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Created 1st August 2011 @ 21:51
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So, I OC’d my CPU(Intel Core2 E2180 @ 2.00) to 2.50. While in Bios, I noticed a setting which said “Performance Enhancement” which was set to “Turbo”. It also had a Standard and one Extreme modes. It said that if I set it to Standard after I OC it would help improve system stability, so I did.
Everything’s fine and dandy, the temperatures before OC were 50-51 degrees in idle and now they’re 48-49, sometimes peaking at 50(have yet to test it when I run TF2). My first question is if anyone knows if I can set the Performance Enhancement back to Turbo. I might not need to do this if TF2 runs decent enough, though.
Second question, which is also the main question, is the following: When I use -high, my game runs much better in terms of fps. However, it makes everyone warp around. Basically, it’s a constant FPS, but it skips frames(stupid, I know). My question is what could cause this? The CPU not paying enough attention to certain processes maybe? This happened before I OC’d. Don’t know how it’ll handle now.
Well it obviously improves performance but at what cost(temperature wise)? Im not looking to invest in a cooler atm, so keeping it Standard on 2.5ghz OC is good enough.
Im still looking for answers on the -high part.
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Second question, which is also the main question, is the following: When I use -high, my game runs much better in terms of fps. However, it makes everyone warp around. Basically, it’s a constant FPS, but it skips frames(stupid, I know). My question is what could cause this? The CPU not paying enough attention to certain processes maybe? This happened before I OC’d. Don’t know how it’ll handle now.
Im not sure what you did. Did you set the HL2 proces to “High priority” or did you put “-high” in the HL2 commandline?
If you’ve set the proces to high, change it back. Otherwise HL2 will claim CPU time over other equally important processes, interupts needed for your vidcard, mouse etc for example. I don’t think -high exists as a parameter, or it must be fairly new. Couldn’t find anything about it.
Last edited by Andee,
-high does exactly what you said regarding the high priority. I used it because I saw this in Chris’s fps configs FAQ:
“Q. My FPS jumps about a lot.
A. Try using the fullscreen launch options instead of the windowed ones. You could also try adding -high to your launch options, and if neither of those help try removing everything except for the binds from config.cfg and restarting.”
Well, in general I wouldn’t advise someone to use it. It’s only used in specific situations, and running HL2 wouldn’t be one :) If your network card, videocard, or something else tries to claim CPU-time and HL2 proces claims it at exact the same time, HL2.exe will always winn. So depending on your system settings, that may work against you.
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So, I OC’d my CPU(Intel Core2 E2180 @ 2.00) to 2.50. While in Bios, I noticed a setting which said “Performance Enhancement” which was set to “Turbo”. It also had a Standard and one Extreme modes. It said that if I set it to Standard after I OC it would help improve system stability, so I did.
Everything’s fine and dandy, the temperatures before OC were 50-51 degrees in idle and now they’re 48-49, sometimes peaking at 50(have yet to test it when I run TF2). My first question is if anyone knows if I can set the Performance Enhancement back to Turbo. I might not need to do this if TF2 runs decent enough, though.Second question, which is also the main question, is the following: When I use -high, my game runs much better in terms of fps. However, it makes everyone warp around. Basically, it’s a constant FPS, but it skips frames(stupid, I know). My question is what could cause this? The CPU not paying enough attention to certain processes maybe? This happened before I OC’d. Don’t know how it’ll handle now.
1. You’re not “overclocking” more than “selecting a setting that makes things go faster”. May work, may not. Wouldn’t ever recommend it though. Best to figure out the best settings yourself and make 100% sure you run a stable system. tl;dr Don’t OC if you have no clue what you’re doing.
2. Sounds like an overheating issue. Got an aftermarket cooler? If not, get one (and stop this “OC” business until you get one).
Last edited by Spike Himself,
I opened it up to clean the fans and right now Im getting 45-48 degrees in idle and an average 58-60 when in Tf2 windowed + lotsa other background applications.
I’m gonna invest in a cooler in the future but right now it seems stable enough. Im not getting sudden restarts/crashes out of the blue. I’ll turn it back to 2.00 ghz to see what temperature I get with no OC(shoulda done it before I started, I know).
Chris assured me that the temperatures are fine atm. He said that intel cpus run on high temperatures anyway.
what does aftermarket cooler mean
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