Game menus

[Audi0Fr3ak]

At first i thought it was a steam issue, then I remembered some past games that had the same problem.

Most games i try playing, wont show menus.. I can play the games, but any loading screen or start menu will either show blank or partial...

Games that fail:
HL2 Deathmatch
HL2 mods
TMNT (2007)

can't remember the others, its mostly HL2 mods...

any ideas what is causing this?

 

[Atomic Rooster]

Can you post a few details on your system? Things like video card, motherboard, CPU, etc.

Check to see that you have the latest drivers installed.

 

[Audi0Fr3ak]

Im running a stock Dell Latitude D620 with 2gb ram upgrade, and im running the latest drivers since i just reformatted last week.

 

[Atomic Rooster]

Hmm. . .
Have you tried allocating more system memory to the graphics? You can allocate up to 192MB to the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M and 224MB to the Intel GMA 950.

 

[netBooger]

Do you have the Mobile Intel® 945GM Express Chipset Family?

If so it appears it has troubles with Half life 2 and Intel is aware of the issue but doesn't have a fix.

http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel945gm/sb/CS-022051.htm

I know it is not crashing but I am sure the problems are related.

 

[Audi0Fr3ak]

HL2 itself works, even though I do have the Mobile Intel 945GM Express Chipset Family.

Can't allocate more memory for some reason, BIOS marks it as unchangable