Any way to increase game performance?

[AirRaidSiren]

I run a 2.20 GHz processor with 286 MB maximum graphic memory. I run Half life 2 on the Steam gaming client. I only run steam and my anti-virus while I play it, and I still have to set everything to low quality. Any programs that could improve performance?

 

[Madandfrustrate]

Could you tell us what your gfx card is? You could also boost performance by overclocking your video card, but I wouldn't recommend it if you are inexperienced in that area. There is not much else you can do to boost performance otherwise.

 

[ADDOriN]

There are some 3th party programs around witch "have" to help people.
I've tested Game Booster but i have to admit i don't feel diffrence b/n with it or not.

 

[nostaw5]

Intel Celerons are pretty outdated and so might be your graphics card. I had a celeron that did the same with Half Life 2 Episode 2.. Give me your complete computer specs, CPU, RAM, GPU, HDD. I know what is really needed to play valve games since i play them everyday with different pc's and collect info from benchmarks.

 

[RainyDay]

I'm guessing more than likely its a built in graphics adapter (onboard gfx), which would be why the video memory is 256 mb but yet the OP doesn't know the vendor/model. many celerons came with a onboard gfx adapter instead of a dedicated one, I haven't heard of anyone OCing an onboard gpu.

if this system is a laptop, an OC of any kind if unwise. laptops already struggle to stay cool, OC does nothing but give it more heat to deal with. Also that laptop power supplies are purpose-built for the system only, I doubt it can handle much extra load, such as overclocking.

 

[richc46]

Some of the suggestions here, may help:
Tips on Troubleshooting Game Issues - Windows 7 Forums

 

[userseven]

Remove software you dont use this free's up MEMORY and CPU usage as well as diskspace which in turn gives you better performance, i usually disable my anti virus if im just going to game then re-enable it once im done playing.