Heya, I’ve been lurking the forums for quite a lot of years now and I am a little disappointed that my first post is going to be in the Help and Support section. But nevertheless I’ve scoured the internet and various other forums for assistance to no avail.
So to the point: I’ve recently installed Windows 7 on my desktop after enjoying it on my laptop since it was available in RC form, and just recently started reinstalling all my source games. But there is a big problem with every single source game I’ve installed and played so far (Portal, HL2, EP1, EP2, TF2, L4D, L4D2) even though I change the texture quality in the options dialog the in game textures are always on the lowest quality. It really is sickening to look at when my little tablet can easily switch texture modes (although at 1/20th of the performance). I was wondering if there was something I accidentally enabled or disabled in my drivers, or anything I could easily repair.
It isn’t an amazing machine nor is it exactly terrible, I just picked it up on newegg preassembled so I do not really know the exact components of everything (I mostly use my laptop), but this is what I do know:
AMD Phenom X3 8750
4GB DDR2
Radeon HD 4870
Connexant HD Audio
Any help would be greatly appreciated!