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Old November 2nd, 2005
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heh.. i finally got mine running 20-35 avg fps.. dips down to 15 sometimes.. even lower in big firefights... which i try to avoid anyways lol.. and sometimes, like inside, its around 50-60 or so...

my damn slow cpu is killing me...

P4 1700mhz
MSI GeForce 6600GT 128mb gddr3 AGP (bottlenecked by cpu)
1024mb RDRAM (slow)

I run source at:

1024x768@100hz
Models: Medium
Textures: Medium
Shaders: High
Shadows: Low (but turned off through console)
HDR: Off (huge fps killer lol)
Reflections: Simple
Filtering: Bilinear
AA: Off
VSYNC: disabled
Sound Quality: Medium (sound is a big hit to fps cuase the way source engine processes sound)

hmm there might be another option, but Im pretty sure anything else is set to off/low.. With some options like models and textures.. theres quite a noticable difference in quality between Low & Medium, but not really any difference I could find in FPS.. and a lot of ppl ive asked say they noticed it too..

but I also have a lot of console tweaks that help out.. like decal, LOD, props, and other visual tweaks.. gives me an extra 5-10 fps in some cases...

I think this winter.. like after christmas.. Ill probably look into building a new computer... something decent at least.. and way better then this 5yr old piece of trash...

Last edited by diamond-optic; November 2nd, 2005 at 10:53 PM.
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