FPS Guide

[Dakine[5]]

It appears that the Instructions below fixed 90% of all FPS Problem for many many user, so hopefully your one of these 90%! Smile

This guide is meant for those who have *serious* FPS Problems in Counter-Strike 1.6 (40-50 FPS or even worse). It is NOT supposed to push everybodys FPS from 100 to 300 or whatever! ... If you have already 80-90 FPS then this Guide is rather useless for you (though it *can* help you anyway to get 100 fps)

Just to give you a short example:
I personally play CS with constant 100 FPS (except in a smoke) at 1024x768 Resolution on Server with up to 32 People. My Hardware is something most of you will laugh about, because i use "only" AMD 2800+, 768 MB of RAM and a GeForce 4 Ti4600 (actually a 4800SE overclocked). Plus i have 4x Antialiasing and 4x Anisotropic Filtering active with Quality-Settings!

Why i tell you this? Simply that you see, that your FPS Problems are NOT related to your Hardware (except physically damaged Hardware of course) ... also look here

Note: This Guide is for ATI and nVidia user. It will probably not work with Integrated Graphics such as Intel Extreme Graphics (845G). Furthermore do i think, that you can do little to push your FPS with the Intel Extreme Chip, because it is simply too bad. Look here to know what i mean.


Okay, here we go: (i presuppose basic computer knowledge for this little guide)

Step 1
Update your Graphics Driver to the latest available.
ATI User go here: http://www.ati.com
nVIDIA User go here: nVIDIA.com

Note: Do not just install the new over the old Driver! Go to your Computer Control Panel and uninstall the old Driver first, reboot your Computer and install the new Driver - reboot again when the Driver ask to!

I personally prefer modified Drivers and use the "XG 77.62 type 2" available at tweaksrus.com, because they give me an excellent IQ (image quality) and best Performance - BUT these are Beta Drivers and can cause Problems!
If you want to go the save way, stick to the official Drivers from nvidia or ati!!


Step 2
Go to your "C:\windows\system32\" folder and search for the file
"atioglxx.dll" if you are ATI User
"nvoglnt.dll" if you are nVidia User
"opengl32.dll" is the Default OpenGL Driver if you don't use ATI or nVidia
rightclick the File and click "copy".


Step 3
Go to the folder "gldrv" in your Counter-Strike folder. Usually located at "Steam\SteamApps\YourAccountName\counter-strike\gldrv".
Inside this folder are 2 files. Rename the "3dfxgl.dll" to whatever you want. Now press CTRL + V or do a rightclick and "paste". Now you should see the file we just copied from the "system32" folder.
Note: If the file is not there right now, slap yourself at the forehead and return to Step 2! ^^


Step 4
Open the file "drvmap.txt" with a Editor (Notepad or whatever), but do not use MS-Word!
Delete everything inside this file! Now write the new Line:
"gldrv/nvoglnt.dll OpenGL Driver" (without the " ") if you are nVidia User
"gldrv/atioglxx.dll OpenGL Driver" (without the " ") if you are ATI User
"gldrv/opengl32.dll OpenGL Driver" (without the " ") if you use Default OpenGL
Save and close this file.


Step 5
Restart Steam, Start Counter-Strike and go straight to "Options". Go to the Video Tab and choose OpenGL (left top "Renderer"), click apply and ok.


That's it!


Counter-Strike should now run in OpenGL Mode and is supposed to give you 100 FPS.
Note: Make sure to set your FPS to 100 in CS. Open the Console and type "fps_max 101".
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Also go to your Graphics Driver Panel and set VSync OFF - Screenshot
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Important
If you updated your Graphics Driver and experience a Problem with watching Movies/Videos (too bright screen) click here for the Solution.

Note:
Instructions like the one above can be found on internet many times, so i did not invent the wheel again - therefore props out to whoever discovered this first. (afaik was it someone from the official OpenGL developer)

Feedback would be nice, if it worked for you or even not.
Also, if someone is in the mood to convert this guide into something that actually is closer to english than my jabber, feel free to do so and send me the corrected version.. i'll gladly update the guide then Smile

Good Luck and hopefully this Guide helps you to fix your FPS Problems Smile

Credits to Bossi

[Blizzard]

Because this is supposed to work with CS 1.6, I did it for all of my Half-Life engine running games. Now I'm going to find out if it worked.:)

[turbonegro]

DIdn't Work >.<

[Baku]

lol before my *better* computer burned up on me i had a fps of 105 its kool but now its 100 :'( sucks

[Blizzard]

Heh, I tried it and my computer shut down. But it's doing that a lot lately, so I'm getting a new power supply so it'll stop doing that crap. Maybe now I'll be able to play games again without my computer dying every three seconds. I'll be going to CompUSA in a few minutes, I just hope the thing will fit in my case.:o

[Biggs]

My FPS guide, is watching FPS Doug.

[Dum3z]

Biggs,Aug 13 2005, 05:59 PM Wrote:My FPS guide, is watching FPS Doug.

I can dance all day! I can dance all day!

BOOM! Headshot!

[Blizzard]

You guys probably play CS while listening to his video!:(

[Dakine[5]]

Well, this FPS guide is for users that want to play with high Antialiasing and high Anisotropic Filtering while maintaining 100FPS.

[Blizzard]

I didn't notice a difference.:(