Portal Pre-Load Underway

malware · Oct 2, 2007

Those who pre-purchased Valve's first person brain twister Portal through Steam, either in the $44.99 ultra compilation The Orange Box or by its $19.99 separate listing, can now begin downloading the game's assets. Commonly referred to as pre-loading, the idea is to let gamers gradually download a game in advance so they only need to download a small enabling file on the day of its release, preventing owners from being held back by slow download speeds and clogged servers. With The Orange Box gone gold and confirmed to release on October 10th for PC and Xbox 360, the pre-load for Half-Life 2: Episode Two is also expected to begin shortly.

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mandelore · Oct 2, 2007

cool, already preloaded here :toast:

Helvetica · Oct 2, 2007

All right! I guess it was secretly preloading because once I clicked 'Start Preload' it was already at 75%! WOOT

ktr · Oct 2, 2007

I will preload asap when i get home. Hopefully it will run better than tf2 on my rig.

Exceededgoku · Oct 2, 2007

wow tf2 lags on your rig? That's quite surprising! I guess I've only seen it run on HD2900s (which run it amazingly) but I didn't imagine it would lag on any setup!

ktr · Oct 2, 2007

It doesnt really lag, but the fps spikes like crazy when outdoors, no matter what res or settings. I ran the game 1280 (4:3) and everything more or less on low, and still spikes. Now running the game 1650 (16:10) maxed out everything in dx8, and the game runs flawless. This tells me this game has some dx9 issues or something.

Deleted member 24505 · Oct 2, 2007

just pre loaded portal.

i get no lag on my machine at 1600x1200 maxxed out.i have to have vsync on tho' or it tears really bad.i think the refresh is 60 at 1600 but my monitor will do 1600 at 70hz refresh,tho' i guess tf2 defaults it at 60hz.

yogurt_21 · Oct 2, 2007

ktr said:
It doesnt really lag, but the fps spikes like crazy when outdoors, no matter what res or settings. I ran the game 1280 (4:3) and everything more or less on low, and still spikes. Now running the game 1650 (16:10) maxed out everything in dx8, and the game runs flawless. This tells me this game has some dx9 issues or something.

well it is a beta, the whole network'll lag at the same time sometimes when i'm playing, all the sudden all the servers spike and you're frozen for a second or two. the nice thing about a beta is it allows them to fix all of theses things before official release.

Homeless · Oct 2, 2007

just finished pre-loading portal, can't wait for it's release

Helvetica · Oct 3, 2007

Exceededgoku said:
wow tf2 lags on your rig? That's quite surprising! I guess I've only seen it run on HD2900s (which run it amazingly) but I didn't imagine it would lag on any setup!

TF2 is the most demanding progam on the source engine thus far.

wazzledoozle · Oct 3, 2007

Helvetica said:
TF2 is the most demanding progam on the source engine thus far.

It runs with everything maxed @ 2xAA 8xAF, full HDR, motion blur 1440x900 just fine for me.
It's not any more demanding than day of defeat source, less complex textures.

Portal looks more demanding than TF2.

ktr · Oct 3, 2007

wazzledoozle said:
It runs with everything maxed @ 2xAA 8xAF, full HDR, motion blur 1440x900 just fine for me.
It's not any more demanding than day of defeat source, less complex textures.

Portal looks more demanding than TF2.

There is indefinably a bug in the game then, why do i get choppy with 2x 7600gt with those same settings.

wazzledoozle · Oct 3, 2007

ktr said:
There is indefinably a bug in the game then, why do i get choppy with 2x 7600gt with those same settings.

Doesn't SLI have to be enabled per-game in the drivers? TF2 optimization is probably not there yet.

ktr · Oct 3, 2007

wazzledoozle said:
Doesn't SLI have to be enabled per-game in the drivers? TF2 optimization is probably not there yet.

its there now, last update has it.

Now one thing is that my cards have different clock speeds, how do I oc the slower one to be on par with the faster. I set the clocks at 604 in ntune, but it doesnt have an option for both? does this do it to both cards?

wazzledoozle · Oct 3, 2007

I think both cards are synced automatically.

rhythmeister · Oct 3, 2007

ktr said:
its there now, last update has it.

Now one thing is that my cards have different clock speeds, how do I oc the slower one to be on par with the faster. I set the clocks at 604 in ntune, but it does have an option for both? does this do it to both cards?

