G200 and Half-Life (no laughing please)

[Tarkan_217]

I have two problems. The first is OpenGL locking up constantly with my G200 (8MB RAM). I've tried tons of stuff but nothing seems to work and I've nearly given up on it. The other problem is with Direct3D and the "opaqueness" that some people seem to get when they go underwater. Anyone have any ideas?
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I know these questions have been answered countless times in the forums but there is too much information for me to get a feel of what I need to do, so could you please answer this question one more time?
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Matrox MGA-G200 2x AGP 8MB RAM<br>
<pre> Driver set 6.22 (went backwards to get transparency
rendering back in openGL), BIOS ver. 3.3-34<br>
Pentium 2 350Mhz<br>
Half-Life ver. 1.1.1.0

[nehalmistry]

ok here is my suggestion, don't use latest drivers, use 5.13 (works with all games that work with latest drivers)... openGL is a little slower but d3d is a little faster w/ these drivers... try openGL then... it should work... if not, use D3D ... the underwater thing didn't happen in those drivers.. underwater problem only happens in some drivers i believe ...

i would suggest OGL if it works for ya... i find it faster... well try both and see what works for u...

also i wouldn't go above 800x600 ... i like my FPS high so i stay at 640x480 ... still looks nice and plays nice..

Nehal

[funky-d-munky]

Here is my suggestion. Get a new CARD!
Yes we are all fond of the good o'l g200, but not to play games!

You could pick up a g400 used for very reasonable. Or g450/550(but not as good at games)
Or if worse comes to worse I am sure you could get a tnt1/2 or gedork MX for about $30 or less.