Well as I said I OC'd to 3.3GHz and I haven't noticed a huge temp difference(maybe 3-4 degrees)

Anyways what's the "temp limit" for a CPU?

EDIT: @Enigma: A i5 2500k with 4.6 GHz? Wow. I thought they only have 3.3-3.7 GHz. How did you manage to overclock it that much?

EDIT²: For how much could I get a pc that can handle tf2 with lets say 150fps(or even 240 *-*) with dx9 frames/highframes/without a fps config?

Well I tried overclocking my CPU to 3300MHz(like I said I'm new to this so I don't want to do 3500+ like someone said right away.) today and I get 70-80fps in heavy fights now :) The only thing I have to test is if my CPU runs smooth for several hours when I play. Lets test this ^-^

I've capped my fps at 132 and I' ve disabled vsync

Mh I could try deleting my team fortress 2 folder. Also I think my pc could easily overheat if I tried to overclock my CPU because it already is like 60degrees when I play tf2 + I have no clue how to overclock something. I should probably try it/read about it tomorrow.

I tried that but lowering my res doesn't give me +fps

I already said that max and dx9frames are basically the same for me ( maxframes gives me about 5fps more...)

Well since SPUF couldn't help me(what a surprise...) I decided to try it here:

Hello SPUF Guys,
well after months of trying to find a solution I finally give up and hope you fellow people can help me.
I have massive fps drops ingame. I get like 264(my fps_max) in spawn but only 55-60 when I'm in a fight. I can not accept that because I own a 120Hz monitor (originally bought it for quake/UT) and I wanna make full use of it so I'd like to have atleast 120fps.

my system:
•AMD Phenom II x4 945 3GHz
•4gig RAM
•ATI HD 4800 series (I think it's a 4890)
If you need anything else just ask.

Some facts:

•I use chris dx9 config (the maxframes just gave me ~5fps+ or sth)
•I use the particles pack from this site
. It doesn't really give me a bonus + I can't use it on sv_pure 2 so it's negligible
•I've set my LOD to +7 with ATI Tray tools
•I've tweaked my anti-virus according to this thread
•my launch options are: -full -w 1920 -h 1080 -console -novid -useforcedmparms -noforcemaccel -noforcemspd -nocrashdialog -nojoy -noipx -nocdaudio -high -heapsize 2097152 -freq 120
•I've set my windows 7 settings to optimal performance
•I've updated my driver, defragged my system/tf2 folders etc.

I post this here because I spoke with some of my friends and they said that my system should get 100fps min with these settings...

~Solid

I've already set it to 120Hz... I mean I can easily tell if it's 60 or 120Hz on my desktop(the mouse pointer is soooooo smooth on 120Hz) but not in TF2

Well I own a 120Hz monitor(BenQ XL2420T) and I haven't really noticed a difference to my old 60Hz monitor D:

Tell me how you do that :O I get 220 in spawn and ~55-60 when I'm in a fight

System:

AMD Phenom II x4 945 3GHz
4gig RAM
ATI HD 4890

I use the dx9 config (tried maxframes but got only ~5fps+)

Really bothers me because I got a 120Hz monitor and I wanna use it to its full potential.

Black/death/dark/symphonic metal here :>

It worked :) Thanks mate.

Well I know gmang HUD does this(http://code.google.com/p/gmang-tf2hud/). I tried to copy and edit some files (for example the "HudAchievementTrackerItem.res" in the ui folder) but since I'm a noob at editing HUDs I've never been able to get it work properly.

Also is it possbile to add the circle crosshair as an achievement crosshair? Because I main Spy and Scout it's really annoying to minimize the game and change the value in the hudlayout.res to 0 eveytime I Switch from scout to spy.

I have to report an issue: If a medic got 100% Uber I cant see the 1 (http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/595855948437256370/178C3E977C40D4886826025648C9C7BD4FB7134D/). It's the same with engi buildings that are lvl 1. Also some numbers/letters are cut off at the end (http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/595855948437322882/FFF2B7367A89E6F726A153BE554085369C93E36B/ - the 3 and http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/595855948437329682/403ECEC72391D40D5C760520618E4C40052B8340/ - the s in "Deaths" "Kills" "Assists" etc.)

Res is 1920x1080

I can only speak for myself but I downloaded this pack yesterday and I haven't recieved any issues.