CPU Maxing out on CSS.. oh dear

K@rl · 21 Apr 2010 at 14:20

I was playing my favourite map on CSS (office) last night and noticed that it was running a bit steady. When I checked the loads - the CPU was nearly @ 100& and the GPU (5670) was only at 30%.

I'm only running at 1024 x 1050 (I think) and expected that with a 5200 @ 3Gig and the 5670 I should be flying. Even on the recommended settings it seems to lag. CSS is not by any means a new game so surely I should be OK?

Is it time for a little upgrade?

K@rl · 21 Apr 2010 at 14:42

That res sounds more like it but I think its was a 4:3 - the widescreen resolutions seemed to fit my screen right.

It does it on most maps and there was 30+ people playing at the time.

Not really sure what FPS I get in other games cause I don't play them. I use my 360 for games when I can be bothered.

I am running a Vmware 2003 server but the machine idles quite nice at 1/2% load when nothing is running locally.

K@rl · 21 Apr 2010 at 14:49

cool - will give that a try tonight.

K@rl · 25 Apr 2010 at 22:18

it was the HL2 process that was getting all the cpu - steam was well down there.

I moved over to using a different map and server and It seems much better now. Might have been something to do with the huge number of players playnig.

Oldie but a goodie.