Lag Problems

[frostie3971]

I keep gettin really annoyin lag problems in cs 1.6. i use to play all the time but then quit cs for awhile. my computer got a virus and i ended up reformattin and now i play again, but now i have bad lag problems. i fixed most of the general lag but now i spike when i spray around ppl like if im gettin rushed or am just randomly shooting at spawn. i can get my fps to boost to 120 with developer 1 and my rates are the same as what i always used before. rate 9999 cl_cmdrate 33 cl_updaterate 55. sometimes my choke boosts to about 3 but otherwise its usually at 0. i have comcast cable and geforce t1 4200 video card. vertical sync is off and im not sure if write combinin should b on or off or if it helps at all. i just dunno what to do anymore. any help?

 

[frostie3971]

i spike everytime there is any fast action at all. if i go into aim_map and play with about 6v6 7v7 8v8 etc my loss and choke boosts and fps jumps around from about 50-80. im runnin amd athlon(tm) XP 2000+ compaq presario 512 MB of RAM xp home edition. i know the ram is kinda low but it never stopped me before when i use to b a cs addicted freak. this is really pissing me off so some1 please help me out. i just want to b able to keep an steady and smooth ****in pace when im playing

 

[jd-inflames]

Beings you know your fps commands I'm assuming you aren't n00bish enough to have the wrong graphics settings. Something has to be different than before, such as something you are running in the background sucking your bandwidth or other resourses, or you not having the same settings. There really isn't that much that can go wrong with a steam installation

Then again, steam has been having some bugs as of late, so it might be with them.

 

[frostie3971]

thats what i keep thinking but i cant ever find anything different. if tried running threw all the driver setting and options and setting them back to default but still nothing is changing. when i play i exit out of all other programs including aim and mcaffee. i was playing more earlier and it seems like the problem is only getting worse. im out of ideas. maybe its something specific im missing? i dont know

 

[frostie3971]

ive also been messin around with my mcaffe because we added mcaffe firewall plus or something cuz of the virus we got. im thinkin that mcaffe may be causing some of the lag maybe not filtering something fast enough.... im not sure though

 

[Master.America]

First of all, what are your computer's RAM and CPU speed specs? Also, what screen resolution do you run the game at?

If your computer is fast enough (1Ghz should be fine) then you should be able to get a fairly steady 100 FPS at 800x600 screen resolution. If your computer is fast enough, you should be able to get 100 FPS at any resolution.

You're saying your FPS goes up to about 120 with developer mode on, though. My graphics card's a bit slower than yours (just a Geforce FX 5200), but my FPS can go much higher than 120 with developer mode on and vsync off.

Do this: go here and download the latest drivers for your graphics card. The driver available (56.64) just came out today. From what I read, they're some pretty good drivers with a lot of new features. Once you install the drivers, restart your computer, open advanced display properties, click your graphics card's tab, find performance and settings, and uncheck "application-controlled" and disable antialiasing and anisotropic filtering for best performance.

 

[jd-inflames]

Originally posted by frostie3971
im runnin amd athlon(tm) XP 2000+ compaq presario 512 MB of RAM xp home edition

I doubt it's his machine, my PC has much less in it than that does and I run it however I want. OF COURSE, it is a compaq presario, meaning that some of the parts are all proprietary and preforms a bit different than normal, which is normally on the bad side. They also normally carry either 32mb TnT2's or 64mb Intel Extremes, which both are kinda on the shameful side. Beings he just reformatted, he may want to go through Windows update and completely update, and update his video card drivers, whatever those might be.

 

[frostie3971]

wow i ****ing d/led the driver and did what u said... now my lag is so horrible. i cant fix it either w/e ****ign setting i put it to. come1 tell me how i can fix it and get back to my old go damn driver pls

 

[jd-inflames]

Deleted your driver? We never said to do that, of course it's running bad now. We said to update it, not delete it. Updating it should make it run faster...and when you do, make sure your GFX settings are back on OpenGL...not sure if it changes it or not

 

[frostie3971]

i didnt delete it when i said d/led i meant downloaded. update download same thing i fixed it anyways so thanks

 

[Master.America]

Just curious... what fixed it?

 

[frostie3971]

i figured out that what was making my low fps was my virus protection. the new driver update i added made my graphics a lil better, but the lag became horrible and choppy. i then just restored to the one of the older versions of my driver and now my fps and lag are even better then my previous 2 drivers. now with developer 1 i get more about 130-150 fps. its all good now but thanks for the help guys

 

[jd-inflames]

Originally posted by jd-inflames
something you are running in the background sucking your bandwidth or other resourses

No one pays attention Just cause its the most simple answer doesnt always make it the retarded answer Glad you got it working, perhaps now you can discuss strats with us

 

[Above_70Percent]

wats good band with to play cs on? I have dsl and it is from 128-256k's per sec is that good enough to play cs regularly? ( i just bought it and im bout to play but not sure yet but it should be enough right? )

 

[jd-inflames]

Yeah, that will be fine. As long as you aren't on dialup you should be fine, lol. I'm not sure if ISDN connections work or not, but DSL is fine.