Valve cleary says that you need to install the latest drivers for your hardware and that you should also make sure that your DirectX version is up to date.
Most of the bleeding edge 3D FPS games do NOT support notebook chipsets, by the way. The Unreal 3 engine, for example, only runs at 640x480 (or was it even less?) with NO details at all on my X1600. So it could be that you are SOL (Shit Out of Luck.)
However, all Orange Box games run great on my X1600. Even on Vista, I can run them at the maximum resolution of my screen, 1680x1050.
But listen to the advice: Buy a console. If you're into games like HL2, buy an Xbox 360. The Orange Box looks gorgeous at 1920x1200 on an Xbox. ;-)
Most of the bleeding edge 3D FPS games do NOT support notebook chipsets, by the way. The Unreal 3 engine, for example, only runs at 640x480 (or was it even less?) with NO details at all on my X1600. So it could be that you are SOL (Shit Out of Luck.)
However, all Orange Box games run great on my X1600. Even on Vista, I can run them at the maximum resolution of my screen, 1680x1050.
But listen to the advice: Buy a console. If you're into games like HL2, buy an Xbox 360. The Orange Box looks gorgeous at 1920x1200 on an Xbox. ;-)