Team Fortress 2

[joey2day]

i have been playing team fortress 2 a bit more and my fps are actually lower than i stated before.

i get minimum 25 fps average 50 fps and max...well it doesnt really matter (200+ lol)

btw i went to device manager and see if the update driver online thing works...it actually does work...i updated my ati driver (it actually found a driver online and downloaded it and installed all automatically....that never worked for me in vista or xp) and it also updated my wireless card driver....im starting to like 7 a lot.

 

[KRONie]

I got this problem with my TF2. After i installed WIn7 (about a week ago), i was running TF2 @ 60fps in battles on all high. Now i barely get 15 fps on 32 slot server on respawn. and around 9 fps on 2fort battlements. The funny thing is, doesnt matter what settings i set, i still get same framerates... I don't really feel like reinstalling windows every week, so do any of you any idea on how to fix it?

my rig: Pentium 4 @ 3.0 GHz
2GB DDR2 @ 600MHz
x1950xt 256 mb @ 1280*1024 LCD

my rig:
e2160 @ 3 ghz
4 gb ram @ 800 mhz
x1950 pro 512 mb @ 1400*900

My settings are all maxed out
the resolution is 1400*900
AA x4 AF x8
i get minimums of 30-35, most of the time im over the 55 fps

WTH?!
we both have almost same hardware, but how come youre getting WAYY higher framerates than i do?

 

[joey2day]

i dont know...i guess it could be your Pentium 4 :S...but to be honest i havent got a clue....maybe the driver support of my vga is better for the time being in windows 7

your vga card is better than mine...so theoretically you should be getting more fps
im guessing the cpu is creating a bottleneck...my brother has an older pc with a P4...they have the same clockspeed as todays cpus...but they dont perform as well

btw what fps are you getting?

 

[KRONie]

i dont know...i guess it could be your Pentium 4 :S...but to be honest i havent got a clue....maybe the driver support of my vga is better for the time being in windows 7

your vga card is better than mine...so theoretically you should be getting more fps
im guessing the cpu is creating a bottleneck...my brother has an older pc with a P4...they have the same clockspeed as todays cpus...but they dont perform as well

btw what fps are you getting?

30 at most, 9 average, 1 minimum.

e2160 is not that much of a difference in performance from P4 Hyper Threading edition. Maybe TF2 is not "optimized" for single cores.. but again i get exactly same results with hyper threading mode on or off, and funy thing is, when HT is on, only 1 "core" is being utilized(so other half of cpu is just doing nothing), and when HT is off, CPU is loaded 100%, BUT i still get same performance...

 

[joey2day]

30 at most, 9 average, 1 minimum.

e2160 is not that much of a difference in performance from P4 Hyper Threading edition. Maybe TF2 is not "optimized" for single cores.. but again i get exactly same results with hyper threading mode on or off, and funy thing is, when HT is on, only 1 "core" is being utilized(so other half of cpu is just doing nothing), and when HT is off, CPU is loaded 100%, BUT i still get same performance...

hmm i dont understand then...this is only in windows 7 beta right?
what OS where you using before? and did u get good performance there?

 

[KRONie]

Vista. somewhat the same performance.

as i said, after fresh reinstall everything works PERFECT!
my k\d as a sniper is not lower than 5:1, and im pretty much dominating all the snipers on enemy battlements
but a week after fresh install, my fps drop below playable level.

 

[wierdo124]

Running nearly perfect with Win7 64 bit, 8800GT 512 and 181.20 drivers. Only problem is TF2 freaks out and stops responding whenever i quit. But that happened in Vista too

 

[fierce]

Does anyone's audio settings change while connecting to a server? Always have to alt+tab to change them back to normal volumes every connect..

 

[dmex]

WTH?!
we both have almost same hardware, but how come youre getting WAYY higher framerates than i do?

30 at most, 9 average, 1 minimum.

e2160 is not that much of a difference in performance from P4 Hyper Threading edition. Maybe TF2 is not "optimized" for single cores.. but again i get exactly same results with hyper threading mode on or off, and funy thing is, when HT is on, only 1 "core" is being utilized(so other half of cpu is just doing nothing), and when HT is off, CPU is loaded 100%, BUT i still get same performance...

Your really pushing your luck using a P4 single-core, I seriously doubt you will get any good framerate running a.) A single core machine, b.) a Pentium 4 c.) using a Pentium 4

Running nearly perfect with Win7 64 bit, 8800GT 512 and 181.20 drivers. Only problem is TF2 freaks out and stops responding whenever i quit. But that happened in Vista too

You can solve that easily, Just type "Services" into the start-menu searchbox and find the Steam Client Service, Then change the Logon it uses from Local System to your admin user account and password

The Steam Client Service violates a high number of Local System account Security policy's so changing it to your Admin account solves the Crash-on-exit and a multitude of other Game problems

Heres how I configured my Steam Client Service properties, It does fix the Steam issues

Does anyone's audio settings change while connecting to a server? Always have to alt+tab to change them back to normal volumes every connect..

