Reducing lag/choke using better CFG commands.. HELP!

[OwnagePranks]

I just purchased a dual xeon (4 cores) 2 gb ram dedicated windows server

I installed the TCAdmin game panel to help me administer my servers easily, and Installed 3 servers, 1 per core, 32 man 100 tick, 24 man 100 tick, 12 slot private

I notice severe tickrate drops, and i even tried using "high cpu priority" on my box and that did not help much either.

The tick drops 20-30, and then the choke increases significantly.


What I want to know is what are some really good commands that I can run in my server.cfg that will help run my server at optimum quality?

Also, what is the maximum value that fps_max can be on a windows server (i have srcdsfpsboost running)


Thanks a lot for your help, and here is my current cfg

hostname "Lewler.com Pub|100Tic|500 FPS|HLStatsX|ZBlock"
rcon_password "xxxxx"
exec banned.cfg
exec listip.cfg
mp_logdetail 0
mp_logmessages 0
mp_autokick 1
mp_autoteambalance 1
mp_c4timer 45
mp_flashlight 0
mp_footsteps 1
mp_forcechasecam 0
mp_freezetime 3
heartbeat
mp_buytime .3334
sv_maxunlag .5
mp_friendlyfire 1
mp_hostagepenalty 0
mp_limitteams 1
mp_roundtime 2
mp_tkpunish 0
sv_restartround 1
sv_maxspeed 320
sv_proxies 1
allow_spectators 90
mp_startmoney 800
mp_chattime 5
sv_allowupload 1
sv_allowdownload 1
sv_voiceenable 1
sv_alltalk 1
sv_voicequality 5
sv_voicecodec vaudio_speex
pausable 0
decalfrequency 40
mp_falldamage 0
sv_aim 0
sv_cheats 0
sv_lan 0
sv_contact
sv_downloadurl "http://247vent.ownagepranks.com/cstrike/"
sv_region 0
sv_downloads 1
mp_winlimit 0
sv_pure 0
mp_flashlight 1
sv_turbophysics 2
mp_timelimit 0
phys_pushscale 4
exec mani_server.cfg
exec mani_quake_sounds.cfg
mp_timelimit 25

// bandwidth rates/settings
sv_minrate 5000
sv_maxrate 25000
sv_minupdaterate 66
sv_maxupdaterate 101
sv_mincmdrate 20
sv_maxcmdrate 101
//sv_client_cmdrate_difference 1
//sv_client_predict 1
//sv_client_interpolate 1
//sv_client_min_interp_ratio -1
//sv_client_max_interp_ratio -1


(I disabled those commands on the bottom recently bc I thought they may be the cause of some of the lag, are they?)


Thank you so much guys, I don't plan on overloading this box, 4 to 5 servers max. I was hoping that they would run flawlessly..

[Spartanfrog]

Set all the servers to fps_max 600 and you SHOULD get 512 fps. What ghz does each core run at?

[OwnagePranks]

3.0 Ghz, I am worried that the FPS increase will cause MORE lag.

[Spartanfrog]

Did you have lag befor eyou put on TCadmin?

[Drocona]

FPS increases usually decrease lag, it improves performance.

Also, the 2 big 100tick servers you have can NOT run at 100 tick:
<18 = 100 tick
<32 = 66 tick
32< = 33 tick

You just won't be able to maintain the tickrate at those high server slots, I think that will take away a big part of your problems.

maximum FPS on Pentium 4 and newer CPU's is 512
lower CPU's FPS max of 1000

[OwnagePranks]

Whats the command in console to check what FPS the server is currently running at?

[OwnagePranks]

Also, I cant change my 24 slot to 66 tic, I will change the rest, but everyone will leave if it isn't 100, are there any commands I can add to that 24 slots server.cfg to increase performance?

[Eternal Bliss]

type 'stats' in the console to check the FPS.

[Drocona]

Why will they leave if it isn't 100 tick? It simply can't be done, also you won't notice difference between 66 or 100 tick over the net. Rate whoring bastards these days.... there's no such thing as a 100 tick server above 18 players.

One thing you could do is keep the 100 tick, but change sv_maxupdaterate to 66, it's still say it's 100 tick but it runs as 66

[Spartanfrog]

Tricky Tricky Drocona . I hate when people whine to about servers only be 100 or 66 tickrate. I hate when people whine. My special favorite is when my friend had a 500 tickrate server lol and 2000 FPS. 2000 FPS is possible but very hard to do.

[darthvulture]

dude, 18 players on 100tick?:O thats suicide, even that will make lag spikes, 12 players is atleast for me max with 100 tick, 24 is simply impossible, they wont notice a difference with 66 tick believe me :O
but nice trick drocona