Low FPS in Source games

[Zenkai Slip]

I've gotten this weird issue with, what seems to, Source games in general. When I start the games up, they're in the wrong resolution and it auto-detects my recommended settings as low or lowest in some cases. So I go in and change all the settings and max them all out as that shouldnt be an issue for my rig but when I get into a game, I'm averaging 30-40fps and dropping as low as 20fps at times and this is pretty consistent over all the Source games I've tested (L4D, L4D2, CS:Source, TF2 and Gmod). This is only happening among Source games though, everything else I play runs fine.

Drivers are up-to-date and I've tried rolling them back, that didn't help my problem. Any ideas?


My Spec:

i7-4790k 4.0Ghz
MSI Z97 GAMING 5
Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X 4GB
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

[staryluj]

Verify file integrity of those games. Try to re-install DX-DirectX. You don't need to uninstall anything, just download and run it.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/179113

[Zenkai Slip]

Tried that installer, just tells me my DirectX is up to date. Also verified the integrity but there wasnt anything wrong apparently.

[staryluj]

well, then it must be your AMD driver, I guess. I just tested CS:Source with GTX-580 and it runs CS at 250+ FPS at 2560x1440 res :) Tho, I'm nvidia, so ....

[Zenkai Slip]

Yeah I've been assuming that might be the issue but all attempts at dealing with the driver has been fail thus far xD

[staryluj]

You can try to delete local content of CS:Source from Steam and re-install it. Never know, Steam may bring the DX-9c with the new install of the game :)

I lost my PunkBuster-A tonight, for no reason. Never touched the thing. It took few seconds to re-install, but how and why it disappeared from CP/Programs and Features, I have no clue. It's called automagic of MSOS and the rest - lol

[Zenkai Slip]

I'll give it a shot, just my internet is awful so tried to avoid any full game re-downloading xD

[Mr Keefy]

Is the system using the correct GPU? Could it be defaultign to the onboard Intel GPU?

[Zenkai Slip]

That was my initial thought but according to the console its reading R9 200 series so it must be defaulting correctly.

I may have just stumbled across a solution but I deleted the games so gotta wait to try it out, POS internet connection xD

Have CS:S on hand though and thats now getting around 100fps, still seems low for my spec but its a vast improvement there, hopefully it works for the rest.

http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/31980-lag-online-games-windows-7-a.html

[Zenkai Slip]

And now it seems to work, at least L4D is working so I assume the rest will too.

[CANNON]

i only get 150 fps with a i7 2600k and Gtx 1070 it bs

[what's this]

:D

[lCoolBoyl]

talves ayude la busqueda ademas sirve gracias

[lCoolBoyl]

pro

[Solar]

I also had that problem and I got rid of it by running this command:
exec config
Hope this works for ya!

[Isaac Clarke S-laughter]

Just to say something, I am having a very similar issue.


It seems that, for some people, Source Engine Games can begin to run poorly for reasons difficult to discover.