TF2 on C90

So I just threw on TF2 and took it for a quick spin. Here are my initial settings, ran on a 22 person map very smoothly. This was with no OC on my GPU just the Gaming mode on CPU. I'll pull up some FPS when I get a chance.

 

I run it on Very High texture detail, and no AA or just trilinear filtering ( I really can't tell the difference if it was on or not, unless I really looked, and in TF2 it's too fast paced to care ) and I get very good FPS, smooth, and no lag. I've been playing HL2 EP2 and it's beautiful and runs great, it makes me giddy when playing.

 

+1

TF2 looks great, plays great! The art style is fun as well... almost thought it was vaporware forever

 

Same settings as yours except trilinear and v-sync enabled runs in mid to high 30s. Try some of the 8600 stuterring performance tweaks to get alot more performance.

 

1280x800 everything max with AA on and it runs great.

 

Cranked Texture detail to Very High and Set AF to 8X, ran in OC'd at 8700GT clock rates...didn't flinch on a 24 person server.

Nice optimized game we got here. Of course the HL2 engine is three years old but still nice to see in a new release.

 

WEll they've made a good amount of changes to the engine in these games.

 

I'm getting Orange Box tomorrow....I have much more time to game now that the 15th is past

 

I've been playing Portal and TF2 on the C90S, plays em fine. I use 8xAA 16xAF and still plays smooth. I'm currently using 163.75, but I'm planning on installing the newest XG Mobile 163.67 (or something like that).

 

What resolution are you running at with those settings? I haven't tried bumping AA and AF up that high but I'll try. Also am I correct in assuming that you're also maxing out all other settings? I'm be curious to see what differences there are in FPS. .

 

Donno how to see FPS in Steam games. I'm running it at 1680x1050 all maxed out, with some 8xAA/16xAF. Running smooth, but then again I'm also no a hard core CS:S player who can tell the difference between a 158.3 fps and 64fps. I can tell if its under 30fps tho.

 

Fraps is there for you.

 

Maybe I'm just a skeptic but I don't see it running "smooth" at those settings unless perchance the AA is broken with that driver, or it's a hell of a lot better than the OCable one I'm using.
With those settings on a map with say 20 players I'm seeing around 32 and below hovering in 20's. We're talking about your c90 right, and not the desktop? Knock the AA to 4xMSAA and its stays above 37 most of the time

 

if you want to see FPS in Valve games, enable the dev console in advanced keyboard options, then access the console with the ~ key, and type cl_showfps 1. there are other ones, too, that will show bandwidth, and other information, but I find it to be too much clutter.