It appears that the Instructions below fixed 90% of all FPS Problem for many user, so hopefully your one of these 90%!
But before we start keep in mind, that this Guide is meant for those who have serious FPS Problems in Counter-Strike 1.6 (40-50 FPS or even worse). It is not
supposed to push everybodies FPS from 100 to 300 or whatever! ... If
you have already 80-90 FPS then this Guide is rather useless for you
(although it can help you anyway to get 100 fps)
Just to give you a short example:
(Note: the following Statement is a couple years old, so the mentioned hardware was already replaced long ago.)
I personally play CS with constant 100 FPS (except in smoke) at
1024x768 Resolution on Server with up to 32 People. My Hardware is
something most of you will laugh about, because i use "only" AMD 2800+,
768 MB RAM and a GeForce 4 Ti4600 (actually a 4800SE overclocked). Plus
i have 4x Antialiasing and 4x Anisotropic Filtering active with
Quality-Settings!
Why
i tell you this? Simply that you see, that your FPS Problems are NOT
related to your Hardware (except physically damaged Hardware of course)
... also look here (link will be added soon)
Note:
This Guide is for ATI and nVidia user. It will probably not work with
Integrated Graphics such as Intel Extreme Graphics (845G). Furthermore
do i think, that you can do little to push your FPS with the Intel
Extreme Chip, because it is simply too bad.
Okay, here we go: (i presuppose basic computer knowledge for this little guide)
Step 1
Download and install the latest Graphics Driver.
Note:
Do not simply install the new Driver over the old Driver! Go to your
Computer Control Panel and uninstall the old Driver first, reboot your
Computer and install the new Driver - reboot again when the Driver ask
to!
Step 2
Go to your "C:\windows\system32\" folder and search for the file
"atioglxx.dll" if you are ATI User
"nvoglnt.dll" if you are nVidia User
"opengl32.dll" is the Default OpenGL Driver if you don't use ATI or nVidia
rightclick the File and click "copy".
Step 3
Go
to the folder "gldrv" in your Counter-Strike folder. Usually located at
"Steam\SteamApps\YourAccountName\counter-strike\gldrv".
Inside this
folder are 2 files. Rename the "3dfxgl.dll" to whatever you want. Now
press CTRL + V or do a rightclick and "paste". Now you should see the
file we just copied from the "system32" folder.
Note: If the file is not there right now, slap yourself at the forehead and return to Step 2! ^^
Step 4
Open the file "drvmap.txt" with a Editor (Notepad or whatever), but do not use MS-Word!
Delete everything inside this file! Now write the new Line:
"gldrv/nvoglnt.dll OpenGL Driver" (without the " ") if you are nVidia User
"gldrv/atioglxx.dll OpenGL Driver" (without the " ") if you are ATI User
"gldrv/opengl32.dll OpenGL Driver" (without the " ") if you use Default OpenGL
Save and close this file.
Step 5
Restart
Steam, Start Counter-Strike and go straight to "Options". Go to the
Video Tab and select OpenGL (left top "Renderer"), click apply and ok.
That's it!
Counter-Strike should now run in OpenGL Mode and is supposed to give you 100 FPS.
Note: Make sure to set your FPS to 100 in CS. Open the Console and type "fps_max 101".
Also go to your Graphics Driver Panel and set VSync OFF - Screenshot
Note:
Instructions like the one above can be found on internet many times, so
i did not invent the wheel again - therefore props out to whoever
discovered this first. (afaik was it someone from the official OpenGL
developer)
Good Luck and hopefully this Guide will help you to fix your FPS Problems.
But before we start keep in mind, that this Guide is meant for those who have serious FPS Problems in Counter-Strike 1.6 (40-50 FPS or even worse). It is not
supposed to push everybodies FPS from 100 to 300 or whatever! ... If
you have already 80-90 FPS then this Guide is rather useless for you
(although it can help you anyway to get 100 fps)
Just to give you a short example:
(Note: the following Statement is a couple years old, so the mentioned hardware was already replaced long ago.)
I personally play CS with constant 100 FPS (except in smoke) at
1024x768 Resolution on Server with up to 32 People. My Hardware is
something most of you will laugh about, because i use "only" AMD 2800+,
768 MB RAM and a GeForce 4 Ti4600 (actually a 4800SE overclocked). Plus
i have 4x Antialiasing and 4x Anisotropic Filtering active with
Quality-Settings!
Why
i tell you this? Simply that you see, that your FPS Problems are NOT
related to your Hardware (except physically damaged Hardware of course)
... also look here (link will be added soon)
Note:
This Guide is for ATI and nVidia user. It will probably not work with
Integrated Graphics such as Intel Extreme Graphics (845G). Furthermore
do i think, that you can do little to push your FPS with the Intel
Extreme Chip, because it is simply too bad.
Okay, here we go: (i presuppose basic computer knowledge for this little guide)
Step 1
Download and install the latest Graphics Driver.
- ATI User go here: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
- nVIDIA User go here: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
Note:
Do not simply install the new Driver over the old Driver! Go to your
Computer Control Panel and uninstall the old Driver first, reboot your
Computer and install the new Driver - reboot again when the Driver ask
to!
Step 2
Go to your "C:\windows\system32\" folder and search for the file
"atioglxx.dll" if you are ATI User
"nvoglnt.dll" if you are nVidia User
"opengl32.dll" is the Default OpenGL Driver if you don't use ATI or nVidia
rightclick the File and click "copy".
Step 3
Go
to the folder "gldrv" in your Counter-Strike folder. Usually located at
"Steam\SteamApps\YourAccountName\counter-strike\gldrv".
Inside this
folder are 2 files. Rename the "3dfxgl.dll" to whatever you want. Now
press CTRL + V or do a rightclick and "paste". Now you should see the
file we just copied from the "system32" folder.
Note: If the file is not there right now, slap yourself at the forehead and return to Step 2! ^^
Step 4
Open the file "drvmap.txt" with a Editor (Notepad or whatever), but do not use MS-Word!
Delete everything inside this file! Now write the new Line:
"gldrv/nvoglnt.dll OpenGL Driver" (without the " ") if you are nVidia User
"gldrv/atioglxx.dll OpenGL Driver" (without the " ") if you are ATI User
"gldrv/opengl32.dll OpenGL Driver" (without the " ") if you use Default OpenGL
Save and close this file.
Step 5
Restart
Steam, Start Counter-Strike and go straight to "Options". Go to the
Video Tab and select OpenGL (left top "Renderer"), click apply and ok.
That's it!
Counter-Strike should now run in OpenGL Mode and is supposed to give you 100 FPS.
Note: Make sure to set your FPS to 100 in CS. Open the Console and type "fps_max 101".
Also go to your Graphics Driver Panel and set VSync OFF - Screenshot
Note:
Instructions like the one above can be found on internet many times, so
i did not invent the wheel again - therefore props out to whoever
discovered this first. (afaik was it someone from the official OpenGL
developer)
Good Luck and hopefully this Guide will help you to fix your FPS Problems.