-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] i have a box with the same specs as yours and i have the same problem... low FPS even though CPU usage is low. it's the worst at round start when more than 20 players are playing but like you said after a few people die it gets better.
i wrote about this problem here a few times over the past couple of months, but couldn't get much help. the best advice i got was to disable Hyper Threading, which i did, and which helped some but not enough to fix the problem. it's good to know that i'm not alone here. i'd appreciate it if you would send me an e-mail at nik808[at]gmail.com so we can get to the bottom of this. here are some of my previous posts about this issue: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/private/hlds/2005-October/036765.html http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/private/hlds/2005-November/037170.html http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/private/hlds/2005-November/037205.html i was focussed on surf maps in the November posts, but keep in mind the FPS still drops low on other maps such as de_nuke when more than 20 players are in a single server even if all of the other servers are empty or shut off. On 12/3/05, Rafael Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > This was posted at the steam forums by someone and I'm turning to you guys > for some help in sloving his problem. Here it is: > > > Hello, > > This is related to Counter-Strike: Source. > > I'm running them on a Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz with 2GB of RAM and 100Mbit uplink > (located at ThePlanet) > > Below are some of the more important settings on the game servers: > > - Max players, 26 for one, and 30 for the other > - tickrate 66 > - sv_maxrate 25000 > - sv_maxupdaterate 100 > - fps_max 250 (about 170 in reality) > *edit* and source fps boost. > > I've had no problems with the setup above for over a month now. They ran > smooth as silk, no complaints for anyone playing there. Also they were > perfect for the machine I'm running them on, kept CPU around 35-40% under > full load, and ram at 35% (used) > > NOW, I updated, and it runs ok up until about 20 people - and by ok I mean > not as good as before, but playable. Once it goes over that (in either > server), the FPS drops to around 10. I don't mean just dipping to 10 here > and there, it will idle at 10-30FPS. When you're in game during that time, > you get as low as say 8-15 ticks in. It's just terrible. Also it's a > fairly > popular office extended server and I don't want to ruin it's popularity > with > this lag. > > It's running CSP 1.1 and BeetleMod Beta w/fix (from last night). > > I've taken both off with the same results so that is not the problem. > > I know how easy it is to point the finger at valve on these sort of things > so I'm not doing that just yet. > > Anyone know what the problem might be? Is anyone else having this problem? > I'm pretty much stumped so any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > -- > Rafael > -- > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
