Computer gurus & HL2/Steam Users , need input, advice..

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Originally Posted by WWWD

have you upgraded your video drivers lately? they are upgrading the hl2 engine all the time. also make sure you are playing on servers with low pings , its sounds like you are lagging out. i know some of the steam updates have caused lag and choke problems that are unrelated to your system.

The problem is I go to update my video driver and there is so many available updates I don't know which one is right for me... I am using a Radeon 9600 XT .

I play on servers with low pings all the time. There should be no reason for me to lag, my computer is still fairly new and I am using high speed internet. I have never had this problem up until that problem where an admin booted me out and then everything seemed to have went downhill from there. The thing is when I play CS Source now it doesn't lag like that... Just frustrating is all !