I'm sorry to say that until further notice, I will be unable to play in any TF2 events like Nutroast or any other events e.g. wars etc.
My fps has always been bad but now it has just wound me up to the point where I admit I may as well let someone else take my place as the will most likely do much better than me. I shall be available to play in times of emergency however (e.g. someone is not showing up).
I will be returning to TF2 after I have done my AS mocks in November and have got myself a new computer as my current one has an fps of 0-10 on TF2 and 0-20 on CSS. Yes Markus I have done EVERYTHING I can to lower all the settings down, the fps remains within these figures whatever I do. They may rise above randomly but they are generally around those figures.
I hope you enjoy playing with each other and that you will be ready to welcome me back into play in a month or two. No I am not leaving TCHS, I am merely becoming unactive due to a PC so poor it struggles to even play CSS on the lowest settings. I shall return soon to start playing TF2 to another level with an fps of 80+ on max settings.
I will still be active on forums, posting here and there and of course I will be on Steam so if you wish to chat with me, you can find me there.
Danke,
Dr. Hawke

You really should be getting better framerates than that on CSS. HL2 was playable for me on a GeForce 3/Athlon XP 1400 with medium settings.

You done all the virus scans etc? Could try reinstalling Windows if the install is old.

Yea I would reinstall Windows if you haven't done already.

If you still get a really low FPS then do what I use to do on CSS. Play GunGames on orange textured maps only

Check your processor usage outside of CS:S/TF2

Yeah I would seriously check stuff out here cos your brother could use that pc fine without any problems...

So that's what they do.....

lol i played in ED with that computer with an fps of 30 everything maxxed out on css whilst running teamspeak, xac etc in the background - i will look at it this friday when i am back home.

Good news: I am able to play CSS now at 15-35fps (varies dependinf on what is happening, full blown action = 15 at the lowest, rest is at least 25 )
Still unable to play TF2 though but at least I am in CSS for practise etc thanks to my good ol' bro
I expect Metritutus can come along and delete this topic as it is pointless as my name says all about what I can do- [TCHS|TF2] Hawke @ CSS only

Dude, I'm not that heartless! :O


And have you tried the TF2 tweaker?

I'm actually considering it, as I can barely run TF2 on its lowest settings, yet other source games run fine maxed out. It's very demanding, and I think it's the cpu that is killing it.

Yeah Met, TF2 tweaker and everything- nothing seems to work for TF2.
Also according to Ogris, my PC is just messed as we ran a couple of tests and found that my comp is just bad.
Also it seems to have 65+ processes going on all the time, anybody think this might be the reason why my pc is so poor? Tried talking to Si countless times, he just disappears/doesn't reply at all.

65+ processes is bad, especially for an XP machine. I think a format and reinstall will do you a world of good TBH.

Try Vista Skillers... IIRC hes running Vista on that lagbox. Could be the problem...

Yeah, I assumed XP because of it's age.

I'm pretty sure though Hawke, on Vista that is a very LOW number of processes anyway

Try XP xP

Heh, I have 65 running atm.

I have 132

OMFG? How do you have that many?!

Because I am ownage. And I'm barely scratching 1.1GB RAM usage

I'm hitting 1.6GB. Then again, I do have 4B for it to use.

Well if 65 processes is normal, my comp is just screwed up.
I just need to start training on CSS now to improve my aim and get better at the game (I'm currently what some people describe as a "newbie"). Hopefully I will be able to get good enough to start competing in some wars along side my bro and Hellfire
Metritutus/Si/Skillers, you can delete this topic now as there is no need for it to be here as it is all sorted and you three have gotten my message about me no longer involved in the TF2 world for the moment.

We don't delete topics.

And anyway, format and reinstall. There are many things that could be wrong, no of processes can be an indicator only in some cases.

Vista is a resource hog, i have 71 processes running, and am using 1.8 gigs of ram(then again vent RAPES ram)

lol newb, anyways lagalot, dw, we will soldier on without you wooooooooooooooooot

Chicken, stop taunting me about my lag problems. I have asked you politely time and time again to stop it. This is getting to the point of bullying. I will once again ask you to stop making jokes about my lag problems:
"5-fps-er"
"lagalot"
"lag-hacker"
Stop it now Chicken, it is bullying. Make one more joke about my lag and I will report you for bullying. I assume you now understand and have been given a fair warning and there are plenty of people who will also read this and understand this as a fair warning.
STOP TAUNTING ME ABOUT MY LAG PROBLEMS. I find it extremely hurtful and DON'T appreciate you calling me a haxor in front of people I don't know and taunting me about it constantly.

Woah, chill, both of you.