Anyone get small 'stuttering' in HL2?

does anyone get this lil problem where when your playing, when something big happens, the game 'chugs' for like 1 milisecond and then is all smooth again?
Cause my hl2 runs great, just sometimes it will chug for a split second then be fine again , like sometimes in gunfights walking into a new area etc..

2.0 ghz
768ram
9600xt

[Gossoon]

Yes.
Welcome to the forums. Many people are having the same problems as you. Hopefully Valve has their spies out and is aware of the problem.

[iamaelephant]

Yeah I get that, no major problem though.

[MrWynd]

yeah i have the same issue. otherwise runs 100% smooth.

2.4 P4
512MB DDR400
AIW 9800 pro 128MB (4.11 drivers)
SB audigy gamer

[oldagerocker]

yeah i got sound and graphic stuttering at the start of the game and after loading intervals,

Amd Athlon XP 3200+
1 gb DDR400
9800 Pro 4.11 drivers

hmmm ok cause i was thinking about bumping my ram from 768 to 1gig, but is it worth it if its a game bug ?

[B_MAN]

i get it too
barton 2800
radeon 9800 pro 4.11
1gb ddr400

nothing too major but im sure itll be fixed very soon

[schaf]

Originally Posted by oldagerocker

yeah i got sound and graphic stuttering at the start of the game and after loading intervals,

same here.

Amd Athlon XP-M 2500+ @ 4000+ (13*200)
1 gb DDR400
9800 SE @ Pro (400/365)
4.12 beta drivers

[alyks]

It happening after loading is normal, I think it's when the game is replacing the textures in the graphics card, OR because we all have low-tech processors, it's the game trying the calculate the physics. I think it's the latter.

[XBORGZORZ]

Happens here to. So I dont think its a RAM issue.

AMD Athlon XP 2800
1 Gb RAM
9800 PRO

[fez]

ive noticed it autosaves at certain points during the game, this will cause i small slow down while it does this

It happens to me too, seems to be when loading a new room. Doesn't happen as much later on (i'm on chptr 7) though.

p4 3.2
1gb ddr400
x800pro - 4.12

i think when it loads a new room (every 10 secs it seems) it also auto-saves, so that might be the reason, i did have that aswell (with sound loop ocasionally) but not all the time

[Vormulac]

I get the occassional stutter. I'm pretty sure its the loading textures thing. It certainly doesn't detract from the whole gaming experience though.

Athlon64 3400+
1gig DDR400
ATI X800 Pro

you can try and change cl_smooth to 0, this has helped me a little bit. but i havent played enough yet to confirm