Yes, Its by design :sarc:

Goto your Audio properties and change this setting if you dont want your other Audio volume lowered when you start playing a movie/game or anything else

Steven

 

[monc]

Has anyone had any issues with audio in TF2? When I launch TF2 in windows 7 my speaker settings are always blank and my mic doesn't work. The strange thing is that the mic works fine in Steam but not in TF2.

 

[Tapion817]

I have been having a problem when I play Team Fortress 2 on the 64-bit Windows 7. It randomly crashes on my stating there was a runtime error. I've done everything that I read on this thread yet it still happens. I was wondering if anyone can help me with it. I have a Nvidia 8800GT a core 2 Quad @ 2.5ghz and I run dual monitors.

 

[mSeliga]

I just got this through Steam and it won't even launch. It shows the loading screen then does a odd cycling of the desktop, flashes a lot, then makes a odd skipping audio sound. Have to exit with task manager.

 

[Devozade]

I just got this through Steam and it won't even launch. It shows the loading screen then does a odd cycling of the desktop, flashes a lot, then makes a odd skipping audio sound. Have to exit with task manager.

I get that sometimes, I just open task manager. Then open the minimised TF2. And it works as per normal.

I had that issue in Vista too.

That is if it's exactly the same problem.

 

[mSeliga]

Well my issue comes when TF2 is closed. the process isn't running, the program closed.

 

[1nsane]

any new ideas or solutions ?
thx

 

[Jagkondr]

don't know, i top the lists from a Steam Install that is fromt he beggining of time, and TF2 since the 1st day out, Installes W7, no problem, it even runs better @30-50 - instant repawns and 32-slot 2forts, and @90 - with low pop servers

8800GTX

P.s. im scared to grade to 181.22 ,
any of you done it exept johngalt with his 181 beta drivers?

 

[Sparatan117]

Great forums u guys have here

I got this problem with my TF2. After i installed WIn7 (about a week ago), i was running TF2 @ 60fps in battles on all high. Now i barely get 15 fps on 32 slot server on respawn. and around 9 fps on 2fort battlements. The funny thing is, doesnt matter what settings i set, i still get same framerates... I don't really feel like reinstalling windows every week, so do any of you any idea on how to fix it?

my rig: Pentium 4 @ 3.0 GHz
2GB DDR2 @ 600MHz
x1950xt 256 mb @ 1280*1024 LCD

as i said, i'm getting smooth framerates after fresh install. also i can play COD4 on 64 slot server on med\high settings with fluid FPS(tested on vista).

Hey, welcome to the forums.

I can't say I've had the same problem as your having. I myself had to do a fresh install of Windows 7 here recently because it was freezing up on me. But if I recall from the past that when i tabbed out of TF2 on vista when it had slow frame rates and then came back in it'd be fast again. Something to do with making the GPU reshade everything? I have no idea but its worth a shot to check out.

Also 2GB of Ram is actually like the bare minimum now a days. You might wanna go hit up newegg for some more ram since its so cheap right now!

 

[swarfega]

don't know, i top the lists from a Steam Install that is fromt he beggining of time, and TF2 since the 1st day out, Installes W7, no problem, it even runs better @30-50 - instant repawns and 32-slot 2forts, and @90 - with low pop servers

8800GTX

P.s. im scared to grade to 181.22 ,
any of you done it exept johngalt with his 181 beta drivers?

Yes I used that driver (now with 182.05 beta) and worked ok. But I installed the WU driver first then installed this.

 

[dmex]

Theres a Steam Client Update available that fixed the "Crash on Exit" bug and many others and includes a huge list of hidden advances to menus and settings

If you have previously modified your system configuration to prevent the "hl2.exe has stopped responding" on exit then its highly advisable to revert the changes you made previously as its finally been fixed


Theres a brief description here:
[ame=http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=800588]Steam Client Beta Available - Steam Users' Forums[/ame]

to download the update goto Settings> Beta Participation then select the "Steam Client candidate"

 

[Jagkondr]

Yes I used that driver (now with 182.05 beta) and worked ok. But I installed the WU driver first then installed this.

in installed (now with 182.05 beta) after your post, well i got me BSOD my pc restarted 17 times (each ending in BSOD, i managed to load F8 up (i have Asus Stiker II, it gives boot menu with F8, ^^, can you beliave it In safe mode BSOD ? WOOT ?
I loaded from me Win7 CD, and reverted changes . ^^ now running on non beta drivers ... the 1's from site for Vista ... not risking untill new version comes out