When im playing TF2 i get an average FPS of 10-30and, i recently started to get fed-up with it, so i started running RivaTuner to look at temp and GPU usage (among other things)
And i noticed that While playing TF2/CS:S, the gpu usage never gets above 20%.
Its getting quite annoying, since i can play Call of Duty 4 on Medium-High at 50-60 FPS, and it uses 100% GPU, so, yea.
My PC Specs:
CPU: Intel Pentium IV (3.20GHz)
RAM: 1GB DDR400 Ram
GPU: ATi HD3650 512MB (AGP)
HDD (#1): 160GB Samsung SATAI
WLAN: D-Link DWA-110
SOUND: Onboard Realtek AC'97 Audio
MBO: MSI PM8M-V
OS: Windows Se7en Beta 1 (Build 7000)
PS. This is running game all at Low
PPS. Dont just tell me to get a new PC, if I can Play CoD4 i SHOULD be able to play TF2
PPPS. Thanks in advance
EDIT: I have also tried custom configs, they change absolutely NOTHING
and, i tried running the game all on VHigh, GPU usage stays the same, FPS barely drops. WTF
Team Fortress 2, and pretty much all Source software are VERY CPU intensive, like "They'll gobble CPU cycles faster than a homeless kid with downs can piss himself", intensive.PPS. Dont just tell me to get a new PC, if I can Play CoD4 i SHOULD be able to play TF2
With such an uneven combination of your CPU and GPU performance, expect your CPU to be crying, huddled on the floor, a broken man; before your GPU even breaks a sweat.
That said, you might be able to increase performance marginally with some of the multi-threading options in game, or by disabling Hyper-Threading in your BIOS, or installing Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PC's.
Last edited by Mittens; 21-02-2009 at 02:38 AM.
GeForce Release 182 That should help a fair bit, but yes as Mittens said source games rely on a lot of scripts, and a lot of CPU power, duel cores and quad cores usually don't help as TF2 doesn't have very good multi core support, (YET) Apparently they're working on a fix for that quite soon.
Make me laugh, beat me in TF2.
The fact you have a pentium 4 still is why your fps is so horrid.
quickplay BZK