Author Topic: CSS (Read 3756 times)

faKe · « **on:** December 21, 2006, 04:50:45 AM »

You could test your 7600gs on another pc to see if the problem is with it.

ps. I hate you for having a better pc than me too... haha

Brainkiller · « **Reply #1 on:** December 21, 2006, 05:27:01 AM »

I'm guessing you have anti aliasing on and don't know it or something.

But CS:S Is about the processor, I can get same FPS palying CSS in 640x480 Low model + Texture as in 1440x900 High model + Texture...

Link · « **Reply #2 on:** December 21, 2006, 05:57:22 AM »

omg you got less FPS than me.
and i have
P3 1.4 ghz
512 mb SD ram
GF 5700LE.

and i get around 30-50 fps

bj070893 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 21, 2006, 06:07:46 AM »

A Pentium? Get an AMD now! Yeah like Simon said, check you haven't got antialiasing turned on, and disable background things you don't need.

PlethZorb · « **Reply #4 on:** December 21, 2006, 06:28:16 AM »

Yeah I get around the same fps with 648*480 as 1280*960, all options on low and AA off etc...

Could this be a slow HD issue?

bj070893 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 21, 2006, 06:55:00 AM »

How fast is it?

PlethZorb · « **Reply #6 on:** December 21, 2006, 07:06:00 AM »

lol im not even sure how to find out

Maxwell · « **Reply #7 on:** December 21, 2006, 07:18:44 AM »

Quote

Pentium 4 - 3.00Ghz (2 CPUs)

actually thats 1 CPU with hyper threading, its not even dual core

Make sure there is no Anti alising turned on.
Check if there is anything hogging up your processor and system memory

get some newer drivers from www.nvidia.com instead of the older ones that came off the CD
If there is a wire that is suppose to be connected into the back of the video card MAKE SURE its plugged in

Check if anything is obstructing the video card fan causing it to hit its throttle temperature.

try running CSS in DirectX 8.1, you will get a major performance gain from that, right click on CSS in steam >properties > Launch options and type
-DXLEVEL 81 and press ok.

PS: my computer is better

DeathCobra · « **Reply #8 on:** December 21, 2006, 07:58:58 AM »

Also check that your PSU has 350W or more power otherwise there may not be enough juice getting to your CPU and GFX Card, causing them to work at half or less power. You can pick up 420W psu's for about $50 now but make sure you get a reputable brand otherwise the thing could easily go kaput within a few weeks.

PlethZorb · « **Reply #9 on:** December 22, 2006, 03:02:59 AM »

Hey thanks everyone for helping out here.

Yeah my power supply is a recommended 400W, so no problems there.

But I did a 3dmark03 benchmark and the GPU test went smooth, but my CPU test was really really bad which is strange because Ive got a decent CPU. I'll try deactivating hyper-threading and seeing if that goes well. any other ideas?

bj070893 · « **Reply #10 on:** December 22, 2006, 03:41:59 AM »

Get an AMD Seriously though, what score did you get on your CPU?

PlethZorb · « **Reply #11 on:** December 22, 2006, 03:59:45 AM »

i dont remember, but it was so bad and laggy that i stopped it in the middle of the first test...

i read that if you disable hyper threading in BIOS, you'll get better performance for a single application though..

Sebhitch · « **Reply #12 on:** December 22, 2006, 04:41:28 AM »

Any luck?

PlethZorb · « **Reply #13 on:** December 22, 2006, 04:46:36 AM »

Nope, ran same as before, even worse. I tried overclocking in bios too. Didn't help much.

Maxwell · « **Reply #14 on:** December 22, 2006, 07:54:42 AM »

ok dude, Listen.

on 3d mark CPU tests IT WILL LAGG no matter how nice of a CPU you have. Truest me.

I have a brand new Opteron 165 overclocked from 1.8GHz to 3.0GHz
NOTE that this is a very expencive processor, it is Dual core and when overclocked it is possibly fastest socket 939 processor out on the market.
i get 3 FPS on the 3dmark 06 CPU test, but i also get 180 FPS in CSS.

Also don't mess around with overclocking unless you know kind of what you are doing.

@ bj, please stfu about amd lol, its no better than intel. infact intel currently has the worlds fastest consumer processor.