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[Karthus]

Im really getting frustrated with my fps drops in TF2. Since the SnipervsSpy Stuff in May, my fps drastically dropped from like a constant 60-80 to 25-40 on dx9. Thats not a big problem, but when theres too much action going on in the middle the game begins to stutter. I tried everything to stop it, but even with FPSconfigs that give me 50 more fps, I still get those stutters. Found out that almost evryone that has a similiar rig has the same probs, so next month Im gonna get some money for my birthday so I wanna upgrade my PC. First of all here are my specs

AMD x2 6000+ (2 * 3000 MHZ)
2gb RAM
ATI x1950 PRO 512 MB PCI-e

So I personally think the problem here is the graphics card. Its really old (2006). But I often hear TF2 depends more on the CPU so could that be a reason? I dunno, I personally think the CPU is still fine and only the GPU sucks with TF2.

So if you agree with me that the problem is the graphics card, heres MY suggestion: I wanna change to Nvidia, cause I asked so many people that have none of those fps problems and they all have Nvidia cards so I guess its the better choice.

So what Nvidia card would you suggest? Im not really in to all those Graphic Card numbers so I dont really now whats "teh shiiat" at the moment. Pleaser regard that my budget will be about 150€, if its a REALLY good deal, I would go up to 200€.

Thanks for your help and as usual, sorry for the grammar and spelling mistakes

[Millicent Bystander]

I agree, the problem's with your graphics card.  I'd stay with Ati though and get a Radeon 1Gb 4870 or wait a month or so and get one of the new 5 series cards.

If you want a Nvidia (nothing wrong with them) go for a GTS260 with 1Gb RAM for about £15 more than the Ati.

The rest of your PC spec seems fine, you'd notice an improvement with more RAM though (note 32 bit operating systems only recognise 3.25Gb RAM).  Are you running XP or Vista?

[discordance]

im running a single-core 3.4 Ghz P4 thats 5 years old and i don't get fps drops since I recently upgraded to a 1Gb 4850 and that sorted it out.

[Guilt is a rope... etc]

I had similar drops in framerate, even with a high average fps, an upgrade to 4gb ram solved it.
Think you can still get win7 rc codes for 64bit, and there's plenty of dl available for the rc os

edit: have nvidia gpu

[PapaFade]

Well said disco.

[Karthus]

I had similar drops in framerate, even with a high average fps, an upgrade to 4gb ram solved it.
Think you can still get win7 rc codes for 64bit, and there's plenty of dl available for the rc os

Nah I wanna stay with XP, win7 sucked when I had the RC. (no pls dont start a discussion here @all )

@Disco and Fade: I started the same thread in etf2l and some guy also said the 4850 1gig would work good, sounds nice, think Im gonna give that a try then next month. Thanks!

[Hzza]

I've got a 4850 and an E8400 and with m0res fps script get about 60fps on 32-man pl_hoodoo first stage, last cap spam corner. Very rarely drop below 60, only when I'm doing something stupid/running in windowed mode.

[Guilt is a rope... etc]

M0resfps script? Pray tell us of this voodoo witchcraft script thingy

[Karthus]

M0resfps script? Pray tell us of this voodoo witchcraft script thingy

http://www.m0re.nocrits.com/index.php?site=files&cat=1

@Hzza Ive also using m0res normal fps config and Ive got the same fps and Im using windowed mode.

[Hzza]

I only use window mode when I'm pugging, I don't get much of a performance hit when its only 6v6. I should say that 60fps is the minimum I get, I usually get about 120-150 with normal action.

[Cheez]

m0re's normal fps config near enough double my fps, if anyone is struggling with fps i would recommend it as long as you dont mind the game looking not so good. make sure you have it set to dx 8.1 as well.

[Karthus]

http://www1.hardwareversand.de/_/articledetail.jsp?agid=1004&aid=27301&lid=2

hmm looks good eh?

[CruelCow]

Compare to the box art

[Karthus]

Thats an omen!

[DeadlyAvenger]

I have the 512mb version of that card (well, sapphire...but mine has 2 DVI and only a single slot cooler) and I can vouch for it's awesomeness - the cooler isn't *great* on it though so it runs quite hot (nothing to worry about - but don't expect to overclock it much)