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Ever since I downloaded Windows 8.1, I’ve been getting lower FPS. It gets to around 65 in mid fights which is fine but there is a constant delay in actions and it’s very noticeable. This affects my game play because I can drop an uber very easily from this delay.

Does anyone have this problem to? Or does anyone know how to fix this? I am already using an FPS config and I don’t think it is possible to make my TF2 look any more Minecraft and L4D (loads of blocks, classes have no eyes or expressions thus looking like zombies lol.)

In case anyone is wondering, I am using an Acer Aspire laptop and I currently don’t have enough money to buy a desktop so don’t bother with any “Just buy a desktop” comments. :D

Windows 8 is total garbage imo, the only time I installed it it kept giving me several errors on everything, I switched back to windows 7 which remains the best

Quoted from rockie

using 8.1 for almost a year now, on my desktop works fine, it’s faster in terms of loadings and stuff than win 7, and it seemed to me that in terms of gaming performance is even (and i don’t have a supercomputer)

Me too, I even use it on my tablet with 4c Atom processor and 2GB RAM and everything’s running smoothly.

Quoted from Vitilumi

Ever since I downloaded Windows 8.1, I’ve been getting lower FPS. It gets to around 65 in mid fights which is fine but there is a constant delay in actions and it’s very noticeable.

Often Windows update will only have older drivers for everything by default. Check your hardware vendors for up to date driver versions for all your hardware.

Quoted from AnAkkk

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Try Linux. No lag spikes here, works fine. :)

TF2 is one of the few games that actually runs better on Linux than on Windows. Valve did a pretty good job on the port.

Quoted from emb

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TF2 is one of the few games that actually runs better on Linux than on Windows. Valve did a pretty good job on the port.

As long as you’re using NVidia, but that’s mostly AMDs fault.