CS:GO fps drops in smoke

[djdelarosa25]

I know this is an old rig, but I get 100+ fps in CS:GO at all low 800x600 res. FPS drops to about 40 near smoke, or when flashed. Is it the CPU or the GPU?

 

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83 GHz

NVIDIA GeForce 9400GT OC'ed

3 GB RAM DDR2

 

 

[Benji_w]

I know this is an old rig, but I get 100+ fps in CS:GO at all low 800x600 res. FPS drops to about 40 near smoke, or when flashed. Is it the CPU or the GPU?

 

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83 GHz

NVIDIA GeForce 9400GT OC'ed

3 GB RAM DDR2

 

CPU, turn down smoke effects.

[VAkena]

As strange as this may seem, this happens to quite a few people..

[Goldensapling]

For some reason, I've heard numerous times in games where my teammates told me to stop throwing smokes because it was making them lag... lol

Pretty sure it's a GPU thing.

[djdelarosa25]

CPU, turn down smoke effects.

Where can I find it?

[Benji_w]

For some reason, I've heard numerous times in games where my teammates told me to stop throwing smokes because it was making them lag... lol

Pretty sure it's a GPU thing.

 

Back in the day it was said turning down smoke effects took heat off the CPU which in turn stops lag. The cpu needs to work on rendering the smoke.

 

 

Where can I find it?

 

It will be in your graphics option ironically enough but will take stress off your cpu.

[djdelarosa25]

Back in the day it was said turning down smoke effects took heat off the CPU which in turn stops lag. The cpu needs to work on rendering the smoke.

 

 

 

It will be in your graphics option ironically enough but will take stress off your cpu.

Everything is already set to low. I don't find any smoke effects option there.

[Benji_w]

Everything is already set to low. I don't find any smoke effects option there.

 

One sec I'll launch the game.

[Benji_w]

Everything is already set to low. I don't find any smoke effects option there.

 

Forgot how much they changed in the settings, Can you post a screenshot of your video settings please?

[djdelarosa25]

Here it is

[elpiop]

unfortunately there is not a whole lot you can do other than upgrade your gpu. you can try various config tweaks, etc, but the hardware is what it really comes down to. 

[LokiFire]

I get no FPS drops with smoke, i do when players are rendered on screen.

[MilkJugg24]

There's nothing you can really do about it. The fps drops are related to the lack of hardware you have. I used to have the exact same issue on laptop with a 2core intel CPU and AMD 6630M. It's not driver related and there's nothing you can do about it.

 

It happens in any game with dense particle effects. For instance, putting my camera in a particle effect such as fire in world of warcraft would make my fps go from 55 down to 8. 

 

I'm 95% sure it's caused by you CPU being at 100% usage when you go into the smoke... it just can't handle it.

 

The setting that lowers smoke quality is 'effect detail' and that's already on the lowest settings sadly.

[djdelarosa25]

Aw I previously had a Core 2 Duo E7400 that would also lag in smoke or when there were to many players. I thought that buying the highest end LGA 775 CPU that I could find would fix these problems. Disappointed. Well, at least it doesn't stutter as much as before. And I do get to 200+ fps sometimes. Thanks for the help guys!