FPS Drops on Dedicated Hardware

http://www.fpsmeter.org/p,view;81658.html

I'm using the default rate/config settings. I have another server with the exact same hardware, and I never suffer from any of these drops.

This is on a 8GB RAM server with an Intel Xeon E5404 2GHZ Eight-Core CPU.

It's running Windows Server 2008 R2.

No plugins.

What else is running on the dedicated machine?

(07-30-2010 10:23 AM)Beaverbeliever Wrote:  What else is running on the dedicated machine?

Nothing except for fpsbooster and TCAdmin.

What is your startup command?

(07-30-2010 02:09 PM)loopyman Wrote:  What is your startup command?

You mean command line?

(08-01-2010 10:50 AM)Avree Wrote:  

(07-30-2010 02:09 PM)loopyman Wrote:  What is your startup command?

You mean command line?

Yeah

(08-01-2010 04:05 PM)Beaverbeliever Wrote:  

(08-01-2010 10:50 AM)Avree Wrote:  

(07-30-2010 02:09 PM)loopyman Wrote:  What is your startup command?

You mean command line?

Yeah

-game tf -console +ip <editedthisout> -port 27015 +maxplayers 32 +exec server.cfg +map cp_dustbowl +fps_max 550

btw: your real fps_max is 300, at least it was during the fps meter measurement. maybe you have it wrong somewhere in the config? I would recommend trying fps_max 0...

(08-01-2010 07:15 PM)BehaartesEtwas Wrote:  btw: your real fps_max is 300, at least it was during the fps meter measurement. maybe you have it wrong somewhere in the config? I would recommend trying fps_max 0...

Er, sorry, copied the wrong command line. It's fps_max 300, not 550. Everything else is the same.

When you say you have another server with the same hardware do you mean on a separate machine with the same hardware? Or is it running on the same machine?

(08-01-2010 08:30 PM)loopyman Wrote:  When you say you have another server with the same hardware do you mean on a separate machine with the same hardware? Or is it running on the same machine?

Separate machine with the same hardware.

None of this is on VPS - all dedicated boxes.

Same operating systems as well?

Also try setting the affinity on the problemed game server to one core.

Might want to check the following:

- Check and make sure the BIOS settings are identical on the working server vs the non working
- Make sure HPET is enabled. Some bios makers still ship it with being off.
- Make sure you are not running any power management stuff in the bios or in windows

Did you ever fix it, if so what did you do? It can help others in the future.

(08-03-2010 06:30 AM)ZEROibis Wrote:  Did you ever fix it, if so what did you do? It can help others in the future.

I'm trying the BIOS stuff tonight. I'll keep you posted.