This is not an answer for your question Ilya, however I am also curious about this:
I am running my CS:S server at 66 tick, and am using the srcfpsboost app that someone out in the community wrote. When the srcfpsboost app isn't running, my source runs at 64fps. When I run the app, it jumps immediately up to 512 fps. Is there anyway to get it up to 1000 fps? Is there any benefit in running more than 512 fps? I'm happy to run the machine at 512 fps given that fact that I never have any problems with our server, and constantly get people mentioning how responsive and fast our server seems (could be the hosting provider too). Any thoughts would be welcome guys/gals :) Regards, Adam -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ilya Oboznyy Sent: Wednesday, 15 February 2006 07:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [hlds] getting 1000fps on HLDS (about timers) -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Hello! Firstly i will start with my hardware and software: CPU: Dual Xeon 3200 FU Motherboard: Intel SE7520JR2ATAD2 OS: Windows XP pro SP2 (Also tried Windows 2003 server, x64 editions of XP/2003, even tried beta version of Vista/longhorn) but the problem is still the same. (something about NT core?) Program: HLDS ( Half Life Dedicated Server (using sys_ticrate 10000 (limit number of updates))). Drivers: I am using all latest drivers, system updates and firmware. First of all i dont really know how to explain it technicaly, the thing i will talk about is called Windows Multimedia timer / system timer / sleep time. I am not sure about correct name, but you will understand it from my future words, at least i hope so. By default this timer is running on Windows systems with 16ms delay, when im running my HLDS i am getting 64updates per second, and it addes around 16ms in ping, i noticed that if i start media player with paused movie in same time, i will get 512updates and around 3ms delay. That means that Windows Media player making this timer lower. But its only 512updates, while limit of HLDS is 1000. I was looking for a solution for a long time and finally found! I changed ACPI driver to ACPI PC and yes! I got 100fps by default (~5ms delay) and 1000fps and zero delay with Media Player on! It was working perfect on my home PC with only 1 CPU. On my server with Dual Xeon it was working also but... But it seems that only 1 CPU was working, ACPI PC isnt that good for Multiprossesor system, i lost a lot of hardware power with it, so i changed it bacl to ACPI multiprocessor and having only 512updates on my server atm. The question about my problem is: How can i get 5ms delay or 0 delay with media player on, without losing any hardware resources(With normal ACPI multiprocessor driver). I remember it was good in old windows 9x times. (Maybe its possible to change timer over regedit or over some services or get some specific driver). - on Linux systems this problem can be solved by changing kernel ticrate to 1000HZ. I hope to hear a solution for getting zero delay on Windows system. Thank you! -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by Hostworks Message Scanning Services - powered by MessageLabs. For further information contact Hostworks on 1300 30 4848. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
