Lag server at the begining of a Round

[DoOm]

Hello,

i've a problem

my server is on a Bi-Xeon processors with 2Gb RAM
with no limit on the connection (100 - 1Gb) on internet.
Win 2000 server for the OS (i know..i know..)

My problem is that on each begining of rounds when i've more than 14 slots used, the server's FPS fall to 4 or 5 .
theres's only One server start on the host.

i've tried to play with the rate , updaterate, maxupdaterate etc etc .but
no more result.
i've no pluggin installed on the server

My processors never go over 50 % and the RAM is OK (1,5 Gb available).

the problem appear with all the servers tickrate (66,100)

i've sawn this pb since 2 or 3 updates of steam, before no matter with the lag.

did someone have a solution ? or experience the same Pb ?

thank you

[manofphat]

I know your system is under the most load at the beginning of a round because everyone is alive, and everyone is busy.
I know when my FPS drops, it's my CPU that's capping out. When my CPU caps out it only shows as 50% because it's HT. What speed are your Xeons?

[DoOm]

Hello,

my 2 Xeon are 3,2 Ghz speed

but my lag begin when tehere's more than 12 players ...
i've had some runtime error in a past update of steam that could be a reason ?

for information , on the same server i had before 3 servers CSS with 26 slots ...end never a lag ...
So i don't understand why now...

[DoOm]

no one else has an idea ? ...

[manofphat]

What's changed since you used to run all those servers? Have you done a re-format since? Have you tried following the "Lag Free Server Guide" found on this site? What is the server FPS at the beginning of the rounds?

[DoOm]

i've made nothing on the server, just steam update , i've no re-format
At the end of a round my server has 450 FPS , but at the begining the falling to 10 !!!

but a host who had run 3 servers in the same time , who's going to lag after a update...
i don't think it was an hardware problem

i'm wonder of the hyperthreading on the processors , i've heard that a update of steam could make pb.

[Hollanda]

Allways turn off Hypertrading (via the bios) for gameservers !

Also it's dual xeon (2 x cpu) and not bi (4 x cpu)

[DoOm]

Nope sorry 4xCPU (Bi xeon )