Is my gfx card dying or is hl2 messing with me?

You don't have enough memory to handle textures. Either change your drivers to a newer ones or get a new card.Mithrandir0x

But when I first got this game it didnt show like that, it showed normally

Does the gfx card mess up in anyother game?04dcarraher

Make sure you have the latest drivers for your gfx card and the most recent version of DX from MS. Plus you want to have start hl2 with the command -autoconfig to have the game re-detect your gfx hardware.BigD

ok...I'll try with the -autoconfig