You'll need to run the multimedia timer in order to get the best performance out of the server. Either...
1.) Run Windows Media Player in the background. 2.) Run Internet Explorer with a flash in the background. 3.) Run a tidy little service. http://www.brainless.us/downloads.aspx?cid=9 Also, make sure you have the AMD driver for their CPU's, since you have a dual core X2. There are known problems without the driver for Windows. (If you don't know what that is, you don't have it installed.) On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 7:36 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > I'm trying to host my first source server using a home machine (specs > below) and I'm trying to figure out why it is not running as smooth as it > seems it should. > > The server is a Left4Dead server > > Specs > Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 3800+ > 1Gb of DDR2 800 Ram > Windows XP Corp > > The problem is that it appears to be struggling with enough power to run > the server, averaging only 22 FPS, but in the resource manager it shows its > only using a small amount of the CPU power available to it. Ram seems to be > steady at 180MB to 240MB of the 1GB. I've tried boosting the priority of > the server process, switching from GUI to console mode, but doesn't seem to > make a difference. > > If anyone knows why it shows such low CPU usage, but remains at such a low > framerate, please let me know. > > ~Ed > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > 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
