GF2 MX 400 just as good as GF3 Ti 200 at CS!

[ST4RCUTTER]

What's the dealio?

Old System

Athlon 900 @ 1030
KT7-RAID w/256 of PC133
GF2 MX400

60 FPS at CS



New System

Palomino 1800+ at 1610
Shuttle AK31 w/512 of DDR 2100
GF3 Ti 200 overclocked to 210/460

60 FPS at CS!!!



Now that's just plain depressing. Does CS pin the FPS at a certain speed? I thought it did this at 99 FPS not 60!

 

[Phuz]

GOOD GOD MAN!

Disable Vsync already!

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

Disable Vsync already!

Ok, time for dumbass question number two. How?

 

[damocles]

You could use something like nvmax or simply looking in your settings

properties>settings>advanced>(your card type)>additional properties>

Go to the OGL tab for OGL or for D3D go DIrect 3D>More Direct 3D (assuming you have a similar config to me). Nvmax is pretty funky. While you are at it enable FSAA

 

[BFG10K]

Also don't forget that CS is limited to a maximum of 99 FPS. So even if you disable vsync your average is still only going to be 99 FPS at the most, which is still a misleading result.

In reality the GF3 Ti200 is at least three times as fast as a GF2 MX.

 

[z0ner]

<< In reality the GF3 Ti200 is at least three times as fast as a GF2 MX. >>



Not to mention that it can obtain close to Ti500 speeds by effortless overclocking.

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

Okie dok. I got it up to 71 with Vsync off. I also overclocked a little more to 220/480. At full load my CPU is running at 39C and the case temp is 32C. I guess that'll be good enough. I'm a little suprised this couldn't go higher though. D3d would just make it slower right? I'm assuming OGL is the way to go with CS...

 

[afireinsideme]

it can go higher, look in your config.cfg in you CSTRIKE folder look for i think max_fps and change it to something higher then 71.

 

[Leon]

Change maxfps to 99. Now crank up 4x FSAA, and anisotropic filtering...you will still get 70-100 fps

 

[sash1]

to change your maximum frame-rate, in console type:
max_fps 100

It gets stuck at 99fps.

You could also set the max fps to 20 if your like me! I did that for about three seconds until it began to annoy me.