Hey there, when ever I'm in Smoke's or even getting flashed my FPS Drops by say half.. Does anyone know any fixes I can do?

either buy new cpu? or get a better fps config

My FPS config is decent enough, my CPU seems good enough, I am guessing it's my Graphics Card breaking then again it is a ATi Radeon HD 5570 1GB :/ So so strange.

Its normally a driver issue tbh. I had that exact same thing with the new nvidia beta drivers, as soon as i reverted back the problem was solved.

well theres your problem always buy Nvidia :P

Well I have had it with all my ATi Drivers. :/

Mess around with some driver settings and see what happen's.

make sure that AI crap is turned off aswell (or what ever its called, its been ages since ive had an ATI card)

AI? I'll take a look, thanks for the assitance.

Catalyst AI, I think its called?

I used to have horrible issues with that option when i had an ATI card. 90% of the time it was best to just have it turned off or on lowest (w/e the setting was)

The other 10% of the time i had to fiddle about with the setting to get games to have stable fps in.

The ATI Drivers used to give me nightmares, so nasty compared to Nvidia ones. Though no doubt its not as bad anymore, Im going back a few years.

Yeah could be right, could you add me Steam and assist me please? I'm not Graphics savvy :L

try a diff direct x sure ive seen people say they get this issue on some direct x's try 95 or 81 (whichever one your not currently on) and see if it helps. :)

I am currently on 81, I played a mix last night, I think it could be just my graphics is terrible.

nah it will be ure card m8 just buy a new one be on the safe side.

Haha, not easy as that, but I am considering that. Wish I was rich like the rest. :L

£40 for an evga nvidia 430 gt , with a decent mobo (which i need and the GF already has) it pulls 800-900 fps

+1 trooper cards are not as expensive as you think they are you can get a decent card now from £40+ might worth a shop around.

 hrizn
To around 99, from consistent 299 capped at 300, if I uncap I get 700+ but it drops to around 300.

 Brazen
I used to suffer similar issues with FPS drops in smoke and with flashes, it's not necessarily suitable to buy another card just to skirt around the issue.

Do standard graphics card maintenance first: Check card temperature, check for dust in your case. Then run the game with everything on low and see if the problem still remains. If it disappears then work it out by a process of elimination (I'm going to assume you've done this already).

I only fixed my problem by playing around with different Source configs and by stopping my NVIDIA card from overriding the game engine. When it came back a few weeks ago I fixed it by dropping the resolution.

GL & HF; it's a painful problem to fix as it just ruins your game and loves to come back when you really don't need it to.

EDIT:

With a frame rate like that there is no reason to swap your card.

 Trooper
Isn't that a Low-End Graphics Card? :S

 Sparky
Thanks for the guidance, but I already run the game at all Low Settings... My Graphics Card run's at 40 degrees in-game... I try and play a 1920 x 1080, I get 700+ FPS, but in smokes and flash it drops by half... It is the Graphics Card, I think it is slowly dieing, that is why I thinking of getting another one, decent but cheap.

 Brazen
Drop the resolution, I had the same issue running at 1920 x 1080. Experiment with 800x600 capped at 200 and then go from there.

 Sparky
I do indeed play at 800x600 doesn't affect it, it actually gives me more FPS in smokes and flashes, weird huh? Thing is... I can play at 1920 x 1080 no problem at all... It's just that issue.

 Brazen
Do you mean the issue is fixed at that lower res? I don't think you will find a fix to the issue when playing at a 1080p as, especially with smoke, you're looking to render a whole lot more of detail.

Try running at 720p (1280*720) and then post back with you results.

 Sparky
Oh my god.. I changed like two settings in the AI Control Panel, now I gain FPS in smokes, at 1280*720.. I am getting 20+ more FPS in Smokes/Flashes.

 Brazen
It's really down to whether you don't mind losing sexyness over performance; but keep fiddling with yourse--- with the Catalyst panel and see if you can get around it :)

Remember, just because she's fit and has nice tits, doesn't mean she's fun to play with.

GL x

 Brazen
Also I have five bot's running on the Server.

 Sparky
I appreciate the help my sexy friend <3

 Brazen
yeah but its still worth every penny of £40

 Trooper
id say that about sparkys comment, :D