get an fps config
edit: if youre not running an fps config and you have a decent-good pc then yeah 60-90fps is about average

Running my own modified Chris HIGH DX9 FPS config which has almost everything in-game settings set to "recommended" and I get constant 131 FPS no matter what.

depends on the map

i get like 20-40 on coalplant fuck that map

300 when staring at a wall.
100-200 normally.

get an fps config like #2 said, close EVERY other application except mumble/tf2. Running other programs can suck up processing power.
running tf2 in a lower resolution used to help me as well, though not as much as dx8+config did.

Another thing that I have no confirmation on is something to do with steam friends. A long time ago I used to get very very low fps, it was barely playable. I found that playing on an alt actually made me get higher fps. the ONLY difference between the two accounts was the fact that my alt had 10~ friends and my main had roughly two hundred. I don't know if it'll work or not, but it couldn't hurt to test.

edit: to actually answer the question i get 300 constant pretty much no matter what, but i have a pretty beefy computer

Air, did going offline on steam friends on your 200+ friend account help the same way, or did you not test? That's something else that would be interesting.

turn aero off

I also had this case be true, but this was before steampipe and the alt's tf folder was a lot less crowded (even though the cfg and hud were the same).

i remember something about people getting horrible lag-spikes when steam-community went up/down repeatedly? could have something to do with the friends list stuff you guys are talking about

i know that if my steam community goes offline i get 60 fps locked till it comes back up.

not sure, never tried.

about 280 when standing still
about 200 during actual fight

did anyone figure out how to get rid of these hat drops on death yet, it's killing my frames.

289 fps almost always. Expensive computer though.

But in all seriousness closing applications can make a HUGE difference.

i get up to 600 but never drop bellow 100

10-20 always

240fps nearly all the time unless pubbing. Used to get up to 800 even in pubs but now it goes down to 100 or less. Rip tf2.

I know some people say running in full screen also helps for fps + going offline helps a bit too. Then ofc installing fps configs. https://chrisdown.name/tf2/ pick one in the archive and put it in your autoexec.cfg file in cfg folder. I would try the maxFrames one. Make sure to go through the config and fill out a few things that it requires (like screen width and height + adv options upon startup).

have mine capped at 144 and it never goes below that

Have mine capped at 241 and it usually never goes below that, at least in 6s
But yeah fps cfg + no hats mod + no aero + no other programs and lower resolution is pretty much everything you can do without having to upgrade your pc.

I'd get drops to 65/70 that i coughs really feel on highlander midfights on my old processor, but the minimum is more like 100 with an Intel i5 3570k (quad core) which i don't notice much.

Run dx9frames if you're not already, and if you need to go further, try dx8 + highframes. If you're still not happy, get a great CPU (and make sure your graphics card is up to par for your resolution)

I'm capped at 132 with no gfx config, it never goes lower unless i play on a 32 man pub - then it'll hang around 90 if all 30+- people are on screen.

As far as improvements the best thing you can do to eek out some more fps is blow out your processor fan - I always get much more stable performance from tf2 when my processor is bleeding heat efficiently.

if you have an nvidia card, try updating to the latest version: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx
ty again dash

I usually have pandora/all my tabs open but when I used to get like 200+ frames at a midfight I had all of that open too. I'm not sure if it was the recent hat update or what, but midfights are awful now.

Try running the game on a lower res + what everyone else has said about configs. For competitive play, you really really really should be using an FPS config. Really.

i wish someone could donate frames to another person...

30-80 FPS on mid, 60 AVG.

#intel pentium 4

If it's a sudden change you really ought to look into cleaning out your processor's heat sink and make sure all the fans are spinning properly (if you can see them with a flash light or get real close-like and hear them running smoothly). Even a 10 degree change in running temperature can give me some major FPS related hassles with tf2 (mostly noticed when I try to record things - but I still see them lol).

I noticed sometimes if you hit around 1000 fps your character in-game seems to move faster than the game intends, and gravity is also intensified. Has anyone ever done this in an actual game? I wouldn't think so because typically you would only get those frames on an empty server or something, but its like borderline hacking lol

Thanks Marxist!