Half-life 2 and windows 2003 question

[shephard]

I'm trying to run Steam and half-life 2 and garry's mod on windows 2003 server so my brother and i can play because this computer is the only other one i have that can run the games but every time i go to launch a game it acts like it is going to load then just quit. i was woundering if it was even possible for the game to run on 2003 or if i'm missing something, i've also updated the drivers.

 

[GarFin]

ur a noob

I'd rather be a n00b, than a clueless t00L, who doesn't obviously have a clue as to the answer, but feels the need to respond with a pointless message, such as the above.

Shephard,
The reason why you are having problems, is that, although Windows 2003 does support DirectX/OpenGL , it is not enabled by default. To enable these, you need to go to DISPLAY PROPERTIES/SETTINGS/ADVANCED/TROUBLESHOOT and then move the hardware acceleration slider, all the way to FULL.

Once you have done this, i would recommend that you re-install DirectX 9C from microsoft website

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9226a611-62fe-4f61-aba1-914185249413&displaylang=en

and you should be good to go.

Now, from my testing, on a dual boot PC...


HL2 Lost Coast - Video Stress test , everything set to HIGH.
XP = 51.67fps
W2K3 = 60.47fps

RAM seen by PC
XP = 3072mb
W2K3 = 4096mb


So, thats a 20% improvement in FPS, just by using Windows 2003 Server over XP Pro. AND as a bonus, i can now use ALL of my 4gb of RAM. So much for 2003 Server NOT being a gamers platform.

 

[spero]

Start // Run // "dxdiag"

Click the Display Tab
Enable DirectDraw Acceleration (this should also enable the rest)