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***theCOWgoesMOO*** · August 3rd, 11:58 AM

well i just bought cs source and its playable but goes rly slow and im getting like 10 fps or tps and i was wondering if there was anyway to raise that without getting a new graphics card

**Carmas** · August 3rd, 12:39 PM

Lower your graphics settings, play on very fast servers.

**TonyD** · August 3rd, 01:47 PM

What kind of card do you have now? If it's integrated graphics you can't really expect much.

**HomE SkiLLeT** · August 3rd, 02:01 PM

Source needs a pretty decent system to run good on even the lowest settings. You should try upgrading your gfx card and updating your drivers.

**Roadkill** · August 3rd, 02:35 PM

Source runs fine on my 5200fx (which is only a $40 card tops), not on high settings though. Lower your settings. If possible post your system specs.

**Carmas** · August 3rd, 03:23 PM

Also, close **** running on your computer. Any virus protection, P2P downloads, music, etc..

**Ellis** · August 3rd, 03:31 PM

Graphics cards can be bad, mine is, so I get 10 or 9 fps.

**Invision** · August 3rd, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Carmas

Lower your graphics settings, play on very fast servers.

Does anyone care to explain how to lower your graphics setting?

**seanness** · August 3rd, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheInvision23

Does anyone care to explain how to lower your graphics setting?

he was talking about cs not your computer in general but if you were asking about cs just go to options and lower the video stuff but for your computer idk

**Carmas** · August 3rd, 06:59 PM

Not much you can do in terms of tuning graphics performance outside of games besides overclocking, which in the long run isn't worth it. I meant in game graphics settings.

**Invision** · August 3rd, 09:27 PM

Ok thanks.

**TonyD** · August 3rd, 10:09 PM

How low are we talking, anyways? Your eyes won't detect much of a change if it's over 25. Ideally you should have it set so it never goes below 40 or so, though. Higher is always better, of course, though.

***NYY*** · August 3rd, 10:25 PM

Put it to all low settings. Download a program called "Enditall." Use it to close all background stuff to clear up ram. Use 800x600 screen settings if you have to.

***theCOWgoesMOO*** · August 24th, 06:31 PM

i did and im still getting like 10 fps but....i need a new graphics card and im not willing to pay $200 so i can play this one game, cause swbf2, and diablo 2 work fine soo ill play them

**TonyD** · August 24th, 07:01 PM

Did you update your drivers? I know that for me the current driver bumped me up 30fps in some games.

***martix_agent*** · August 24th, 09:28 PM

updating video drivs is the best thing you can do for games that run slow even on low graphic setting.

and for the record my 4 year old geforce 4 card will run source just fine on menium detail settings(no reflection, shading or anything else "new" though)

**HomE SkiLLeT** · August 25th, 09:55 AM

Also, turn vsync off. I'm pretty sure this can't help you, but it will let you get >100 fps in other games.

**Pr0ph3t** · August 26th, 01:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TonyD

How low are we talking, anyways? Your eyes won't detect much of a change if it's over 25. Ideally you should have it set so it never goes below 40 or so, though. Higher is always better, of course, though.

The human eye can detect changes in FPS up to around 60fps.

Quote:

Human eye vision is around 60 fps as per our tests of Showscan proved years
ago.

Jim Dickson

http://www.cinematography.net/Pages%...heHumanEye.htm

**TonyD** · August 26th, 02:06 AM

Key word being much.