Improve CS 1.6 performance

[ALEX]

Intro:
I know I'm new here but I though helping people to improve their performance and have constant 100 FPS would be of help... since I've been playing competitive CS for a while now.Well this is a guide for those who has a older pc and has issues with FPS, in other words FRAMES PER SECOND.Here's a quick steps-by-steps on how to improve your FPS.

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1- Graphic Card

For those who has an ATI Graphic card:
(for me it's AMD Vision Engine control center) but you get the idea.

So...
Right click on your Desktop/AMD Vision Engine/Select the gaming tab/3D Settings/Turn off vertical refresh. DONE!

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For those who has an Nvidia Graphic card:
Depending on the OS It might be a bit different, but for Vista/Windows 7.

go into the NVidia control panel/Select the advanced settings/Click manage 3D settings/then select Global settings/scroll down untill you see the Vertical sync option and then select force off. DONE!

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2-Configuration

This might be a bit tricky but, It's almost the same settings for everyone,first I'd like to point out that, this is my way of doing it, you don't really have to do exactly has I did.It's all up to you.

First select Notepad, Type in what I'm about to write below in the Notepad.

developer "1" -> Allows you to have more than 100 FPS / I usually don't set to 1,but it might help if you are playing on pubs.
rate "25000"
cl_cmdrate "101"
cl_updaterate "101"
cl_shadows "0"
cl_minmodels "1"
max_smokepuffs "0"
fps_max "101"
ex_interp "0.01"

OPTIONAL:
net_graph "3" -> 1/2/3
cl_showfps "1'


Select save as -> change the name to userconfig.cfg -> save it on your destop.

Now go to Computer/C:/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/Youraccountname/counter-strike/cstrike
or
Computer/C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/Youraccountname/counter-strike/cstrike

Drag and drop userconfig.cfg into the cstike folder.

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3- Set launch OPTIONS

Select Steam/Game TAB/right-click on Counter-Strike/properties/click on the Set launch options

Type in -> -noforcemaccel -noforcemparms -noforcemspd -nojoy -noipx.

Here's what each commands do excatly:

Mouse

-noforcemaccel > reverts to desktop mouse acceleration settings (more)
-noforcemparms > reverts to desktop mouse button settings (more)
-noforcemspd > uses desktop mouse speed settings (more)

Monitor

-w 640 -h 480 > forces the resolution to 640x480
-w 800 -h 600 > forces the resolution to 800x600
-w 1024 -h 768 > forces the resolution to 1024x768
-full > forces fullscreen mode
-windowed > forces window mode
-freq x > forces the monitor to use x hertz

Video

-gl > run in OpenGL
-d3d > run in Direct3d
-soft > run in software mode

DirectX

-dxlevel 90 > DirectX 9
-dxlevel 81 > DirectX 8.1
-dxlevel 80 > DirectX 8
-dxlevel 70 > DirectX 7
-dxlevel 60 > DirectX 6

Other

-16bpp > forces the colors to 16bit
-32bpp > forces the colors to 32bit
-heapsize x > specify the number (x) of memory to use
-zone x > allocates x amount of KiloBytes of memory for use with the console system
-noip > disables the use of UDP, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol
-noipx > disables the use of the IPX/SPX protocol
-nojoy > disables joystick support (shaves a little bit off the memory footprint)
-wavonly > disables the use of direct sound (only use if you are having sound problems)
-noaafonts > disables Anti-Aliasing of screen fonts
-autoconfig > restores video and performance settings to default
-condebug > logs all console output into the console.log text file


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If you have done everything you shouldn't have any problem with FPS.
Also, if you need any help related to CS feel free to PM me.

Regards, ALEX

[Ash]

nice!

[Emnesty]

Or on the flipside, you could get a better PC :p

[[BsnK]]

sticked thx for this great aportation