[T0t]

I've been having problems framerate wise when playing Day Of Defeat(Half-Life MOD) and Counter-Strike. When playing ingame my fps will sometimes drop to about 30. This usually happens when theres alot of gunfire, grenades, many people, etc. Now, given my specs(check below) I think I should be doing waaay better fps wise. Now, I know alot of you will ask me if AA or AF or Vsync etc. is on. Whenever I play games I leave the effects/video card settings at default. I know nothing about that kind of stuff, so I've never changed any of the AA, AF, Vsync, etc. settings. BUT, below is a screenshot of my current settings. I hope his helps in diagnosting the problem. My Monitor Hz is currently 60hz. I'm also playing the games at 800x600 resolution. Please help.

ScreenShot of VideoCard settings:



SYSTEM SPECS:
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Abit KV8 Pro Via-K8T800 MotherBoard
ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128mb Video Card
512 mb Kingston DDR-400 PC3200 RAM
Maxtor 160 GB 7200 RPM 8MB S-ATA Hard Drive
Orion 420Watt PowerSupply
2 8x8 Case Sleeve Fans
Sony 16x DVD-Drive
NEX 8x +/- DVD-RW Drive
1.44MB Floppy Drive
Tempature/Thermal Meter
6 In 1 Card Reader
1 Blue Cold-Cathode Neon Light

Monitor/Display: NEC 17" TFT LCD Monitor. Additional Monitor Info: Contrast Ratio= 400:1, Resolution= SXGA 1280x1024 Max, Currently at 60Hz(MAX of 75Hz), Response Time=16 ms, Dot Pitch= .264 mm, Color Depth= 24-bit (16.7M Colors), Input Connector= 15-pin D-sub

[DJ-CHRIS]

I have seen problems like this sprout up, and their caused by 3 reasons.

#1: Cheap power supply's
#2: No installed drivers
#3: Old hardware not being compatable with a 10 year old engine.

[T0t]

Originally posted by DJ-CHRIS
I have seen problems like this sprout up, and their caused by 3 reasons.

#1: Cheap power supply's
#2: No installed drivers
#3: Old hardware not being compatable with a 10 year old engine.

Well, my video card DEFINATELY has drivers installed. All my hardware is pretty new, so it should be compatable. About the psu.. well Im in no shape to be buying new psu's. I really doubt its the psu. Any other suggestions, tips, help appreciated. Thanks for any future help

[DJ-CHRIS]

Originally posted by T0t
All my hardware is pretty new, so it should be compatable.

I said this can be the problem, your hardware is NEW and not OLD.

[T0t]

Ah, gotcha. Well, I appreciate any other suggestions from other people and such. Thanks in advance.

[timmer]

well yea it will go down to about 30 with a lot of action and stuff going on but lower the settings a little but maybe.

[DJ-CHRIS]

Originally posted by timmer
well yea it will go down to about 30 with a lot of action and stuff going on but lower the settings a little but maybe.

Your thinking weird, this is a game on a 1995 engine.

Any p4 era PC with intergrated graphics should be able to virtually max the game out.

[T0t]

Well, I expected optimal performance with a 9800 Pro..

Especially since I'm running at 800x600, No AA, No AF, and with Vsync OFF. Help..

[truebe]

Might improve is a little but wont solve the problem.

rate 20000
cl_cmdrate 100
cl_updaterate 100
fps_max 100
I hate vsync so i turn that off too.

This is CS 1.6 right your having problems iwth, right?

[timmer]

oh i didnt relize lol