Need FPS Help

[buzzaldrin]

Hey guys, I recently built a hackintosh with what I think are fairly good hardware pieces and TF2 runs like absolute shit, even with everything on either "Low" or "None."
My computer has: 3.09 GHz Intel Core i7, 6 GB 1403 MHz DDR3, and a GeForce GTX 460 1 GB
I can sometimes get my FPS around 30+ normally and 10+ in fights with configs I find around the internet but they don't work that well and my game looks like shit, and with my setup know I should be at at least 60+ FPS.
Do you guys have any ideas on what I can do? Thanks.

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[fo631]

what video settings do you use ingame?

[buzzaldrin]

Well to get around 30+ I use everything either Disabled or on Low.

[fo631]

try using default settings and run the game in a lower resolution
//try disabling or enabling multicore and or vertical sync

are your video card drivers updated?

[buzzaldrin]

I'll try it now, and TF2 wont let me access my multicore settings for some reason.
Yeah all of my drivers are up to date.

[Smartlord]

If it's because of hardware and you need even lower settings then please read this thread.

[url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/774154-Bringing-the-graphics-to-a-bare-minimum-(Client-optimization)[/url]

[buzzaldrin]

@TheForeigner I tried the lower resolution and I'm still getting FPS lag and around 20+ FPS
and @CakeMaster7 the whole point is that I'm pretty sure my hardware shouldn't be having these problems at all...

[Smartlord]

[QUOTE=buzzaldrin;30750485]@TheForeigner I tried the lower resolution and I'm still getting FPS lag and around 20+ FPS
and @CakeMaster7 the whole point is that I'm pretty sure my hardware shouldn't be having these problems at all...[/QUOTE]
How much RAM do you have? The more RAM the better.

[buzzaldrin]

I have 6 GB.
[add] btw lowering my resolution made no difference.

[fo631]

[QUOTE=buzzaldrin;30750701]I have 6 GB.
[add] btw lowering my resolution made no difference.[/QUOTE]
what are your current tf2 video settings?

[buzzaldrin]

Well now I have it back to 1280x1024
Model: Low, Texture: Low, Shader: Low, Water: Simple, Shadow: Low, Color: Disabled, Antialiasing: None, Filtering: None, VSync: Disabled

[fo631]

googling "tf2 lagging on GTX 460" gave quite a few results and also videos about it
you can try
[url]http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1093560[/url]

[buzzaldrin]

Thanks I'll google it and see what I can find
And I've come across that post before, Im on a hackintosh, which is OS X, and since I don't have an anti-virus that method isn't really of any use to me.

[E-102 Gamma]

This is really strange. With hardware like that, you should be getting well over 200 FPS just about all the time with your settings cranked the whole way up (minus V-Sync, of course). I'm guessing it has something to do with your OS.

[QUOTE=TheForeigner;30751532]googling "tf2 lagging on GTX 460" gave quite a few results and also videos about it[/QUOTE]

I play TF2 on a 460 and I don't get explainable bad performance... :raise:

[buzzaldrin]

Well I googled around and nothing really helped me.
E-102 Gamma, it makes me happy to find another person with my card that's able to enjoy the game haha.
If it comes down to it, I might just have to take off OS X and install XP to see if it was the OS.

[E-102 Gamma]

[QUOTE=buzzaldrin;30771106]If it comes down to it, I might just have to take off OS X and install XP to see if it was the OS.[/QUOTE]

Since you have 6 GB of RAM, you should probably go with a 64-bit OS (like Windows 7). If you use XP, you'll only be able to use half of it (32-bit OSes can use 4 GB or RAM minus VRAM. Your card has 1GB, so you'd be left with 3 GB).

[buzzaldrin]

Ahh true, so I'm better off installing a 64 bit Win 7.