FPS/LAG problems megathread

Originally posted by slahackovy_kolac

Guys can anyone explain what's goin on here https://ufile.io/7y0mw and how to fix this, please.

Some backround,
this is happening on map called slide_downright as you can see my fps drop to around 60 for a brief period of time and only when facing certian direction in this case the front, once i look up, down, anywhere else they jump back to 100.
I tried increasing priority, changing various settings, nothing could solve it so far.
Fun fact: this is only happening on my new pc with modern hardware (ryzen 5 2600, rx 580 8gb), but it didnt happen when i played this map an older pc.
There are few more maps where my fps drops to like 40 and stays like that.

Any ideas ?

I guess you could blame the video card for it then. Maybe just a case of incorrect settings or something? Bad drivers? This is pretty much all the help I can give, these cases are so insanely difficult to solve without actually seeing the problem and the computer.

Originally posted by FAME

Now I see what shooting-star meant when he said he can't record jumpbugs without stable 100 FPS...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STY29eHdOQs

Should I mention that I have a decent hardware and nothing else running in the background?

Since today im having frequent fluctuation of fps between 100-98. Happens on all maps, both lan and server, and both recording a demo and not recording. Here is a screenshot of my demo: https://imgur.com/LvYspU4
I didn't change my hardware, I am not aware of any settings changes or software updates. I tried all the basic troubleshooting like restarting PC, setting CPU priority, verifying integrity... Today cs 1.6 just got even more annoying to play than usual. Please help :(
PC specs:
-i5-7600k
-asus gtx 1060 GPU
-steam and cs on SSD

If you're not kidding, try to turn off SLI

I got Error crash whenever I try to launch my Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2010.
I know this is thread about Counter Strike problems but maybe someone had this before http://prntscr.com/muo875
I have been played this for 2-3 months and after that I get this issue. It's 3rd time to reinstalling this game.
This is my softvares: http://prntscr.com/muobuz
I'm using windows 7 64bit system and my computer can run this game in high performance.

I don't know if it's "FPS/LAG" related and I don't even know if it's effective or not (I personally use them, though) but there's a launch option and a 1.6 cvar (after the 2013 update) that everyone should use if their mouse is set to 1000 hertz.

Launch option: -mousethread
In-game command: m_mousethread_sleep 1 (or m_mousethread_sleep 2 for 500 hertz)
By default, this value is 10 (= 100 hertz)

Also, make sure to use these mandatory launch options in order to kill the acceleration in the start menu: -noforcemaccel -noforcemparms -noforcemspd

i5 7300HQ
gtx 1060 max-q
windows 10

any ideas how to fix the fps?

I feel like I benefited the most from having stable 100.0 fps in kz history, considering its required for consistent jumpbugs. So I would like to talk about my experience, although I do not know everything and was not able to help Shooting-star when he reached out few years ago regarding his fps issues, and I did not really play kz for a long time apart from testing some maps from time to time, so last cs updates could have had a bigger impact than I know of. But maybe it will help someone.

From my experience biggest factors in cs1.6 fps are CPU and bloated system. (Gold)Source engine is heavily cpu reliant, so if you upgrade you gfx from 750 to 3090 and expect your cs1.6 fps problems magically disappear on the same setup - you will be disappointed. Same goes for upgrading RAM, ssd, keyboards and other irrelevant stuff.

Personally I always kept my system clean without anything running on startup and background, everything that runs on your pc requires cpu and can cause disruptions and fps drops as result. I use external antiviruses if I really need to and don't download random programs from the internet, nor visit untrusted websites outside of vm/sandbox. Every time I practice jumpbugs or record demos I would set cstrike.exe affinity to core0 in task manager and I would never have any fps drops ever. It was that easy to get no drops 100.0 fps 10+ years ago without modern powerful hardware. Affinity configuration was a real game changer for me, because it basically removed around 10-20% fail rate due to "luck" factor that was out of my control, and I could focus on my own performance on almost any map.

My setup history:

~2009: Intel E6600 Dual Core, gtx240. Great cpu for that time, did all my jumpbug records on that machine, average fps 99.99+ on most maps, with affinity=core0 average fps was 100.0 without drops (there were only like ~5 bad maps that dropped everyone's fps at the time f.e. kz_cfl_aqualand). I was using WindowsXP and Windows7, recorded on WindowsXP because it was more stable at the time. I also was using official lowpolygon player models from older version of cs1.6 idk how much that helped tbh and never used steam overlay in this game (you can turn it off per app/game). Obviously fullscreen and low res help keep fps stable as well, I used 1024x768 native monitor resolution back then for fast alt-tab. Since then I use mostly native 1080p 16:9 (or windowed mode for testing) and I don't understand people who use fullscreen 4:3 blackbars or stretched in any game.

2011+
Windows7 became easier to debloat over time (turn off effects, auto updates, power saving features, and various health monitoring processes) and I always had stable fps on my own setups. Affinity also helped.
MacOS stock also had good performance and did no impact my jb performance, but I did not play a lot on it and it was a while ago.
Linux performance is perfect, just on gnome and kde I had to turn off compositor for full screen applications. It has been my main system so I did not experience any fps issues and still get stable 100.0 fps to this day.
Windows10 I started liking fairly recently when you debloat it as much as possible and wipe preinstalled Windows10 system ofc. Also no fps drops when nothing is running in the background, but I also only tried it on pretty powerful machines with Intel i7 and don't use affinity feature.
i3 - that one gave me trouble in the past and cs1.6 fps was not stable, but that also was not my machine so I can't rule out bloat.
i5-i7 never had any issues with dedicated gfx
Integrated graphics all produced decent fps on low resolution, but its was not stable unfortunately.

Not to mention Valve pushed couple updates in the past 10 years that tanked fps for some people, I can't comment on that since I was not affected by it and have no experience dealing with that or even comparing the impact. And there are some AMD cards that historically dont play nicely with cs1.6 engine.

Bottom line cs1.6 is an old game with unoptimized engine that will not get better performance with newer hardware because it just doesn't scale up anymore. A cs1.6 map with 2k wPoly will still drop your fps as much as on 5+ year old hardware as on latest i9/r9 3090sli, there is no way around it,

@spr1n, It's been a while since I have read something so true for a long time, talking from your own experience without any bullshit around an important matter that possibly degraded a lot of really good players that haven't had the luck to overcome on such a problem.