Vista - Low frame rates while playing games

I just got a new PC and I installed the Orange Box after doing all of the
updates and the patches and its running at a really low frame rate does
anyone know who to fix this little problem

Pc: m8200n

Graphics card: GeForce 6150 SE

Windows Vista 32 Bit

LoL Pc is worse you need not to ask you why u got bad FPS...
6150SE is worse its for beginners! Tell us other details, CPU/RAM
"Talvos" <Talvos@xxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Your video card is somewhat underpowered for one. How much RAM do you have
and what processor? But, a video card upgrade would defintely speed things
up. Half Life is a pretty demanding game for graphics.

Hope this helps.
--
Dustin Harper
dharper@xxxxxx
http://www.vistarip.com

"Talvos" <Talvos@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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It has 3Gigs of ram and a HP Pavilion Media Center AMD Athlon 64 X2
Dual-Core Processor 6000
"redhell" wrote:

Buy new Graphiccard! The rest sounds ok, but many games need good Card. If
you want sth that is good for now and later buy a Nvidia GeForce 8 card.
"Talvos" <Talvos@xxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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"Talvos" <Talvos@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1FD30017-2188-486A-B612-1ED64993EAFA@xxxxxxHey Talvos,

You have a good system, but your video card is not for gaming. Integrated
video cards just don't do gaming as well as a dedicated video card.

Fortunatly I think I know what system you're using even though you didn't
post your HP model number (cough, cough), and you have a PCI-Express slot in
your system, you just have to go to your favorite retailer and look into
buying a video card. If you talk to someone, tell them what game you want to
run and what system you have, and see if they have a recommendation.

I would recommend an nVidia 8600 or 8800 (whatever you can afford), don't go
lower than 8600. Amount of RAM on the card doesn't really matter, but you'll
more than likely get 512 or 320megs. Just make sure the box says PCI-Express
somewhere on it and not AGP.

Slap that bad boy in your box, or find a friend who knows what he's doing to
help, get the latest drivers from nVidia.com and try the game again.

For now though if you want to improve your framerate, drop your resolution
in the game down to like 800x600 and adjust the advanced settings down a
little bit, or make sure they are all at default. Turn off stuff like
Anti-Aliasing, it's nice, but takes a lot of processing power.

If you want to go with an ATi card, the 2600 HD is a good choice too. (Valve
preferred, and less compatibility issues with most games)

-A.