best graphics card for CS;S

[cplhardnut]

CSS doesnt run so well on q6600's, even overclocked. You could maybe sell the q6600 for a nice dual core e8500-600 and overclock that to 4ghz+. Thats what most of the css pros seem to be using at the moment.

With the new css beta q6600 run nicely

 

[JamesM]

i had a virus lool

even still, the Q6600 isn't a brilliant chip for CSS. I had an 8400 at 4GHz which ran CSS fantastically, then sold that for a Q6700 which I overclocked to 3.6GHz as I thought there wouldn't be that much of a performance hit.. there was.

Then went over to i5 and again it's back to 8400 performance.

 

[arc@css]

Unsurprisingly I find the q6600 better than my old AMD 4400 dual, but I will look forward to trying css out on my next cpu. I expect the i5's and 7's do run it beautifully smooth.

 

[nalla]

i get 250 fps everything maxed @2560 x 1600 with a single 4870.

 

[lanzarobbie]

i had a virus lool

that explains it

 

[dubbs]

GPU barely matters in CSS, it basically relies on your CPU i went from a 4670 to a 5750 and notice no difference.

i cap my fps at 100 and it never goes below it unless the server is dire and my tickrate drops.

also the source video stress test means naff all and people shouldnt go by it for anything.

 

[arc@css]

Yes, the point about the source video is a fair one. Try out a few servers and one will probably find every server has a different 'feel' about it.

 

[Tweaker]

New beta should help with FPS, CSS has been ported to the orange box engine and has better multicore support.

 

[Bz786]

Yo i run this game at like 100+fps on a 8400gs..