The load times in HL2 and any of mods for the source engine are ridiculous. How can I go about reducing them without spending thousands of dollars on a new computer?
I don't know what my computer specs are, exactly, but I know my video card is an Nvidea GeForce 4, and I believe I have 512 MB of RAM.
It seriously can take 5-10 minutes to load up each level or map I try to play. This is true in both single player and multiplayer. So what can I do to reduce these terrible loading times?