Counter Strike 1.6 (steam) FPS problem

Strange. I already had that update installed when I started noticing the problem. I tried upgrading to the latest drivers from Realtek's site and still had the issue. I just tried reinstalling the driver from Windows Update and I'm still having the same problem. I have to restart my network or my games are lagtastic. I did notice that the first time I installed the driver it took 2 tries. The first install failed for some reason. Perhaps that failed install has left behind some corrupted files?

BusOfTheUndead said:

Strange. I already had that update installed when I started noticing the problem. I tried upgrading to the latest drivers from Realtek's site and still had the issue. I just tried reinstalling the driver from Windows Update and I'm still having the same problem. I have to restart my network or my games are lagtastic. I did notice that the first time I installed the driver it took 2 tries. The first install failed for some reason. Perhaps that failed install has left behind some corrupted files?

Actually, after using it a bit longer, the issue is starting to come back. I think it has to do with the motherboard...

Can someone put this as sticky or smth, until the proper solution is found since I am not the only one who has this problem? Am I?

Thank you!

i have the same problem as larry. what i did, was try to go back a few drivers instead of using 191.07. which pwned me. Now I KNOW for a fact i turned off vsync. but the vsync is definately on when i try to play cs. 75fps instead of 60. cuz my refresh rate is 75. But before i went back on drivers i had 100 fps no problem. but now i dont, and i even reinstalled the latest drivers.

nvidia 9800gtx win7-64bit

@ Borum
At the moment I had 60 fps max, my vsync was turned off...
To solve this, I just turned vsync on, hit apply and off and hit again apply. After this my fps wasn't capped anymore...

unfortunately, i just tried that, and it did not work at all.. im so sad =(

Tried updating ALL drivers... Doesn't work... -.-

Hi i have this machine :

a bad MSI board ...
ATI HD 2600 XT AGP
1 GB of DDR1 memory
etc.

i have 80 fps in a 32 slots server With STEAM ..

i downloaded the Direct X WEB Installer ..... this web installer update my direct x and solve my problem .. | without directX i have 10 15 fps .. |

Hey, im not quite sure if this will help, but we can try. I had the same problem with low FPS on my old system (Vista-32b). Try to write this to your cs console (guess it will work only with Ati cards):
ati_npatch 0
ati_subdiv 0
U should also turn off the vertical synchronization, but i have no idea how u can do that.. Hope it will help.


Btw. Does anyone know what is wrong with my settings on 7? When I start cs1.6 it doesnt switch to resolution 800x600 but remains in basic win 7 (1280x800). The aplication size is 800x600 points but its centered and all around is black screen. Its impossible to play.
Any advice? Thx

Sobi said:

Hey, im not quite sure if this will help, but we can try. I had the same problem with low FPS on my old system (Vista-32b). Try to write this to your cs console (guess it will work only with Ati cards):
ati_npatch 0
ati_subdiv 0
U should also turn off the vertical synchronization, but i have no idea how u can do that.. Hope it will help.


Btw. Does anyone know what is wrong with my settings on 7? When I start cs1.6 it doesnt switch to resolution 800x600 but remains in basic win 7 (1280x800). The aplication size is 800x600 points but its centered and all around is black screen. Its impossible to play.
Any advice? Thx

Can you post a screenshot of how it looks? Try setting the launch options to fullscreen mode.

right click steam icon on bottom right > Games > right click Counter-Strike (under My Games tab) > Properties > Set Launch Options

In the command line, type "-full", without the quotation marks of course. This will force CS to run in fullscreen. Give it a shot, let me know the results