?

Has anyone else tried this or got it running? Or am I expecting too much?

EDIT: Just seen they are doing an offer on the original HL1 (non source version) plus blue shift / opposing force on steam. Has anyone tried the original HL1 on an atom based computer?
 
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I own the msi wind which is exactly the same netbook and I think you were asking too much from the poor little thing, have you updated the bios recently? msi released a new version of their bios that enabled a button to overclock by 24 percent when attached to a mains supply. Worth having a look even though your wifes is an advent.

Also the original half life would probably be a better bet on that machine.

edit: Also dont forget that netbook has an easy access free ram slot if you dont mind voiding your warranty
 
Xink said:
I own the msi wind which is exactly the same netbook and I think you were asking too much from the poor little thing, have you updated the bios recently? msi released a new version of their bios that enabled a button to overclock by 24 percent when attached to a mains supply. Worth having a look even though your wifes is an advent.

Also the original half life would probably be a better bet on that machine.

edit: Also dont forget that netbook has an easy access free ram slot if you dont mind voiding your warranty
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Thanks I forgot about the overclock available on the wind. Not sure though if it will work on the Advent (whilst they are technically identical I am sure there is enough of a difference to bugger something up).

Ram wise I should be fine however I think its the source part thats the problem given it does all of the pysics calculations on the cpu it makes the atom trip over itself. I know I have ran HL1 on this type of intel gpu before so it should be powerful enough.

I will try the original and see if it works. :)
 
Yeah its your cpu, I recently upgraded my gfx card to a 4850 and on a 22" monitor the frame rates can drop to around 40fps, with a 6300 @ 3.01ghz. Have you tried putting all setting to low?
 
Memphis said:
That is the standard version of Half-Life, not the Source engined update. It is without doubt the Source engine that is struggling on the Atom CPU.
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Yes I was referring to his edit in the OP, There are videos of even half life 2 running on these little laptops but they cant be comfortable to play :S
 
why not get a real computer to play games on? Atom cpu's are painfully slow, also aren't there a few AMD laptops, similar power levels due to much lower power chipsets/gfx amd side, which spend all that saved power on a "real" cpu so you end up with similar battery life but a much faster machine?
 
The original will be fine but its no wonder you can't play a Source game on a netbook! I found earlier games run OK on my EeePC like Quake 1/2, DOS Games, etc.
 
i have an nc10 and just googled nc10 and games someone has created a nice list...

guild wars works great on my nc10 :D
 
wow.. i had no idea you could actually run games on a netbook. :D
I'm sticking to my DV7 though... a lot heavier.. but a lot more powerful :)
 
I havnt tried many games on my msi but i might install some old classics just to test, only weights a kilo, im in the car on mobile internet as i write this, its awsome :D
 
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