TF2 Multicore

psychas · 19 Mar 2009 at 17:19

How much of fps boos did u get ? i got extra 50 fps

note: u will loose fps if u create server and be alone in a server. try to check in full server.

to enable it go in video advance settings

JimAroo · 19 Mar 2009 at 17:30

I've seen no difference.

sunlitsix · 19 Mar 2009 at 17:33

sweet i shall check this out now :cool:

when was this added to the game?

JimAroo · 19 Mar 2009 at 17:34

March 18, 2009 - Team Fortress 2 Update Released

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Added Multicore Rendering

- This initial release is aimed at testing compatibility, so the option is OFF by default

- To turn it on, go to the Options->Video->Advanced dialog, and check the "Multicore Rendering" option

Other Changes

- Several performance improvements to decals and client bone/flex setup

- A variety of alt-tab and mode switch fixes

- Improvements to the way the engine initializes surround sound, fixing some specific hardware cases

- Fixed a crash on exit in Vista 64

psychas · 19 Mar 2009 at 17:35

oh i see i was thinking why my sound is so better and different nice

sunlitsix · 19 Mar 2009 at 17:44

oh awesome, well ive just given it a quick go. my maximum FPS seems to be 10-15fps lower with the multicore rendering enabled but my average fps is higher when involved in a large firefight :cool:

Gideon Lorr · 19 Mar 2009 at 18:40

"- Fixed a crash on exit in Vista 64"

It's about time!

jim5000 · 19 Mar 2009 at 19:06

Are we talking multicore CPUs or multicore graphics chips (SLI)?

psychas · 19 Mar 2009 at 19:09

cpu's ^

FrenchTart · 19 Mar 2009 at 19:28

I'm just waiting for someone to post up about it giving them amazing FPS with their single-core cpu

AGD · 19 Mar 2009 at 19:48

Gideon Lorr said:
"- Fixed a crash on exit in Vista 64"

It's about time!

Yeah, I've had that for months and months!

modo77 · 19 Mar 2009 at 20:40

Gideon Lorr said:
"- Fixed a crash on exit in Vista 64"

It's about time!

They have said its fixed before and it wasn't, hope its sorted now..

Blackhawk47 · 19 Mar 2009 at 21:33

SINCE when was this out

going to go right now to try it.

VaderDSL · 19 Mar 2009 at 21:52

No slow down what so ever in large firefights

pretty amazing engine to be honest, silky smooth on my setup.

Revolution6000 · 19 Mar 2009 at 21:54

It's as buggy for me as the commands, not sure if they've just added a button to enable them in-game or if they've actually worked on them.

SMB30 · 19 Mar 2009 at 22:10

- To turn it on, go to the Options->Video->Advanced dialog, and check the "Multicore Rendering" option

Interesting, it was already enabled on my machine

Blackhawk47 · 19 Mar 2009 at 22:11

Hmm need to try this out more but ive just given this a go while using mat_queue_2 gave me perfect performance, i have been running without it for a little while. And now just tried this multicore thing and i see my fps going slightly lower than before (when i was on the normal cpu settings ie none) as i saw it dip as low as 20 when before it never went that low. Going to have to have a play around with this over the weekend, especially since my new monitor is in the post

Then again it does say in the update info, that it is for testing purposes at the moment.

Dakotacs · 19 Mar 2009 at 22:31

I seem to maintain a higher fps when the action ratches up a notch. Quite happy with this patch as everything's smoother for me.

Arjun806 · 19 Mar 2009 at 22:54

Didn't seem to make any difference for me, plus it made my game crash.

snowdog · 19 Mar 2009 at 23:03

When it wasn't in the options yet and used the console command I saw a reasonable boost, it also added crashes however... Would be steering clear of it, TF2 runs well enough anyways.