HuggesI'm curious, what laptop did you get that you can achieve 400 fps on?
It's a lenovo ideapad y700. Got a i7-6700HQ, and a 960m
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posted about 7 years ago
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So I just got a new laptop and have been setting up a config on there. Everything works fine, and with unlimited fps the game runs at roughly 400 fps.
I am told that, to get a smooth feel to the game, a refresh rate that's a multiple of your monitor's native refresh rate is desired. I have on previous machines just capped my frames using the fps_max 121 command, capping the framerate at 120, which is double the monitors refresh rate, and that worked fine.
However, on this pc, TF2 consistantly stays a few frames below whatever fps cap I set. If I set fps_max to 61, the game rus at 57-59. If I set it to 121, the game runs at 116-118. According to a mate of mine this results in a more jittery and choppy feel, which is definitely what I am experiencing. (when I watch streamers at 60 fps it's all much smoother).
Does anyone know what could be the problem here? Help would be much abliged since choppy gameplay on a 1200 euro machine is quite saddening.
posted about 7 years ago
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rezgarlol all this time and the problem was his configs xD
Nope.
posted about 8 years ago
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SetsulOf course, the one thing I don't mention forever because "surely he already tried that"... Same as always.
Well something somewhere in your config is messed up.
It's time to have a good look at it and replace some of the old parts.
Turns out it doesn't fix it. I just didn't have the time to test it long enough. I have since determined that the lag is similar to what happens during a hud_reloadscheme, not only freezing my pc, but also my rockets e.g. even on servers.
posted about 8 years ago
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Setsulremove all cfgs, remove all launch options and put in -autoconfig instead.
It'll generate the default cfg. If the freezes don't happen again your cfgs are the problem, if they still happen your cfgs are fine.
There don't seem to be any freezes when playing on autoconfig.
posted about 8 years ago
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SetsulDepends on the program.
If you can't find it the minimum % cpu_frequency_monitoring 2 shows after a freeze should be enough to rule it out.
One thing I forgot to ask, you said you tested many different configs, but have you tried -autoconfig already?
Right after a freeze:
~CPU Freq: 2.490 GHz Percent of requested: 95.8% Minimum percent seen: 95.8%~
what is autoconfig?
posted about 8 years ago
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SetsulCould you upload the log?
Where would i get that from?
posted about 8 years ago
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ShunHey, make sure that TF2 is set to run on your dedicated graphics card and not your integrated card, you should be able to do this in the NVIDIA Control Panel. I did a quick google search for "i7-4720HQ and gtx960m freezing" and found a few other similar issues, this one has a solution at the bottom: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/18704970709.
This is not the same problem im having. Thanks for the effort though.
posted about 8 years ago
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SetsulNo, but to rule out weird downclocking you have to log the CPU frequency.
Also I assumed you're using fullscreen already, if not change it and try again.
I am using full screen. The cpu runs at 2.6 ghz the entire time.
posted about 8 years ago
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Setsul#23SetsulCould you leave AIDA64 running in the background (without running the stability test) or use hwmonitor to log the CPU frequency
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I can deal with people saying CPUID instead of CPU-Z, but if you mean hwmonitor say so. Otherwise it's just a guessing game. CPUID is not a program, this is the equivalent of recommending "Microsoft" as an OS.
So am I just fucked? just to be sure.
posted about 8 years ago
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SetsulThat's a bit weird, probably not what I had in mind.
Could you leave AIDA64 running in the background (without running the stability test) or use hwmonitor to log the CPU frequency to make sure it's not a load spike from TF2 causing a temp spike leading to short but hard throttling?
There are even stranger possibilities but they are a lot harder to diagnose, so let's rule this out first.
No temp spikes at all during it. max temps of 70 degrees.
posted about 8 years ago
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Setsul"just under"?
2594-2599MHz
Next step, how often do you freeze? Have you tried it on a fresh TF2 install, without your hud and config?
I freeze ramdonly with an average time of about 15 seconds in between freezes i'd say. This also happens on a clean install.
posted about 8 years ago
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SetsulIt should absolutely be throttling at those temps. 100-105 is where the overtemperature shutdown kicks in.
Sorry, but could you run it again and check the clockrates during the run? AIDA64 got built in CPUID btw, right below the stability test.
The clock speed stays just under 2.6 GHz the entire time.
posted about 8 years ago
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Setsul5-10 minutes? How does your clock work?
Well it confirms that you can run TF2 for 5-10 minutes without throttling. If you want to confirm that it won't throttle if you're running TF2 for longer than that you might want to consider running the stresstest for at least half an hour.
Also what temps were you getting?
Since the drops start right as i join a server I thought 10 minutes would be plenty. Did a stress test of 30 minutes without any throttling too now though. avg temp of 81 degrees. max 92. i believe the max for my system is 100, could be wrong.
posted about 8 years ago
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Setsul"CPU Throttling" will turn red and change to "CPU Throttling - Overheating Detected!" and a red line should appear in addition to the yellow cpu usage line.
http://i.imgur.com/4EzHSuA.png
Ran the stress test for 5-10 minutes without any throttling.
posted about 8 years ago
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