Half Life 2 and Portal run slowly

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by Harry Walker, Mar 11, 2009.

  1. Harry Walker

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    Hey,
    I'm running Vista home basic with Parallels 4.0, and i got half life 2 and portal recently. My MacBook has 4GB RAM and a intel x3100 graphics card, so according to this video they should run fine. But, in half life two some things become invisible in some lighting and portal laggs whenever two portals are close, and both games run generally slowly. Are there any solutions to this problem?
     
    Harry Walker, Mar 11, 2009
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  2. Harry Walker

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    Sorry, wrong sub forum, could a mod move it please? Its meant to be in windows guest OS.
     
    Harry Walker, Mar 11, 2009
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  3. Peter Canasius J L

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    Hello Harry Walker,

    We need to increase the Video RAM and enable the 3 D acceleration.

    1) Open Parallels Desktop ( do not start the Windows Virtual Machine ) => Go to Configure.
    2) Video => Enable the option " 3 D Acceleration ".
    3) Increase the Video Ram to 256 MB.
    4) Click Ok.

    This should Work.
     
    Peter Canasius J L, Mar 11, 2009
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  4. Harry Walker

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    That made no difference. I've tried it with 144MB and 128, and that didnt change anything either. Are there any other setting which affect graphics cards?
     
    Harry Walker, Mar 15, 2009
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