Need Help With vid card settings for CS:CZ...

Halen5150 · 02-17-05, 12:15 PM

I'm having trouble maintaining a steady framerate when playing CS:CZ. My frames max out at 100 at the beginning of each new round, but as soon as any combat takes place, the frames take a drop to around 30fps momentarily, and don't get much higher until the combat has stopped. This is really annoying, slow, and choppy. And this is with bots, with a 10 on 10 match. I use the default models as of now. I'm using the latest catalyst drivers, but I'm unsure of what settings will give me a good framerate.

Here's my setup:

A64 3200/DFI Lanparty UT
512 x 2 Patriot XBL Ram
Tachyon 9600 Pro
Windows XP Pro
120GB WD SATA
Audigy 2 Platinum

Nothing is overclocked. Can anyone help me out with the vid card settings? I have no clue what needs to be turned on or off. I'm not sure what my current settings are(I'm at work right now). UT2004 plays without a hitch though. Thanks for the help.

TimoneX · 02-17-05, 12:29 PM

You can usually get a better overclock by disabling side-band addressing. I suggest you grab atitool, and see where it puts your clocks error free.

veryhumid · 02-17-05, 03:17 PM

what resolution and aa/af settings are you running?

Halen5150 · 02-17-05, 07:55 PM

1024x768 res
16 bit color depth(in-game option)
Detailed textures are set to off(in-game option)
AA is 2X
AF is 4X
Catalyst A.I. is disabled
Mipmap detail level is set for quality
Trueform is set for always off
Wait for vertical refresh is set to always off, unless application specifies
No smartshader effects are set
AGP arperture(sp?) is set to 128M
AGP is set to 8X

Halen5150 · 02-22-05, 08:59 PM

bump

xTrEmEoVrClOcKr · 02-22-05, 09:01 PM

I think AA kills your card, try disabling it, and see where that goes. But, keep the AF on, ATi cards can handle AF without a problem.

pacman6642 · 02-22-05, 09:16 PM

also, your hardware is taxed more when your running your own bot match. but i agree, turn off AA and that should help it out a lot

02-17-05, 12:15 PM	Thread Starter #1
Halen5150 Registered Join Date: Jan 2005	Need Help With vid card settings for CS:CZ... I'm having trouble maintaining a steady framerate when playing CS:CZ. My frames max out at 100 at the beginning of each new round, but as soon as any combat takes place, the frames take a drop to around 30fps momentarily, and don't get much higher until the combat has stopped. This is really annoying, slow, and choppy. And this is with bots, with a 10 on 10 match. I use the default models as of now. I'm using the latest catalyst drivers, but I'm unsure of what settings will give me a good framerate. Here's my setup: A64 3200/DFI Lanparty UT 512 x 2 Patriot XBL Ram Tachyon 9600 Pro Windows XP Pro 120GB WD SATA Audigy 2 Platinum Nothing is overclocked. Can anyone help me out with the vid card settings? I have no clue what needs to be turned on or off. I'm not sure what my current settings are(I'm at work right now). UT2004 plays without a hitch though. Thanks for the help.
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02-17-05, 07:55 PM	Thread Starter #4
Halen5150 Registered Join Date: Jan 2005	1024x768 res 16 bit color depth(in-game option) Detailed textures are set to off(in-game option) AA is 2X AF is 4X Catalyst A.I. is disabled Mipmap detail level is set for quality Trueform is set for always off Wait for vertical refresh is set to always off, unless application specifies No smartshader effects are set AGP arperture(sp?) is set to 128M AGP is set to 8X
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02-22-05, 08:59 PM	Thread Starter #5
Halen5150 Registered Join Date: Jan 2005	bump
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02-22-05, 09:01 PM	#6
xTrEmEoVrClOcKr member Join Date: May 2004 Location: San Diego, CA	I think AA kills your card, try disabling it, and see where that goes. But, keep the AF on, ATi cards can handle AF without a problem. __________________ Core i5 2500K @ 4.6GHz w/ XIGMATEK SD1283 120mm Asus P8Z68-Z 8GB Corsair Vengeance 640GB x 2 WD Black in RAID0, 500GB Data drive Sapphire HD5830 @ 900Mhz / 1225Mhz Lian Li V2000A w/ 550W Antec TruePower II
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02-22-05, 09:16 PM	#7
pacman6642 Registered Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Poquoson VA	also, your hardware is taxed more when your running your own bot match. but i agree, turn off AA and that should help it out a lot
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