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running a ti4200, yet smoke bombs in CS still kick my FPS in the balls... is this normal?

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so i was just messing around at my spawn site and just kept buying and launching smoke bombs. then when i finally decided to take off... i ran into the smoke and my once 98fps (constant) dips into the 30's. is this still supposed to be normal?
 
Definately NOT normal. Check you ping when your performance drops - are you using OpenGL or D3D?

Even my lowly G4MX plays CS very well.
 
Originally posted by: spankyOO7
so i was just messing around at my spawn site and just kept buying and launching smoke bombs. then when i finally decided to take off... i ran into the smoke and my once 98fps (constant) dips into the 30's. is this still supposed to be normal?
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Smoke/Fog seem to screw my frame rate to hell also, in every game. running a Ti4600.... drivers don't matter btw...

hell, even on the XBOX it happens.
 
Originally posted by: spankyOO7
so i was just messing around at my spawn site and just kept buying and launching smoke bombs. then when i finally decided to take off... i ran into the smoke and my once 98fps (constant) dips into the 30's. is this still supposed to be normal?
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Same happens here. Of course, my fps is more like 60 - I run high-res texture and model packs.🙂
 
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Originally posted by: spankyOO7
so i was just messing around at my spawn site and just kept buying and launching smoke bombs. then when i finally decided to take off... i ran into the smoke and my once 98fps (constant) dips into the 30's. is this still supposed to be normal?
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Same happens here. Of course, my fps is more like 60 - I run high-res texture and model packs.🙂
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yes i run higher resolutions too... u think that has anything to do with it? i run 12xx x 9xx... i forget the exact numbers.
 
Originally posted by: pillage2001
You're never happy with your video cards eh???

Happy new year. Don't kill me. 🙂
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well i certainly would be happier if my primary rig isn't consistently rebooting itself in the middle of CS 🙁
 
i think ping/lag affects fps

same thing with my radeon9500pro, does the same thing.

goes from 60fps to 11fps in smoke/lag/when looking around.
same results when i change resolution.

oooh the dx9 demos look good.
 
Originally posted by: ChuaChua
i think ping/lag affects fps

same thing with my radeon9500pro, does the same thing.

goes from 60fps to 11fps in smoke/lag/when looking around.
same results when i change resolution.

oooh the dx9 demos look good.
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i don't think its ping dude.... it happens on UT2k3 when i'm not even playing online too!

walk over to rising fog transporter on that cool DD level... frame rate < 20 fps.... go through it, frame rate goes back to normal.

happens in every game that i have personally played that features fog or smoke.
 
I get 99.9 fps on cs at all times at 1280x960 with all settings maxed out and smoke grenades on high quality. This is with a ti4200 oc'ed to 300/620, xp2100+ and 256mb of DDR 333. Make sure you are using opengl.
 
Originally posted by: Ben88
I get 99.9 fps on cs at all times at 1280x960 with all settings maxed out and smoke grenades on high quality. This is with a ti4200 oc'ed to 300/620, xp2100+ and 256mb of DDR 333. Make sure you are using opengl.
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yes i am using opengl. i do not even recall the open to choose d3d. i turned off AF and AA... no dice. on a side note... i actally prefer the way CS looks with AF or AA. seems at the higher resolutions... it looks good enough.
 
hell, even on the XBOX it happens.
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The XBOX has a GF3 in it.
You do not compare consoles to PCs (just a little annoyed by all that advertising for online play on the consoles, when it has been going on for quite some time now on PCs; do not take this too seriously).
 
wow. i just setup a radeon 8500 on a backup rig and played a little CS. with AF maxed out... the 8500 looks friggin' gorgeous. it totally rapes the way CS looks on my gf3. i don't even remember what CS looks like on the ti4200 anymore. but the ti4200 is definitely faster tho.

yeah so anyway... sup with the smoke murdering my fps? do u think it is a driver issue, or a hardware issue?
 
I have a Radeon8500LE 128MB overclocked to 275mhz, AthlonXP 1900+, 512MB RAM, Cable connection, Truform off, AA off, AF on.

My FPS stays at 100 regardless of smoke. Anyone with an ATI card use these settings to give yourself a nice healthy boost. =)

ati_npatch 0
ati_subdiv 1.0
 
hmmm i need new ram. i only have 128MB (shame on me)
going to get it in spring.or something.

when i lag, my fps goes down too. or when i look at something.

my fps dont go up to 99. only 60. no AA, only 16x performance AF.
oh hey, does setting the slider to performance instead of quality make the graphics go really bad??
 
Originally posted by: ChuaChua
hmmm i need new ram. i only have 128MB (shame on me)
going to get it in spring.or something.

when i lag, my fps goes down too. or when i look at something.

my fps dont go up to 99. only 60. no AA, only 16x performance AF.
oh hey, does setting the slider to performance instead of quality make the graphics go really bad??
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in console, type this: fps_max 99

CS natively has it's fps capped at like 72 or something... maybe that's holding u back.
 
nope. 🙁 i have fps_max 200, fps_modem 100
cl_updaterate 25
cl_cmdrate 25
rate 9999 or 6500 (depends on server)

dang, when i get choke, i can literally see bullets fly with the low fps
 
have you tried playing with your cl_cmdrate and cl_updaterate settings a lot? I used to get 100 choke constantly, but I found good settings for my cable connection (70 cmd, 40 update, 9999 rate) and now I have 0 choke.

BTW, it's impossible for HL to go over 100fps, so fps_max 200 would only be 100 😉
 
Originally posted by: ChuaChua
nope. 🙁 i have fps_max 200, fps_modem 100
cl_updaterate 25
cl_cmdrate 25
rate 9999 or 6500 (depends on server)

dang, when i get choke, i can literally see bullets fly with the low fps
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WOah, matrix?!?! :Q
 
Originally posted by: KingofFah
hell, even on the XBOX it happens.
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The XBOX has a GF3 in it.
You do not compare consoles to PCs (just a little annoyed by all that advertising for online play on the consoles, when it has been going on for quite some time now on PCs; do not take this too seriously).
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I was pointing that out. Duh. Consoles slow down too when they encounter smoke.
 
Xbox slows down??! From the words of quite a few Xbox fanboys I've talked to, the Xbox hardware is far superior to the most expensive gaming PC's money can buy. =P
 
Originally posted by: clicknext
Xbox slows down??! From the words of quite a few Xbox fanboys I've talked to, the Xbox hardware is far superior to the most expensive gaming PC's money can buy. =P
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LOL 🙂
 
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