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- 19 Nov @ 11:57am
FPS drops in TF2 with good specs
Hey,
I've been having major fps drops recently, and I am clueless as to why this is happening. When I'm alone in a server, I have 290 FPS on average, and it drops to 140. When I'm in a 12v12 server, in combat, I have 140 FPS and it drops to 10-20. I have nothing significant running in the background, the only thing that impacts my CPU is Opera, but I've limited its CPU usage, and it's not significant anyway.

My specs:
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
- Intel Core i5-8400 CPU 2.80GHz, 2808 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 6 Logical Processor(s)
- 16 GB RAM
- 1TB SSD
- Gigabyte B360M DS3H BaseBoard
- Windows 11 Pro OS
Out of these, my CPU is the oldest one, being about 5-6 years old. Still holding on, normal temps, and no other game has any issues.

Launch options:
-console -dxlevel 81 -novid -nojoy -w 1920 -h 1080 -autoexec -sw -noborder

What I've tried so far:
- Performance config
- FPS limitation (tried many values)
- VSync on/off, no difference
- Mastercomfig, to check my performance, it said it's normal
- Verified integrity of files
- Uninstalled and re-installed TF2
- Several console commands
- Game mode (the windows setting) on/off, no difference
- Fullscreen and borderless windowed mode, no difference

I am out of ideas and patience at this point. Anything I can do? Please let me know, this is getting really annoying and impacts my gameplay heavily. My game already looks like I pulled it out of my ass because of the low graphics settings. Thank you in advance.
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Lyncurion 19 Nov @ 12:34pm 
Did you manually assign TF2 to run on the dedicated Nvidia GPU? Intel CPU's have integrated graphics - depending on the letter suffix after the numbers.
Last edited by Lyncurion; 19 Nov @ 12:35pm
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- 19 Nov @ 1:04pm 
Originally posted by Lyncurion:
Did you manually assign TF2 to run on the dedicated Nvidia GPU? Intel CPU's have integrated graphics - depending on the letter suffix after the numbers.
How do I check if it does run on it?
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A Clöckwork Orange 19 Nov @ 2:01pm 
Why directx 8?
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♠Local Goblin♠ (Banned) 19 Nov @ 2:15pm 
your CPU is old and wasn't that good when it came out and your motherboard uses the PCIe 3 Bus whilst your 3060 uses the PCIe 4 Bus, resulting in a data transfer bottleneck. i'm also going to assume your RAM doesn't exceed the 2666Mhz cap the motherboard has, which is painfully slow for 2024.
#4
- 19 Nov @ 3:03pm 
Originally posted by ♠Local Goblin♠:
your CPU is old and wasn't that good when it came out and your motherboard uses the PCIe 3 Bus whilst your 3060 uses the PCIe 4 Bus, resulting in a data transfer bottleneck. i'm also going to assume your RAM doesn't exceed the 2666Mhz cap the motherboard has, which is painfully slow for 2024.
that's great and all, but I haven't heard a solution or advice.
#5
- 19 Nov @ 3:03pm 
Originally posted by A Clöckwork Orange:
Why directx 8?
to reduce lag
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Adikos 19 Nov @ 3:06pm 
Originally posted by -:
that's great and all, but I haven't heard a solution or advice.
Upgrade your PC. Obvious sollution. He told you, your rig is bad
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♠Local Goblin♠ (Banned) 19 Nov @ 5:05pm 
Originally posted by -:
Originally posted by ♠Local Goblin♠:
your CPU is old and wasn't that good when it came out and your motherboard uses the PCIe 3 Bus whilst your 3060 uses the PCIe 4 Bus, resulting in a data transfer bottleneck. i'm also going to assume your RAM doesn't exceed the 2666Mhz cap the motherboard has, which is painfully slow for 2024.
that's great and all, but I haven't heard a solution or advice.
take the 3060 out of the toaster oven you currently have it in and put it in an actual computer.
#8
- 19 Nov @ 9:02pm 
Originally posted by Adikos:
Originally posted by -:
that's great and all, but I haven't heard a solution or advice.
Upgrade your PC. Obvious sollution. He told you, your rig is bad
I can't afford that.
#9
Mcfighter2 19 Nov @ 9:34pm 
TF2 runs heavily on your CPU unlike most games, so your CPU being old might be the reason.
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Abigail From Sexy Shrimp Dept. 19 Nov @ 11:00pm 
although tf2 is very cpu hungry, and your cpu is the weakest link here you shouldn't be dropping into the 20 fps range. used to be playing on an ancient westmere system until 2020 and never had any issues even with maxed out settings after disabling ragdolls.

try these commands

cl_phys_props_enable 0
cl_ragdoll_forcefade 1
cl_ragdoll_physics_enable 0

Originally posted by ♠Local Goblin♠:
your CPU is old and wasn't that good when it came out and your motherboard uses the PCIe 3 Bus whilst your 3060 uses the PCIe 4 Bus, resulting in a data transfer bottleneck. i'm also going to assume your RAM doesn't exceed the 2666Mhz cap the motherboard has, which is painfully slow for 2024.
unless they put their 3060 into a 4x slot or something pcie 3.0 speed is very unlikely to be a bottleneck, especially on a 3060.
Last edited by Abigail From Sexy Shrimp Dept.; 19 Nov @ 11:01pm
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Lyncurion 20 Nov @ 2:23am 
Originally posted by -:
How do I check if it does run on it?
Start off by manually selecting the Nvidia GPU as preferred graphics processor: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000190229/how-to-set-nvidia-video-as-the-default-with-computers-that-have-integrated-and-discrete-video-cards#Nvidia

If you are using a laptop make sure there are no conflicting enery-save modes that enforce integrated intel graphics.
Last edited by Lyncurion; 20 Nov @ 2:23am
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Heisenberg 20 Nov @ 2:53am 
Originally posted by Adikos:
Originally posted by -:
that's great and all, but I haven't heard a solution or advice.
Upgrade your PC. Obvious sollution. He told you, your rig is bad

NAH. I have a 4 year PC with only a GTX 1050 and Core i5 10th gen, but I run TF2 in casual at 60 FPS, with drops below 40 when I enter intense combat.

Besides, there are offical specs listed on the TF2's page. I mean, hello?
1.7 ghz and just 1 GB of RAM to run TF2.
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Jesus 20 Nov @ 3:01am 
Originally posted by Heisenberg:
Besides, there are offical specs listed on the TF2's page. I mean, hello?
1.7 ghz and just 1 GB of RAM to run TF2.
Super outdated information.
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Heisenberg 20 Nov @ 3:11am 
Originally posted by Jesus:
Originally posted by Heisenberg:
Besides, there are offical specs listed on the TF2's page. I mean, hello?
1.7 ghz and just 1 GB of RAM to run TF2.
Super outdated information.

So what are the min specs in your opinion? In a game that still uses source engine lmao
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