FPS Issues, and how they've been Bugging Me Over the Past Year - Games

try -dxlevel 90, looks like you're running 95/98, which enables some extra features that can cause problems. Or -dxlevel 81, if your computer is really doing that badly. [editline]03:10PM[/editline] In the launch options

Do You have installed Service Pack?

[QUOTE=Pecius;16201371]Do You have installed Service Pack?[/QUOTE] You mean for XP? It's SP3.

[QUOTE=kukiric;16200990]try -dxlevel 90, looks like you're running 95/98, which enables some extra features that can cause problems. Or -dxlevel 81, if your computer is really doing that badly. [editline]03:10PM[/editline] In the launch options[/QUOTE] hes not running windows 95 or 98...does tf2 even work on these? he said multiple times that he has Xp also, OP, why are you playing at a shitty resolution? I have an 8500 GT and i play at 1680x1050 with max settings and 16xAF and 2xAA except HDR, multicore rendering and motion blur are off, and i get 30+ Fps Try putting it on the highest resolution possible.....and make sure your not playing in Windows mode also, to the guy who posted "mat_hdr_level 0" above, thank you very much, i've been looking for a fix :-)

[QUOTE=kukiric;16200990] -dxlevel 81[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://i27.tinypic.com/svigk4.png[/IMG] WHAT THE FUUUUUUUCK Making it look worse barely helps the framerate at all.

[QUOTE=Mikeyf619;16201773]hes not running windows 95 or 98...does tf2 even work on these? he said multiple times that he has Xp[/QUOTE] DirectX level, not OS.

[QUOTE=Mikeyf619;16201773] also, OP, why are you playing at a shitty resolution? I have an 8500 GT and i play at 1680x1050 with max settings and 16xAF and 2xAA except HDR, multicore rendering and motion blur are off, and i get 30+ Fps Try putting it on the highest resolution possible.....and make sure your not playing in Windows mode [/QUOTE] My computer might be pretty good, but the screen is not. The screen turns black if it goes any higher than 1024x768 for TF2 which is strange because every other source game does. [url]http://techreport.com/articles.x/4250/7[/url] Notice how that article was written in 2003. They don't make screens in beige anymore :( [editline]02:29PM[/editline] Ok so, drivers don't change it, settings don't change it, dxlevel doesn't change it, and resolution (highest I can go now is 1280x1024) doesn't change it. What now, just stick with CSS?

Did you use an earlier driver like I said? And people saying to use dx 8 and changing the graphics and that kind of crap won't do anything since his computer can obviously handle highest settings with AA.

Well no I used the 190.38 why would I use that much older of a driver? Can I still even get it on that site?

Don't use newer drivers.. they aren't always the best. 178.24 drivers, in my experience are the best. [url]http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_178.24_whql.html[/url] try these and report back

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;16202830]Well no I used the 190.38 why would I use that much older of a driver? Can I still even get it on that site?[/QUOTE] Sometimes newer drivers can screw up games. But it can't be the driver's fault because you said you've had the problem for the past year.

[QUOTE=killz2much;16202899]Sometimes newer drivers can screw up games. But it can't be the driver's fault because you said you've had the problem for the past year.[/QUOTE] I don't know, Many of the newer drivers (including one year ago) have been really shaky and can screw up lots of games. Especially with the 8xxx, 9xxx series.

what do you have running in the background? post a screenshot of your taskmanager...

Here's CSS everything at it's highest with the highest resolution my monitor can handle on a 55 player server on escape maps, you know how big those can be: [IMG]http://i29.tinypic.com/1e3yps.png[/IMG] And here's task manager: [IMG]http://i25.tinypic.com/2bzn11.png[/IMG]

Hello? Anyone?

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;16203243][IMG]http://i25.tinypic.com/2bzn11.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] Is that idle?

On my old computer, If I had water reflections on, I would get horrible FPS, even on maps with no water. Try setting it to simple reflections.

Have you tried COMPLETELY resetting tf2? This does not include reinstalling

[QUOTE=HOUSEMASTERR;16207594]Have you tried COMPLETELY resetting tf2? This does not include reinstalling[/QUOTE] Like what, deleting the tf folder and starting the game up? [editline]08:12PM[/editline] [QUOTE=killz2much;16206441]Is that idle?[/QUOTE] Yeah I guess...

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;16209045]Yeah I guess...[/QUOTE] Well what could be taking nearly 60% of your CPU Usage if you're not even doing anything?

Well Paint was open because I was pasting the screenshots in to save but that's about it, I have no idea why it's that high. [editline]08:23PM[/editline] Could it have something to do with heat? I know this computer runs pretty hot, not sure how hot though.

Heat wouldn't affect CPU Usage. If you have everything closed, what's your CPU usage?

With the task manager open like 50%. Maybe my processor is half dead.

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;16209362]With the task manager open like 50%. Maybe my processor is half dead.[/QUOTE] Well apparently your PC is using too much CPU Usage when it's not necessary. Maybe that's why TF2 is performing poorly.

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;16209362]With the task manager open like 50%. Maybe my processor is half dead.[/QUOTE] YOu need to set alot of the useless processes to manual, and make sure you set PnkBstrA and B to manual, they are CPU whores that are only useful in some games, but stay on afterwards. If you google "Ask VG XP processes disable" you will find a list of safe to set to manual processes.

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;16203243]Here's CSS everything at it's highest with the highest resolution my monitor can handle on a 55 player server on escape maps, you know how big those can be: [IMG]http://i29.tinypic.com/1e3yps.png[/IMG] And here's task manager: [IMG]http://i25.tinypic.com/2bzn11.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] Dude what the fuck? Click the "User Name" to sort them by user name and close down [B]everything[/B] that is set on "paul" that isn't steam or tf2 related. [editline]02:46AM[/editline] This is what mine looks like when windows boots up, before I start anything. [img]http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/1898/dudex.png[/img]

What the hell man I'm down all the way to 35 processes and still at 50% maybe it's viruses and adware and shit? I think I'm gonna need to scan some more. [editline]09:49PM[/editline] And I've got maybe 4 processes running with my username now, which are things like avast and firefox.

Also go to the start menu, "Run" and type "msconfig". In there click the "startup" tab or "autostart" whatever might differ if you use a different language. In that tab uncheck all apps you think you do not need to be ran when windows starts. You can uncheck everything if you want, it's safe to do that. [editline]02:49AM[/editline] Mah automerge D':

Also I did that too, doesn't help the percentage but damn I can finally start up my computer without waiting forever.

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;16210696]What the hell man I'm down all the way to 35 processes and still at 50% maybe it's viruses and adware and shit? I think I'm gonna need to scan some more. [editline]09:49PM[/editline] And I've got maybe 4 processes running with my username now, which are things like avast and firefox.[/QUOTE] Then sort by "CPU" and check what is using up all your CPU and close them [editline]02:51AM[/editline] Close avast btw, scanners can be real memory huggers