

For the two ATI systems, I?m using the latest 4.12 Catalysts and for the Nvidia system, I?m using the newest WHQL 66.93s. The basic setups I have are as follows:Īll three rigs are running XP PRO SP2 and have the same Counter-Strike: Source setup. I hope they represent the average gaming systems out there. I have three rigs that I?ve set up and benchmarked representing the last three generations of DirectX with various CPU speeds. I have been messing around with various configs for a couple of months now and wanted to share my results for those of you still having trouble setting up a playable gaming experience.:):) Now, I'm NOT claiming to be an expert in cvars or anything like that, but if you are looking for a bit of a performance boost and don?t want to seek out tweak guides and forum postings yourself, this thread might be for you. I knew from the original HL and its various mods that a lot of tweaking could be done to counteract this and get the fps up to a playable level. Like many of you who might be reading this thread, I preloaded CS:S, fired it up when it was released but was disappointed at how unplayable it was right out of the box.
