VERY low FPS in TF2...

Well, I finally got around to getting the Orange Box, and was very excited about TF2. Now, my PC isn't a powerhouse; its the best part of 3 years old, but I can run every other Source game on medium and get a steady playable FPS. TF2 however is another story. The FPS is so low it renders the game unplayable. I lowered my settings to the bare minimum but the FPS is still horrendous...

Does anyone else have this problem?? Any fixes??

Yeah, I'm not alone - http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=627025

And to think that thread has been going since November last year :shock:

It's ok my friend! There IS a fix! First, right click your Team Fortress 2 desktop icon and click properties. Then, in the target line, type "-dxlevel 90 +mat_forcehardwaresync 0" It should then look like this-

K:\STEAM\Steam.exe -applaunch 440 -novid -dxlevel 90 +mat_forcehardwaresync 0

then save.

then, go to your STEAM folder, your steamapps folder, your username folder, the team fortress 2 folder, the tf folder, the cfg folder, then double click the Config text file. Delete everything in the text file and replace it with this.

NOTE! PLEASE READ! (don't put this in the file)- Gamespot blocked out class in the new config so when you paste it in the file, press Ctrl+F and type * and then click enter. Replace the stars with class.

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unbindall
bind "0" "slot10"
bind "1" "slot1"
bind "2" "slot2"
bind "3" "slot3"
bind "4" "slot4"
bind "5" "slot5"
bind "6" "slot6"
bind "7" "slot7"
bind "8" "slot8"
bind "9" "slot9"
bind "a" "+moveleft"
bind "b" "lastdisguise"
bind "c" "voice_menu_3"
bind "d" "+moveright"
bind "e" "voicemenu 0 0"
bind "g" "taunt"
bind "i" "showmapinfo"
bind "l" "dropitem"
bind "q" "lastinv"
bind "r" "+reload"
bind "s" "+back"
bind "t" "impulse 201"
bind "u" "messagemode2"
bind "v" "+voicerecord"
bind "w" "+forward"
bind "x" "voice_menu_2"
bind "y" "messagemode"
bind "z" "voice_menu_1"
bind "[" "invprev"
bind "]" "invnext"
bind "'" "+moveup"
bind "`" "toggleconsole"
bind "," "change****"
bind "." "changeteam"
bind "/" "+movedown"
bind "ENTER" "+attack"
bind "SPACE" "+jump"
bind "TAB" "+showscores"
bind "ESCAPE" "cancelselect"
bind "INS" "+klook"
bind "END" "centerview"
bind "PGUP" "+lookup"
bind "PGDN" "+lookdown"
bind "PAUSE" "pause"
bind "ALT" "+strafe"
bind "CTRL" "+duck"
bind "UPARROW" "+forward"
bind "LEFTARROW" "+left"
bind "DOWNARROW" "+back"
bind "RIGHTARROW" "+right"
bind "F3" "askconnect_accept"
bind "F5" "screenshot"
bind "F10" "quit prompt"
bind "MOUSE1" "+attack"
bind "MOUSE2" "+attack2"
bind "MWHEELUP" "invprev"
bind "MWHEELDOWN" "invnext"

//Actual Video Settings
mat_antialias 0
mat_forceaniso 0
mat_hdr_enabled 0
mat_hdr_level 0
mat_picmip 2
mat_trilinear 0
mat_vsync 0
r_rootlod 2
mat_max_worldmesh_vertices 1024
mat_monitorgamma "1.6" //Ingame Gamma Settings

//FPS Settings
fps_max 60 //Setting to 0 sets no max limit
cl_detaildist "0"
cl_detailfade "0"
cl_drawmonitors "0"
cl_ejectbrass "0"
cl_forcepreload "1"
cl_lagcomp_errorcheck "1"
cl_lagcompensation "1"
cl_downloadfilter "nosounds"
cl_ejectbrass "0"
cl_forcepreload 1
cl_phys_props_enable "0"
cl_phys_props_max "0"
cl_show_splashes "0"
cl_smoothtime "0.01"
cl_smooth 1
commentary 0
mat_aaquality "0"
mat_autoexposure_max "0"
mat_autoexposure_min "0"
mat_bloomscale "0"
mat_bufferprimitives "0"
mat_bumpmap "0"
mat_clipz "1"
mat_compressedtextures "1"
mat_diffuse "1"
mat_disable_bloom "1"
mat_disable_fancy_blending "1"
mat_disable_lightwarp "1"
mat_disable_ps_patch "1"
mat_envmapsize "0"

