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Why do I get low fps on Valve's Source Engine Games?

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Robot3RK

I have an overclocked 3GB GTX 560m (mobile version/laptop version)

Played Team Fortress 2 at those setting with that card => 20-30 FPS (w/ vsync enabled and disabled) slight overclock.
Played Crysis 2 dx11 at all high except post processing is Ultra and objects and shading and shadows very high => 35-41 FPS (vsync disabled) overclock.

wtf

what good "desktop" nvidia card can handle tf2 at those settings
also what "laptop" nvidia card also can handle tf2 at those settings

even left 4 dead, left 4 dead 2, counter-strike: source get low fps as much as tf2

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raggedy

nothing there will be always bugs and things on tf2 3/2 gamefiles of tf2 hats 3/1 actual gamefiles also source engine needs more power since its always got updates not fixed but if you try css you will get max setting in this way

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Robot3RK

even with css my fps is similiar to tf2 at max settings

also same problem with l4d, l4d2

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Lezz

well... you have problems with source based games then...
i have no issues, and the game runs smooth ass baby seal fur

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wbarton

Wanna go clubbing some time?

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SLeePYG72786

^1 I'd love to go with you guys! I can do the robot and the macarena like a got damned boss. Bitches love that macarena...

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SalisMan

TF2 is unoptimized.

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Nostra

^ what you said. This game is so unstable it's not even funny.

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SalisMan

FPS in TF2 is alright, but the loading times etc... are horrible! Other Source games loading faster, and many new games loading faster too!

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Lezz

yeah, that is true... but when the game gets to load, works awesome... blame hats.

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SalisMan

So it's because of hats? These loading times...

Sometimes it also takes years for game to start...

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DoctorDerp
  1. Get rid of Nvidia Card
  2. Buy a different one like an AMD
  3. Problem Solved
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Robot3RK

hell no.

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SalisMan

What he gain better with AMD? Nothing!

NVIDIA is better. I'm not looking only at the performance.

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Nostra

I agree. ATI has only one function: being a video card, while NVIDIA can make a decent grill / fire. Pretty handy in this cold fall.

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SalisMan

So you trying me to say that AMD is better? :D

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Nostra

For the sake of the joke yeah, but I don't really know. I've always had issues with nvidia (mostly drivers stuff, BSOD, etc.), while my ATI cards always worked just fine. Still, that doesn't mean that nvidia is bad, but their support is god damn awful.

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SalisMan

Well, it's just your experience.

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Nostra

Pretty much my point yeah, I wasn't serious. :p

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Lezz

i'm using an ati (AMD) rigth now, and the only problem so far, was some diver update that kills the whole PC, BSOD and everything... was the catalyst 12.4 i think...
that and the stupid physix-nvidia-only thing...

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Sickfarts

last i checked they were about the same

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Lezz

that is true if you get a HD 5670... that card is awesome.

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Yatterman

Hats. (I'm actually semi-serious)

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tomgould

Dem hats.

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Shahbaz

Yatterman Hats

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wbarton

Hatterman

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BobBarker

You can easily get a GT 240 for less than $100 and it runs TF2 smoothly with everything maxed.

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Robot3RK

but i have a GTX 560m and it's better than the GT 240 for desktops

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SalisMan

Do you cleaning and defragmenting your HDD? It may help maybe...

I'm recommending IObit products.

Also update your GPU drivers.

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Robot3RK

already did all that stuff

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SalisMan

What about the other games? Non-Source games.

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Robot3RK

it does really well with non-source games

Homefront gets low fps

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SalisMan

What about laptop overheating?

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Lezz

maybe the problem is the laptop version of the card?

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Robot3RK

nah i don't think so

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McKack

I think the problem here is "smoothly" is relative. Some people think that a 30fps is smooth as well as being the max framerate you can see, "because movies are shot in 24-30fps" T_T

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SalisMan

30FPS isn't enough for me. So laggy... People who saying to me that they can't see difference between 30FPS and 60 FPS in games, are blind to me.

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Robot3RK

+1

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Robot3RK

30 fps is recommended for controller gaming not keyboard and mouse

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SalisMan

I can't imagine playing Battlefield 3 (for example) on console with 30FPS...

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Lezz

30 FPS is acceptable for PC ports ... they are made to play like that, but PC games, yeah, 30 FPS sucks... i can't play quake 3 if i don't get over 9000 FPS :P

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BobBarker

Clearly the GTX 560m isn't better...

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Closed 13 years ago by Robot3RK.