13/05/2014
heyy guys...m not a perfect poster but from my experience i got few amazing tips and tricks that would surely improve your game play ..in terms of fps, lag and chokes!
This guide is posted in parts:
PART 1
first of all, download this software:
http://download.cnet.com/Prio/3000-2094_4-10455293.html
its an addon to the windows task manager!
so after you install software,
start counter strike
press ctrl+esc after the game loads
then press ctrl+alt+del to bring up the task manager...
goto the processes tab and select this process - "hl.exe"
right click on it and set priority to "realtime"
u will surely see some difference in the gameplay now!
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PART 2
now that u have already provided maximum priority to cs
the next step is to configure your pc for optimal performance!
For intel onboard graphic card users-
on the desktop,right click and select properties
then click on settings, then click on advance, then click on intel extreme graphics or watever your card's name is
click on 3d properties and make sure options are set as-
asynchronous flip = on
triple buffering = off
driver memory footprint = low
For other card users-
simply disable VSYC from your drivers porperties!
and now the most important tip that magically improves your fps and ping(if done properly)..believe me!
goto your my computer
goto properties
then goto advanced tab
under performance options, click on settings!
then in settings tab, again goto advanced
then under the "virtual memory" heading, click on change!
now click on custom size and select initial and maximum size..
depending upon the free space of your disk, u can allocate masimum of 4096 mb,
i would recommend to use 4096 in both initial and maximum size!
click on set and restart your pc!
NOW YOU HAVE TWEAKED YOUR PC FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE!
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PART 3-
now if you are a steamer, do this-
goto your games library
right click on counter strike
select properties
click on local files
click on "degragment cache files"
it might take a while so pls b patient!
then again right click on counter strike
select properties
click on launch options
and write dis exactly as written here (remove " ")-
"-heapsize 753000"
i wrote 753000 because it is the amount of free ram in my pc!
download this application to see how much free ram you have:
http://www.yourwaresolutions.com/software.html
it will show you how much free ram you have in the bottom right side of your screen
just note the reading and put 3 zeros in the end
like i had 753 mb free ram so i used "-heapsize 753000"
if u have 800 mb ree ram, write "heapsize 800000"
and after doing all this restart your steam!
FOR NON STEAMERS-
just download dis application-
http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5952
install dis application and goto defragment option and select your cs directory!
wait for the defragment to complete!
then close dis application and start ur cs
now in cs, goto options and select video tab and select D3D as render and select 16 bit colors!
choose any resolution you want!
IF YOU DID EVERYTHING MENTIONED ABOVE, FOR SURE YOU WOULD SEE A DRASTIC CHANGE IN YOUR GAMEPLAY!
NOW FOR THE LAG RELATED ISSUES, PLS NOTE THAT THE BEST SOLUTION TO REDUCE PING IS TO HAVE A BETTER CONNECTION!
however, you can still reduce your ping through these tips
these tips wont drastically reduce ur ping from 100 to 20, but a gain of 20-30ms can be done through these tips:
1. disable your firewall while playing cs and make sure you turn it on after you quit cs!
2. make sure your pc is not updating, or background services are not using bandwidth!
3. use the "prio task manager"(link provided above). open the task manager and click on TCP/IP on the extreme right! check which application except hl is using the bandwidth and end its process from the processes tab!
4. make sure your antivirus isnt updating
5. goto your task manager-->select services tab--> select "background intelligent transfer service" , right click on it and select stop!
6. now open your cs, do following steps:
click on ` key to bring up the console
write this command- net_graph 3
it will show you your fps on the extreme right bottom
check your average fps and then write dis command- cl_cmdrate "ur fps"
(IN THE ABOVE TIP, SEE YOUR FPS ON THE EXTREME BOTTOM RIGHT AND WRITE THE AVERAGE FPS IN THE COMMAND,FOR EX, IF MY FPS IS 60, I ILL WRITE- "cl_cmdrate 60"..without " " )
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This application latches onto your Windows' Task Manager and provides a few more choices to manage processes.
