Defragmented my hard drive again, before starting Steam to download this patch, so I'm not entirely sure which has had the change of effect. It's probably the patch though, considering defragmentation hasn't changed Half-Life 2's performance on my system before.
The latest update seems to have actually helped a big deal. Water Hazard is no longer a big stuttery mess, and a few key stutters in city 17 early on are thankfully absent and more reduced (for example, at the start of route kanal, shooting a barrel would cause a stuttering explosion for about 5-6 times, now it's gone).
A big thumbs up for me with this patch. Although I've not had chance to try it on some of the problem chapters (Anti-citizen one, Follow Freeman) later on, the stuttering seems to be minimal from what I have tested, and it doesn't harm the immersion of losing yourself in the game as much.
Good stuff.
The latest update seems to have actually helped a big deal. Water Hazard is no longer a big stuttery mess, and a few key stutters in city 17 early on are thankfully absent and more reduced (for example, at the start of route kanal, shooting a barrel would cause a stuttering explosion for about 5-6 times, now it's gone).
A big thumbs up for me with this patch. Although I've not had chance to try it on some of the problem chapters (Anti-citizen one, Follow Freeman) later on, the stuttering seems to be minimal from what I have tested, and it doesn't harm the immersion of losing yourself in the game as much.
Good stuff.
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