Mod yr bios on the slower card to higher clocks FTW :rockout:

Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 VID: 1.2125
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3P rev.2.0
Cooling	Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme + Noctua NF-S12 Fan
Memory	4x1 GB PQI DDR2 PC2-6400
Video Card(s)	Colorful iGame Radeon HD 4890 1 GB GDDR5
Storage	2x 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 32 MB RAID0
Display(s)	BenQ G2400W 24-inch WideScreen LCD
Case	Cooler Master COSMOS RC-1000 (sold), Cooler Master HAF-932 (delivered)
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic + Logitech Z-5500 Digital THX
Power Supply	Chieftec CFT-1000G-DF 1kW
Software	Laptop: Lenovo 3000 N200 C2DT2310/3GB/120GB/GF7300/15.4"/Razer

Processor	I9 9900KS @ 5.3Ghz
Motherboard	Gagabyte z390 Aorus Ultra
Cooling	Nexxxos Nova 1080 + 360 rad
Memory	32Gb Crucial Balliastix RGB 4.4GHz
Video Card(s)	MSI Gaming X Trio RTX 3090 (Bios and Shunt Modded) 2.17GHz @ 38C
Storage	NVME / SSD RAID arrays
Display(s)	38" LG 38GN950-B, 27" BENQ XL2730Z 144hz 1440p, Samsung 27" 3D 1440p
Case	Thermaltake Core series
Power Supply	1.6Kw Silverstone
Mouse	Roccat Kone EMP
Keyboard	Corsair Viper Mechanical
Software	Windows 10 Pro

Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz
Motherboard	ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP
Memory	2GB DDR2 800mhz
Video Card(s)	HD2900XT
Storage	WD 10,000RPM
Display(s)	1920x1200
Audio Device(s)	Creative
Power Supply	700w

System Name	The Money Sink
Processor	Intel i7-5960X at 4.60Ghz
Motherboard	MSI X99A Godlike
Cooling	Custom watercooling loop, single D5 -> CPU, dual D5 -> GPU's
Memory	64GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	2 x 1080Ti @ Stock for the moment (40oC LOAD)
Storage	960GB Mushkin Scorpion Deluxe and 2 x 512GB M.2 SSD RAID0
Display(s)	Dual Curved LG 34" Display
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W G2
Software	Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	ALOT

System Name	Thought I'd be done with this by now
Processor	i7 11700k 8/16
Motherboard	MSI Z590 Pro Wifi
Cooling	Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4, 9x aigo AR12
Memory	32GB GSkill TridentZ Neo DDR4-4000 CL18-22-22-42
Video Card(s)	MSI Ventus 2x Geforce RTX 3070
Storage	1TB MX300 M.2 OS + Games, + cloud mostly
Display(s)	Samsung 40" 4k (TV)
Case	Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic EVO Black
Audio Device(s)	onboard HD -> Yamaha 5.1
Power Supply	EVGA 850 GQ
Mouse	Logitech wireless
Keyboard	same
VR HMD	nah
Software	Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	no one cares anymore lols

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Processor	X2 3800+ @ 2.3 GHz
Motherboard	DFI Lanparty SLI-DR
Cooling	Zalman CNPS 9500 LED
Memory	2x1 Gb OCZ Plat. @ 3-3-2-8-1t 460 MHz
Video Card(s)	HIS IceQ 4670 512Mb
Storage	640Gb & 160Gb western digital sata drives
Display(s)	Hanns G 19" widescreen LCD w/ DVI 5ms
Case	Thermaltake Soprano
Audio Device(s)	Audigy 2 softmod@Audigy 4, Logitech X-530 5:1
Power Supply	Coolermaster eXtreme Power Plus 500w
Software	XP Pro

System Name	Jezebelle
Processor	i5 4690K
Motherboard	MSI Z97M-G43
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12
Memory	2x8GB Ballistix Sport
Video Card(s)	GTX 1070 Ti
Storage	Sandisk Ultra II 480GB, Sammy 1TB F3
Display(s)	BenQ Xl2411Z
Case	Fractal Define Mini
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek 7.1 HD, does the job!
Power Supply	Enermax Infiniti 720W
Keyboard	Logitech G15
Software	Winblows 10 Pro