I've been having an issue with FPS dropping by 20+ frames, but it is very quick, and almost has no effect on my gameplay. But at really intense moments it causes momentary gameplay freeze (like net lag). It's more noticeable on high ping servers.

I have to Set ET.exe to CPU core 0, and run Xfire on CPU core 1. Same Dual Core problem as before.

If it wasn't for the quick drops, I wouldn't lag at all. :/

Anyone know if you can script WinXP to set Core Affinity on game startup?

i've been using this tool when i was on XP
thg task assign
there are 1 or 2 other tools but they never worked for me...
/edit: just tested, works on win7 too

Thanks! Will test next time I play.

i had this exact same problem with my old laptop, it would be fine for first few rounds then my fps is like 40 and drops to 5-10 then right back up, i couldn't find any fix but i think it has something to do with isp

Your ISP doesn't control your fps, only your computer can change your fps.

If I had video capture I'd post a vid. You can barely tell it drops, but it's consistant, every 2-4 seconds, it will drop to 47, then back to my maxfps (60). Only hurts me in those all important corner turning shots.

I wonder if its not PunkBuster scans.
TC:E on itself is not really a masterpiece of performence optimisation but PB is going to kill the smoothness.

We cant forget that after some time, windows got tons of updates and the system is not as fast as a fresh install too.

Two issues u wont experience with linux for exemple.

yeah on linux you use graphics acceleration whenever there is a kernelupdate

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-wifi signal quality (ask someone to check if your wifi channel does not interfere with other local wifi networks and what is the signal quality) or/maybe damaged cable so check plugs and/or ask your isp to check signal quality of your connection
-disk fragmentation
-video card tweeks
-background antivir quick scans
-any software update checks
-any tasks/apps running in background

ive heard about multicore problems with et but i have multicore and never experienced such problems.


connection interrupt also known as lag and warp might look as a fps drop

good luck =)

Trust me, I'm no computer newb. I custom built my machine. I shouldn't be lagging (and I don't 99% of the time)

AMD Athlon 7750 Kuma OC'd @ 3.06ghz (dual)
2GB Mushkin DDR2 @ 850mhz
ASUS mobo w/ 1TB SATA HDD
nVidia GF 8800gts 320mb

I think Wo0 is correct, PB seems to be an issue. Especially when running XFire.

Its been on and off lately. Using that Task Assign Snake posted. Doesn't seem to completely get rid of the stutters. I wish I could assign PB.exe to a specific Core...

If you have WLAN its often the Vista Index that causes the Issue.
The index searches every (5?) seconds for new WLAN Stations and that causes extreme LAG and FPS drop.

Try to search on google about that there should be plenty threads

Nope, Desktop with wired connection. Definitely PB.

Something else I've noticed. When setting max fps to a higher number, when it drops fps, it goes to the "magic numbers". Like.. 90-76... 62-47.. Weird!

pb is definitely causing lil lags, but i wouldnt say that ur fps drops are coming from pb (only)
i have lil fps "stutters" too and tried non pb servers/hosting a non-pb game without success... its hard to get rid of it :/

76 is the only "magic number" u mentioned^^ this is just imagination, theres no reason why it should jump to 43/76

well ive noticed some 'hickups' ingame as seen at ss lagometer
those apear when i am freshly connected to any map or/on any server


but they disapear after ~minute (to be clear: was saving xfire ss so thats why 2 mins passed)


those 'lil green spikies' like to apear from nowhere and disapear into the void

and belive me ive got whole chapter in my cfg to optimize pb =)

oh come on, its nearly impossible to keep the connection perfect on a server the whole time, u will see these small connection spikes on all servers all the time (i even remember having that on a lan game with friends), the spikes go even higher at round start but thats normal, the serverconnection(quality) changes with the number of players connected, pb, other mods like etadmin,.(pb_ss,...).
your ss show perfectly normal server behaviour.
if its a pure fps lag, it should show in the lagometer anyway..
tce is not a perfect game, and it'll never be. we'll just have to live with the flaws it has^^