mat_envmaptgasize "0"
mat_fastspecular "1"
mat_filterlightmaps "1"
mat_filtertextures "1"
mat_forceaniso "0"
mat_forcehardwaresync "0"
mat_forcemanagedtextureintohardware "0"
mat_framebuffercopyoverlaysize "0"
mat_hdr_enabled "0"
mat_hdr_level "0"
mat_hdr_manual_tonemap_rate "0"
mat_mipmaptextures "0"
mat_lightmap_pfms "0"
mat_maxframelatency "0"
mat_parallaxmap "0"
mat_picmip "2"
mat_queue_mode "-1"
mat_reducefillrate "1"
mat_shadowstate "0"
mat_show_ab_hdr "0"

mat_specular "0"

mat_trilinear "0"
mat_use_compressed_hdr_textures "1"
mat_showenvmapmask "0"
mat_showlowresimage "0"
mat_showmaterials "0"
mat_showmaterialsverbose "0"

mat_wateroverlaysize "0"
mat_motion_blur_enabled "0"
mat_motion_blur_percent_of_screen_max "0"
mat_softwarelighting "1"
mp_decals "0"
muzzleflash_light "0"
net_maxfragments "1280"
net_maxfragments "1280"
net_showevents "0"
npc_height_adjust "1"
props_break_max_pieces "0"
props_break_max_pieces_perframe "0"
r_3dnow "1"
r_3dsky "0"
r_PhysPropStaticLighting "0"
r_WaterDrawReflection "0"
r_WaterDrawRefraction "0"
r_ambientboost "0"
r_cheapwaterend "1"
r_cheapwaterstart "1"
r_decal_cullsize "0"
r_decals "0"
r_dopixelvisibility "0"
r_drawbatchdecals "0"
r_drawflecks "0"
r_drawmodeldecals "0"
r_drawmodelstatsoverlaymax "1.5"
r_drawmodelstatsoverlaymin "0.01"
r_drawspecificstaticprop "0"
r_dynamic "0"
r_eyeglintlodpixels "0"
r_eyemove "0"
r_eyes "1"
r_eyeshift_x "0"
r_eyeshift_y "0"
r_eyeshift_z "0"
r_eyesize "0"
r_fastzreject "0"
r_flashlightrendermodels "0"

r_flashlightrenderworld "0"
r_flex "0"
r_forcewaterleaf "0"
r_lightaverage "0"
r_lod "2"
r_staticprop_lod "4"
r_maxdlights "0"
r_maxmodeldecal "0"
r_maxnewsamples "0"
r_maxsampledist "0"
r_minnewsamples "0"
r_mmx "1"
r_norefresh "0"
r_occlusion "0"
r_renderoverlayfragment "0"
r_queued_decals "1"
r_rootlod "0"
r_ropetranslucent "0"
r_shadowmaxrendered "32"
r_shadowrendertotexture "1"
r_shadows "0"
r_spray_lifetime "0.1"
r_sse "1"
r_sse2 "1"
r_teeth "1"
r_staticpropinfo "0"
r_updaterefracttexture "0"
r_updaterefracttexture "0"
r_visualizeproplightcaching "1"
r_waterdrawreflection "0"
r_waterforceexpensive "0"
r_waterforcereflectentities"0"
rope_averagelight "0"
rope_collide "0"
rope_shake "0"
rope_smooth "0"
rope_smooth_enlarge "0"
rope_smooth_maxalpha "0"
rope_smooth_maxalphawidth "0"
rope_smooth_minalpha "0"
rope_smooth_minwidth "0"
rope_subdiv "0"
rope_wind_dist "0"

//Blood settings
violence_ablood 1
violence_agibs 1
violence_hblood 1
violence_hgibs 1

echo FPS Config Loaded!

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Save it and then your done!