A fresh copy of Half-Life 2 didn't improve things - it made things worse! I'm still convinced that the stuttering is caused by a sound issue more than anything else, though, so I purchased a new soundcard from
Komplett earlier. It's the
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value. It's OEM I think, but it's also a steal for �26.50!
Oh, and I'm still not totally happy with GazNET v5.2 yet, so I'm making the odd adjustment here and there to get it looking as intended. I might even allow comments again, but I may have to force people to register before they can comment to avoid the problems I had a couple of months back with comment spammers.