Slowness after quiting HL2 based games...

[OzZie]

I've recently been getting a wierd problem with all HL2 engine based games. Basically, the game loads up as per normal, and i join servers etc and play for a while. However, when i quit the server, the mouse goes very slow in responding to my actions, and also the sound is not in sync when i hover the mouse over "Create Server" or "Join Server". Even when i quit the game, it takes a good 30 secs before it goes back to the desktop. ;o

So far i have tried three different catalyst drivers (5.12, 6.1, and 6.2) and updated my VIA drivers to no avail. Even a format hasnt seemed to cure the problem.

Because i have a seperate partition for my games, i'm thinking maybe the cfg files are corrupt after i reformat the C: drive on the games drive?

Any help is appreciated.

 

[OzZie]

Memory should'nt be a problem as i've got 1GB of RAM and i've never had the problem before. Timings are 2.5-3-3-6 which isnt too bad.

This is on a fresh install of XP, so i don't think im running low on resources.

I'll try validating my files later on