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Orange Box
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I bought the 360 version for £13.99 + £10 postage from ebay. Bargain for 5 games.
Orange box craps out on me
Most of the orange box is not working for me. This is what I've got: 2.66 Ghz Dual-Core Intel w. a Radeon X1900, running boot camp 1.4. Same thing happens when I used the graphic driver that boot camp installed, and the graphics update that Steam suggested. (7.10) I've done a complete reinstall of boot camp and XP. ONLY thing I installed was the Orange Box software...not even any virus stuff.
Team Fortress 2: I can get into a game for a moment and move around, then crashes. (freezes up with the sound doing a weird looping thing.)
Portal: Get into a game, crashes.
HL2_ Episode Two: Crashes real fast
HL2 original: RUNS FINE, but I notice a few rendering errors. (polygones missing, weird lines shooting out of peoples faces)
This is what kills me: When I used boot camp v 1.1 a few months ago, Half Life 2 and Episode One played perfectly. Battlefield 2142, Counterstrike Source, Call of Duty 2 all played perfectly. Only recently I've had problems with playing newer games. (Bioshock demo crashed at the same spot, MOH Airborne demo does the same thing.)
It seems the newer drivers are screwing me up. Don't tell me I've got to *gasp* "upgrade" to Vista?
Most of the orange box is not working for me. This is what I've got: 2.66 Ghz Dual-Core Intel w. a Radeon X1900, running boot camp 1.4. Same thing happens when I used the graphic driver that boot camp installed, and the graphics update that Steam suggested. (7.10) I've done a complete reinstall of boot camp and XP. ONLY thing I installed was the Orange Box software...not even any virus stuff.
Team Fortress 2: I can get into a game for a moment and move around, then crashes. (freezes up with the sound doing a weird looping thing.)
Portal: Get into a game, crashes.
HL2_ Episode Two: Crashes real fast
HL2 original: RUNS FINE, but I notice a few rendering errors. (polygones missing, weird lines shooting out of peoples faces)
This is what kills me: When I used boot camp v 1.1 a few months ago, Half Life 2 and Episode One played perfectly. Battlefield 2142, Counterstrike Source, Call of Duty 2 all played perfectly. Only recently I've had problems with playing newer games. (Bioshock demo crashed at the same spot, MOH Airborne demo does the same thing.)
It seems the newer drivers are screwing me up. Don't tell me I've got to *gasp* "upgrade" to Vista?
Markleshark
macrumors 603
I had this problem, the solution is p**s easy too -
Download Omega Drivers for your graphics card.
Not a single crash on my end. Nada. Plus you get a little o/c app which you can get some extra frames per second!
🙂
Consultant
macrumors G5
Anybody know what is the difference between the Valve account and Steam ID? I thought they are the same but they can differ.
Eidorian
macrumors Penryn
Omega Drivers
OK, the omega drivers helped, but I still get crashes from time to time. At least I can play Team Fortress 2 for about 15 minutes...then I go under. Same thing for Portal and Episode Two.
If anyone was looking, here are the Omega drivers:
http://www.omegadrivers.net/ati/win2k_xp.php
Anyone have any suggestions on what to set on the ATI control panel? OpenGL? Turn off acceleration?
OK, the omega drivers helped, but I still get crashes from time to time. At least I can play Team Fortress 2 for about 15 minutes...then I go under. Same thing for Portal and Episode Two.
If anyone was looking, here are the Omega drivers:
http://www.omegadrivers.net/ati/win2k_xp.php
Anyone have any suggestions on what to set on the ATI control panel? OpenGL? Turn off acceleration?