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TomTom · **Re: FPS with Bots -** 31-10-2006

Yes video card is very important but how much benefit you will get upgrading depends on what you have now. I suggest first looking at CPU usage to see if some other application is consuming a lot of cpu resources. If you are running server and client on the same pc as seperate applications then of course the server should be a dedicated server so that it need not do rendering. If you have a second PC and a LAN try running the server on the other PC. Try reducing resolution, color depth, sky detail, fog lighting marks brass etc. Check to see that you are running the best OpenGL driver for your video card (the one that came with windows may be too generic). Kill any unneeded applications in the tray or background (E.g. On my Old P3 Win98 works better than Win2000 because I can kill more things freeing up more memory and resources). And... make certain that your LAN and internet isn't letting some other machine consume significant resources (i.e. turn off downloading, restrict file sharing etc.)

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TomTom ET Waypointing team member Status: Offline Posts: 745 Join Date: Jun 2006	Re: FPS with Bots - 31-10-2006 Yes video card is very important but how much benefit you will get upgrading depends on what you have now. I suggest first looking at CPU usage to see if some other application is consuming a lot of cpu resources. If you are running server and client on the same pc as seperate applications then of course the server should be a dedicated server so that it need not do rendering. If you have a second PC and a LAN try running the server on the other PC. Try reducing resolution, color depth, sky detail, fog lighting marks brass etc. Check to see that you are running the best OpenGL driver for your video card (the one that came with windows may be too generic). Kill any unneeded applications in the tray or background (E.g. On my Old P3 Win98 works better than Win2000 because I can kill more things freeing up more memory and resources). And... make certain that your LAN and internet isn't letting some other machine consume significant resources (i.e. turn off downloading, restrict file sharing etc.)