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pintsizedjark

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I usually play the game Counter-Strike 1.6, I usually have 99 or 100 fps constant. But starting this week, it started off as everyone once in a while my fps would drop from 100 and go to 20-30 constant for a while then move back up and i'd be fine. Now starting today, its constantly low, I noticed it will give itself a max of 30, the fps will bounce around but never go higher than 30.0.

I have a very good computer with the graphics card nvidia geforce 8500gt. I was wondering if this is a result of it overheating.

Thanks for responding, Karl.
 
Go into the console and type fps_max 100 (or higher if you like). It may have set itself to 30 for some reason.
 
Nah its not, I have all of the correct settings set the same way as when it was fine. I already checked over them several times again anyway.
 
Any new programs installed? Anything running in the background that wasn't before (anti-virus scanning)

Have you checked to see if the drivers need updating?
 
I tried installing the new drivers(counter-strike came out many years ago and doesn't need the greatest computer or graphics to run) and nothing helped. I also tried system restore to a date where I know it worked fine and still nothing helped.
 
pintsizedjark said:
I tried installing the new drivers(counter-strike came out many years ago and doesn't need the greatest computer or graphics to run) and nothing helped. I also tried system restore to a date where I know it worked fine and still nothing helped.
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I know what counter-strike is, trust me :D. Even older games can suffer if the drivers aren't up to date.

What are your temps looking like?
 
you can install PC wizard. run that program and your game at the same time. while playing, alt-tab out to see. when you run Pc wizard, at the top left hand corner are all the tabs that tell you different things. look under temperature. it would tell you the temperature for all of your components.
 
I did that and went to overclock information and at video it says

GPU Temperature: 123 degrees C

i'm not a computer genius but that sounds pretty bad
 
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If you leave it off, it'll cool down, Yeah. Once you turn it back on and start gaming, it'll get hot again. What's the airflow like in your case?

You can download Rivatuner and increase the fan speed on your graphics card, this will help cool it down.
 
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