Long story short, my desktop has multiple pieces that need to be replaced and I plan on just getting a new computer all together, but in the mean time to play I have to use my dell xps m1530, which so far with chis' maxframes barely gets past 60fps. Is there anything that can give me a bigger boost to my fps?

Nope, not really. Play on a really low resolution.

disable all windows 7 visual effects
disable all non-microsoft services and startup entries through msconfig

Agreed with hooli, your best bet is to disable all the fancy effects that come with Windows 7 and to close all excess programs. If you don't want to do that yourself, you can try Game Booster [http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html], which will show you all the programs that can be closed, free up memory, disable Aero, and really anything else that could possibly give you a few more frames.

I was about to post literally this exact thread. Like almost word for word. That shit cray.

i dont know if its useful for the fps ,but you can try using LOD with ati tray tools (if u have ati ,hur) or the geforce SLI profile (if you have nvidia,dur)

here is a guide made by an argentinian buddy ,so its in spanish
anyway its very easy to do and you can use the translator
http://cristianontivero.blogspot.com.ar/2011/04/modificar-el-lod-para-usuarios-de.html

should look like this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St7zQ-N5F6k&list=UUqjE8ZC5SWiHMhQ8OamI1QQ&index=9&feature=plcp
pretty awful with m_filtertextures 0
anyway if you have any doubt just ask

Venom_ wrote:

i dont know if its useful for the fps ,but you can try using LOD with ati tray tools (if u have ati ,hur) or the geforce SLI profile (if you have nvidia,dur)

here is a guide made by an argentinian buddy ,so its in spanish
anyway its very easy to do and you can use the translator
http://cristianontivero.blogspot.com.ar/2011/04/modificar-el-lod-para-usuarios-de.html

should look like this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St7zQ-N5F6k&list=UUqjE8ZC5SWiHMhQ8OamI1QQ&index=9&feature=plcp
pretty awful with m_filtertextures 0
anyway if you have any doubt just ask

Going to try this now, looks pretty promising.

changing your LOD will not have any effect on fps.

and isnt it bannable in esea now

technosex wrote:

changing your LOD will not have any effect on fps.

well, never mind then.

drdonutman wrote:

and isnt it bannable in esea now

Well shit, will just removing the added line make it safe?

mat_showlowresimage 1

edit: it's now cheat protected, you could try sv_cheats1;mat_showlowresimage 1;sv_cheats 0 in your main menu, but it probably won't work

Try dx9 instead of dx8, can help on shit CPUs

Otherwise just reduce res

I play on 640x480 and also try doing what is in this link, as it made my TF2 play a lot smoother, and it is essentially unplayable without.
http://ozfortress.com/showthread.php?t=39676

Resolution will definitely have the bigger impact though.

hi kermit, what's up

pls respond

whackO wrote:

mat_showlowresimage 1

might want to use a hud crosshair because it fucks with everything

Says I can't use it with sv_cheats off.

redban wrote:

whackO wrote:

mat_showlowresimage 1

might want to use a hud crosshair because it fucks with everything

Says I can't use it with sv_cheats off.

M0res high fps config. Its even more geared toward max frames than max frames. http://clugu.com/tf2mate/ just download the configs with that selected then copy paste the high fps part from the autoexec to your autoexec. Also another nod to game booster, it subtly does a lot.

Killer Tomato wrote:

M0res high fps config. Its even more geared toward max frames than max frames.

Jay wrote:

Killer Tomato wrote:

M0res high fps config. Its even more geared toward max frames than max frames.

Have you actually tested it? If so, how big of a difference is it?

I just tested it, didn't see that big of a increase in fps. Maybe 10 at max, but it was too inconsistent to get a good number.

kermit wrote:

and also try doing what is in this link, as it made my TF2 play a lot smoother, and it is essentially unplayable without.
http://ozfortress.com/showthread.php?t=39676

Resolution will definitely have the bigger impact though.

This clean for ESEA client?

Freakin wrote:

kermit wrote:

and also try doing what is in this link, as it made my TF2 play a lot smoother, and it is essentially unplayable without.
http://ozfortress.com/showthread.php?t=39676

Resolution will definitely have the bigger impact though.

This clean for ESEA client?

I'm pretty sure it is. I've used it many times before. If it isn't...oops.

640x480 makes a boat load of difference.

I tinkered with a shitty computer I bought my brother in order to let him play TF2.

I can assure you chris maxframes plus 640x480 will do the trick.

Text becomes slightly unreadable and the shop doesn't work but oh well.

I know generally changing your resolution doesn't do too much but when you go THIS low I promise it will.

oh fuck i didnt know it was banned
sory

Try using Prio or Process Lasso to set the cpu priority of hl2.exe to "Above Normal." It gets me 10-20 more frames and generally helps with stability. Do not set it to "high" though.

Is this lower than chris's maxframes?

haha that picture looks like a watercolour painting

Gobiner wrote:

Is this lower than chris's maxframes?

How?

thats from the mat_showlowresimage 1

brizz wrote:

thats from the mat_showlowresimage 1

Ah, hoped it was something that is still usable