FPS Problems / knowledge about mapping and co

Yea, I have fps problems. First here are some facts:

Intel Core 2 Duo e8400 dual core
Ati Radeon HD4850 Powercolor
4GB ram

My processor and my grafic card is pretty much oversized for counter-strike 1.6. Nevertheless I have fps problems. Now please do not say it is because of a virus or wrong drivers. I formated many times and tried different software.

I have following problems:

When the epoly (checked with r_speeds) level is too high, I have lags.

My fps drop like this: 100 , 100 , 100 , 100 , 49 , 100 , 100 , 100 , 49 , ...

The lower value is nearly always the same fps. It changes sometimes to 50. In-game this fps drops look like huge lags and it is not possible for me to play these kind of maps. I can not even do a 240 with it :/

I have some questions now:

How much does the grafic card performance affect the fps in counter-strike. I heard it is rather the processor that matters... Is that true?

I have no problems with wpoly. Does the grafic card or the processor calculate wpoly?

Does the grafic card or processor calculate epoly?

In other words: When I have problems with epoly, who's "fault" is it.


I really have this trouble for such a long time now. Maps on fof_flying_rabbit, where you can see the whole map and it's a huge epoly value, I have 50 fps...


I noticed that I don't have any problems with huge areas, means many blocks. Wpoly doesn't really matter. In maps like a2_corruo the entities destroy my fps in the same lagging way.


A computer g33k is needed!

Have you a CISVC.exe in your proc ? i had that 2 years ago :D

i have the same problem on maps like that for a the time i have my pc the exact same maps also i can name kz_man_dreaming, risk_compound, starwars_deeja

really would like to have an answer how to fix it too


Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 @2.66GHz

ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series (512 MB)
4gb ram

graphics card does very little in cs, but a tiny bit more on kz maps.

why it would drop to 50, i have no idea. something to try, do ctrl alt delete, set hl.exe to realtime priority and the affinity to either, single core. that made my fps stop chopping 95-100 and stay 100, on my [email protected] + 9800gt

E8400 and got 100 fps ALL the time.
On every map. CPU is fine.

had the same problem http://xtreme-jumps.eu/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?189583

Have the same problem on maps like corruo. Lags alot on that map, imposs to bhop. This also happens if I use a flashlight or if someone else on the server uses it.

The thing is that this happens on my pretty new good laptop, but it never happened on my old PC :/. Seems like it happens on maps with a lot of enteties/alot of water/huge open places. Anyway, i havnt been able to solve it :E:E

i could help u chrizzo if u want but then i need to talk in steam

Originally posted by TlofT

why it would drop to 50, i have no idea. something to try, do ctrl alt delete, set hl.exe to realtime priority and the affinity to either, single core.

one of my friends with a god ati card had odd problems like that. we would turn on nightvision on maps and his would chop from 70 to 100 but mine would be constant 100.

i forget the commands but the ati_subpatch and ati_something, i think might be set differently than default with ati cards.

hebtemy (and chrizzo) cs seems to work better on older drivers, although a good enough card should have no problem, i've heard a lot of people complain that the newest drivers caused problems with cs. i think its the way the card renders doesnt work well with such an archaic engine. but for my 9800, i just used the drivers from the disc and its fine for all games.