FPS fluctuating

[MingoDynasty]

I am running a single 12 slot private server to play with some friends. It's 100 tick and 500 fps and has SourceTV.

Specs:
E6300 @ 2.8ghz
2x1gb Ballistix DDR2-800 4-4-4-12
Seagate 320gb SATA
Gigabyte DS3

When I go in and pop in 10 bots, the FPS flies everywhere from 125fps and back to 500fps, and the cpu usage goes up to 30% in some cases. Is the cpu not good enough to handle the settings to keep the FPS stable?

Also, is there any way of monitoring the server's fps?

Edit: this server is not hosted on my game pc.

[Spartanfrog]

do rcon stats and that shows fps. Bots and Windows are a deadly mix for FPS btw. But that is high CPU usage. How is it with 12 people?

[MingoDynasty]

Spartanfrog Wrote:do rcon stats and that shows fps. Bots and Windows are a deadly mix for FPS btw. But that is high CPU usage. How is it with 12 people?

Yeah but you'd have to constantly do rcon stats, and it isn't logged to anything. Not to mention that it can get lost in a flurry of registration messages like who died/picked up bomb/etc.

Myself, 10 bots, SourceTV = 12

[HBS|Ryan]

try without sourcetv

[MingoDynasty]

] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
25.77 5694.77 14410.95 225 1 512.36 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:20:47: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
23.44 5773.85 12474.69 225 1 512.15 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:20:49: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
26.42 6155.95 12243.46 225 1 508.18 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:20:50: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
29.23 6231.78 11981.76 225 1 511.53 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:20:53: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
30.93 6266.65 9570.23 225 1 510.85 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:20:55: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
31.25 6264.25 8406.17 225 1 523.82 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:20:57: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
30.93 6210.74 8283.78 225 1 255.39 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:20:59: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
28.13 6189.93 9944.19 225 1 519.29 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:01: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
27.52 6250.90 9659.20 225 1 514.07 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:04: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
26.56 6238.63 8203.31 225 1 511.88 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:06: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
26.15 6218.44 8360.02 225 1 204.51 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:09: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
24.81 6225.33 9412.58 225 1 512.62 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:11: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
Alfred killed SoFiredUp.com with m249.
Player: SoFiredUp.com - Damage Taken
-------------------------
Damage Taken from "Alfred" - 85 in 3 hits
Damage Taken from "Steve" - 23 in 1 hit
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
23.08 6123.72 10593.48 225 1 512.03 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:14: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
23.08 6207.00 9546.55 226 1 507.30 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:17: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
23.20 6234.15 10034.27 226 1 512.55 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:19: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
27.69 6527.06 9795.72 226 1 513.36 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:22: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
Erik killed Steve with m4a1.
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
27.41 6630.74 11511.54 226 1 512.10 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:24: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
21.76 6397.73 13091.35 226 1 204.24 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:27: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
31.25 7308.83 12922.92 226 1 512.02 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:29: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
24.81 7222.24 13914.91 226 1 522.18 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:32: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
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] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
20.21 7286.28 12322.36 226 1 512.23 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:35: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
29.69 7128.07 13212.19 226 1 508.30 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:37: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
23.32 7228.18 10800.86 226 1 512.33 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:39: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
Bill attacked a teammate
Ron killed Alfred with famas.
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
28.13 7352.46 11438.02 226 1 256.49 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:41: rcon from "192.168.
Ron killed Eric with famas.
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
20.23 7315.89 11399.71 226 1 512.33 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:44: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
Bill killed Jason with mp5navy.
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
15.98 7200.05 11499.19 226 1 520.42 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:47: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
12.31 7237.94 11408.10 226 1 512.19 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:50: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
12.36 7094.59 14928.15 226 1 508.05 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:52: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
13.40 6933.58 15225.80 226 1 509.07 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:55: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
12.31 7321.37 14101.04 226 1 515.45 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:57: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
]
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
15.98 6979.15 13488.16 226 1 512.24 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:21:59: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
15.83 6431.36 13481.31 226 1 511.43 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:22:00: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
10.77 5789.15 12777.77 226 1 512.11 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:22:01: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
10.85 5291.30 12188.15 226 1 340.41 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:22:03: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
11.86 5762.05 13094.89 226 1 514.05 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:22:03: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
9.38 6397.77 15459.45 226 1 337.47 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:22:05: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
10.94 6180.59 15101.50 226 1 520.68 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:22:06: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
12.95 6396.88 14705.58 226 1 502.54 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:22:07: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
14.40 6576.99 15718.97 226 1 516.24 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:22:08: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
14.40 6570.05 16150.84 226 1 522.47 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:22:09: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"
] rcon stats
CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players
21.71 6196.22 13127.03 226 1 511.85 11
L 07/28/2008 - 20:22:11: rcon from "192.168.2.2:4954": command "stats"

Sry for the lengthy log, but I had to do rcon stats manually and copy and paste it from the client console. I dunno how you guys do it.

Btw that is without SourceTV, and cpu usage still goes close to 30%.

[assmunk]

srcdsfpsbooster.exe that all you need or you can keep windows media player open in the backround

[MingoDynasty]

I did keep wmp in the background. That's why the fps goes up to 512, but I don't know why it goes up and down so much. Shouldn't it be 512fps ALL the time?

[assmunk]

well in that general area not has low as yours goes, also make sure you have this in your server.cfg file
fps_max 600

[Hazz]

Make sure you have Intel Speedstep disabled in the bios!

This helped for us, it still isn't rocksolid but much better than it was.

[MingoDynasty]

Yes I have fps_max 600.
Yes I have Intel Speedstep disabled.

[dualcore1289]

try setting the server to high priority, and also set the infinity to one core.

[MingoDynasty]

Server is already high priority. I'll try the one core thing later today. Thanks for the replies.