Video prob w/ GeForce GO 7900 GS

Hey all, I have a Dell XPS M1710 that has a GeForce Go 7900 GS 256MB video card. I play CSS and was running perfect frames and everything. I capped my FPS at 110 and it would run perfectly at 110 on all maps. Recently, I just had a problem, I was minimizing my CSS and it sort of froze my computer, and when I opened CSS again my FPS had dropped to 5-15 FPS. At that time, my computer got VERY VERY loud, whirling sound. After I restart my computer, it's normal and isn't very loud at all. I've run virus scanners and spyware programs but I don't think I have any. Currently, I've managed to fix my computer to run at 50-75 FPS constantly on CSS but I don't know how to completely fix it. Oh, and when I run the video stress test I get a full 110 FPS, which doesn't make sense. It's only in CSS servers where my fps drops to about half of what it should be. If my video card was at fault then the video stress test should be running the same also. But the video stress test i am getting full FPS, but in ANY CSS server, internet or a self-created one, it does not run correctly. If anyone knows what happened or if it sounds familiar or anything could you please give me some advice? I've searched a lot of forums about this but can't seem to get a legit answer. Thanks for your help guys!

 

the reason CSS drops in servers is because your computer has a lot more work to do when it's connected and trying to aquite stats/positions/variables on all of the other players at the same time. even when theres no other internet-based players, running an actual game on a server requires much more processor and memory resources.

50-75fps is more than you need in CSS, don't be greedy...a human eye can't even see differences in that range anyway, so more than that is simply overkill.

as for minimizing and re-opening..don't do it there's many reasons why, and all of them point to CSS not being efficient at minimizing then reopening...simple as that.

 

Some people in some cases say they can.
I'm not one of those, but anyway the lcd's on notebooks are fixed at 60 Hz, so more than 60 fps the extra frames would be throw away.

 

Yes, what you said is true, and I fully agree that it would be hard for my computer to analyze all every players stats and all that. But, just before my computer did that drop from 5-20 FPS thing, I was running on servers perfectly for over a year on 110 FPS. Flat rate, it wouldn't change or anything. Now it's just choppy on 50-70 FPS and I don't know what exactly happened. It has nothing to do with my me being greedy, it's just my gameplay has changed because I'm not used to the choppiness.

 

Some people also see Elvis and UFO's.....

But, I agree with you 100%. Anything above 60fps on a laptop is a waste IMO.

To the OP, you could always uninstall STEAM and CSS and reinstall. Update your directX also. Just a thought.