So, finally I was forced to register here! Well, let's start off with my problem.
Like many others I've been having constant fps-drops in Counter-Strike 1.6 and from the first beginning it was very bad and by that I mean really bad. My ping was 180+ (when it used to be 14-25 on XP) and I couldn't play CS at all. I then tried the following things.
1. Turned off MMCS completely
2. Turned off MMCS completely and disabled the throttling component
3. Kept MMCS on and disabled the throttling component
All of these three options (not at the same time) resulted in much better ping (the usual 14-25 I had before), but the fps-drops remained, especially when other players were shooting at me and when I climbed through several smokegrenades.
I was glad at first, because the ping was fixed, but I understood pretty quickly that I can't play this way. You can't play when you lag when your enemies are shooting at you. So, I googled, I asked friends and I made threads on several forums but no one could give me an answer. I still find this as the most common and logic way, but it doesn't work fully for me.
So, I've searched hours and finally found this thread:
Windows 7 High Ping Fix
It did make my browser work way much faster, but it didn't help at all in-game.
So, I have a very new & good computer and there's nothing wrong with it. I've been able to play CS on it on XP and it worked very good on XP. I've downloaded and installed all the latest drivers and "cleaned" the computer with programs like CCleaner, but it still isn't working. When I play, I fps-drop to 20-40 fps when my fps should be around 75 like it always been.
I tried to disable my sound device and to my surprise it worked very well. Not 100 %, but almost. By the things you've all wrote in this thread I understood that this fix should be the answer to the problem, but it wasn't. I've also tried this method:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbWQnvytvqk But it doesn't help either.
I've searched the web for hours and I've found a lot of people with the same problem and I've found a lot of people whose problems went away by this fix and I've found a lot of tips and recommendations, but nothing has worked so far. So, if somebody here know what the problem can be, I would be thankful for weeks to come. I'd really appreciate some help, because I feel that this is the only forum that can have the answer to my problems. I hope someone read through this post and can help me.
All the best, Kicken.