I really dont want to get involved in this, but beware basically all the advice you're receiving (including mine). There's tons of BS regarding tickrate, RT kernels, fpsmeter.org, 'hit registration', and a bunch of other useless nonsense by people who really just are echoing what they read in that one old article about high FPS and what that one wiki says about linux kernel configuration.
If I were you: Setup a kernel with hi res timers and a 300hz interrupt, enable HPET if your system doesn't have a stable TSC. Bind each srcds instance to a core. Set it to sched_fifo (sudo chrt -f -p 98 <pid>). Set fps_max to 0. Use host_profile 1 to watch effective FPS. Fill server. Play with other tweaks and compare them to your test case. Just because someone says that X or Y will make your server better dont believe it until you see it. net_graph 4 is the best measure of how well your server is doing. If its a solid graph with no gaps, getting 66/s updates, and low var, I would say its near perfect. Others might whine. Decide for yourself. Miscellaneous nonsense: - On a system with hi res timers and TSC/HPET, sleep() will return independent of the interrupt timer, enabling 1000FPS to be hit regardless of system ticrate. In this case, a 1000hz interrupt timer will not have any effect, and possibly a negative one. - On linux/tf2, the stats command calculates fps in a very useless manner. A single slow frame will make it show '40fps', while the engine's own internal counter (what you see in the green banner in those windows srcds windows) as well as host_profile disagree. - fpsmeter.org uses the stats command. - I've talked to and worked with many people and never seen a linux TF2 server above 20 slots get 'stable' FPS, much less according to fpsmeter. I've seen many TF2 linux servers that perform very well and lag free. - RT kernels chug CPU like no tomorrow for very little benefit, vs FIFO scheduling and hi-res timers. - If your var is <10ms and your updaterate is stable 66, to hell with anyone whining about FPS (flamewar lol). Its worth noting that windows servers are tuned to run at 66fps originally. By valve. The 'booster' came later. - My linux TF2 servers are among the best stability in updaterate and var i've seen anywhere, yet many people have 'more stable FPS' than me. See previous point. - SourceTV is a massive buggy resource hog. - Anyone that brings up 'hit registration' probably doesn't know wtf they're talking about and read some old article about it with questionable logic. - neph On 12/01/2009 11:21 AM, Daniel Nilsson wrote: > test this url > > http://www.fpsmeter.org/ > > And do a measurement there with sourcetv off. It requires rcon so it has > to be enabled. Post the result of that measurement here... > > //Daniel > > Nikolay Shopik skrev: >> My hardware is core duo 6700 usually load up to 60-70% with 100Mbit >> connection. Fps meter, you mean net_graph 4? >> >> On 01.12.2009 16:29, Daniel Nilsson wrote: >> >>> It affects stable fps alot. Now i dont know your cpu and other >>> hardware/internet limitation. But almost 99% of your unstable fps is >>> probably from sourcetv. Run the fps meeter with and without sourcetv. And >>> you will notice a big difference >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature >> database 4651 (20091201) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 4651 (20091201) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
