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So while randomly browsing TF2 forums, I came across this:

“THIS CONTINUES TO WORK EVEN AFTER VALVE’s FIX ATTEMPT

This has worked for plenty of people in this thread so I suggest you read it completely, however be aware that your millage may vary, perhaps you will gain something perhaps not, but you will never lose

Everybody has experienced how FPS are going down the drain recently with TF2, however I believe I’ve found one of the sources (I’m pretty sure there many others) and found a way to fix it, so enough with the rambling I’m going straight to the point:

The folder:

“C:Program FilesSteamappcachestats”

Contains a file called:

“UserGameStats_####_#### (# = some numbers)”

This file keeps records of god knows what about TF2, and it gets updated EXTREMELY frequently while playing.

The problem is that, most of us run high quality Anti-virus programs and they tend to scan all files that get updated in the system, and a lot of them tend to do so the instant it happens, clogging up the processor and making our FPSs die.

Apparently, having a multicore processor and fast hard drives (or a RAID 0 config) makes this even worse.

HOW TO FIX Video (credits to MafiaGuy7)

Open up your Anti-virus program
Go to the settings menu
Select Exceptions/Exclusions
Add the following folder to the scan exceptions

C:Program FilesSteamappcachestats”

Reboot if your Anti-virus needs to and enjoy a smooth game of TF2″

Looks like it has some truth to it. I’ve yet to test it(was going to now. worst case scenario is that it doesn’t do anything and that’s that ;/), but I’ve seen people saying it helped their FPS, so I figured why not share with ETF2L.

Sorry if I’m a huge slowpoke and somebody already posted this.

Source http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1093560

thats nothing new and in general wont fix most ppl’s bad fps problem since most think u can run the game smoothly on their c2d’s and shit, which obviously u cant

Quoted from AnimaL

thats nothing new and in general wont fix most ppl’s bad fps problem since most think u can run the game smoothly on their c2d’s and shit, which obviously u cant

Hehe use to be able to run this game on a pentium 4 back when it first came out gl trying that now.

Quoted from flushy

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i used to get 120fps : (

Colin if its any consolation, i still get 125fps constant.

Quoted from Tapley ❤

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Colin if its any consolation, i still get 125fps constant.

why would that be any consolation?? fuck your life…