[solved] low performance??

[banana]

my ds has very low fps, I'm running this single ds (nod32 in the background (antivirustool)) on this box:

amd x2 4600+
2x512 Mb RAM
on 100 Mbit
WinXP prof

i start my ds this way:

@echo off
cls
echo Protecting srcds from crashes...
echo If you want to close srcds and this script, close the srcds window and type Y depending on your language followed by Enter.
title srcds.com Watchdog
:srcds
echo (%time%) srcds started.
start /high /wait srcds.exe -console -game cstrike -tickrate 100 -ip x.x.x.x -port 27015 -maxplayers 18 +fps_max 600 +map de_dust2
echo (%time%) WARNING: srcds closed or crashed, restarting.


with srcdsfpsboost i get ~148 fps, without srcdsfpsboost ~18 fps

any idea?

[EdwardTobia]

are you playing on the same system that the server is hosted on? if so assign the server to core 2 of your Athlon x2 Processor...

[banana]

EdwardTobia Wrote:are you playing on the same system that the server is hosted on? if so assign the server to core 2 of your Athlon x2 Processor...

no i'm not, i wanna run only 1 srcds.

[EdwardTobia]

try setting the server to AboveNormal priority.

[Drocona]

What's the CPU usage on the machine? Make sure NOD32 doesn't take it all.
The FPS should be around 512 on windows xp prof

[banana]

Drocona Wrote:What's the CPU usage on the machine? Make sure NOD32 doesn't take it all.
The FPS should be around 512 on windows xp prof

CPU usage is between 0-2%
NOD32 takes 2Mb of memory and 0% CPU

[cryotek]

Try disabling a core in your BIOS. If you're gonna only use the machine to run a single dedicated server and not play on it as well, its overkill to use a dual core. sometimes the server can ping pong the process between cpus causing issues. It might not solve it(it has most of the time with HT based chips), but never hurts to check.

Also grab this http://memtest86.com/memtest33.zip
extract it, run the install.bat file with a floppy disk. this will create a bootable floppy. If you don't have a floppy drive there is this iso
http://memtest86.com/memtest86-3.2.iso.zip

when you have your floppy or cd made, reboot with the bootdisk in, it should bootup memtest86.

Run this, it tests your ram for errors. However to get an accurate result, i recommend running this for 16 hours.

[banana]

cryotek Wrote:Try disabling a core in your BIOS. If you're gonna only use the machine to run a single dedicated server and not play on it as well, its overkill to use a dual core. sometimes the server can ping pong the process between cpus causing issues. It might not solve it(it has most of the time with HT based chips), but never hurts to check.

Also grab this http://memtest86.com/memtest33.zip
extract it, run the install.bat file with a floppy disk. this will create a bootable floppy. If you don't have a floppy drive there is this iso
http://memtest86.com/memtest86-3.2.iso.zip

when you have your floppy or cd made, reboot with the bootdisk in, it should bootup memtest86.

Run this, it tests your ram for errors. However to get an accurate result, i recommend running this for 16 hours.

i go to my hosting company this friday, and replace the memory moduls with tested ones
maybe a windows reinstall could help?
is windows reinstall needed if i disable one core? or shall i do a non acpi install, and run @1000Mhz?

[banana]

changing the memory modules solved the problem