Shhh....the counter-strike kiddies are around every corner! *puts on his spy mask*
I must have 30,000 FPS on the server in order to feel good about myself. *backstabs counter-strike player* Yay. On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 8:37 PM, Richard Eid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And just to follow up on these helpful comments...after running any of > these > methods, you'll still only see a max of ~30.0fps from the server. Left 4 > Dead is locked that way, so you won't be obtaining any higher value. My > Windows server hovers at about 28.4fps with very few drops below that. You > should see similar results. > > I've noticed that Linux L4D servers seem to get a little closer to 30.0, > but > 1fps in the whole scheme of things will not make a bit of difference.(Don't > tell anybody that plays Counter-Strike I said that.) > > -Richard Eid > > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Cc2iscooL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
