hey guys, iw read a good topic on steam forums and i figured id post it here as well. theres 2 settings that made me get standard 95-100 FPS in game while i had 30-40 FPS b4. 

ayways do this as it says here . 


- Set the proper -heapsize for your amount of memory 
This command determines how much memory (RAM) is allocated strictly for hl2.exe. The general agreement is that this number should reflect how much memory is installed in your system. Here is the equation: 

Your System Memory (In Megabytes) / 2 * 1024 = Your Heapsize 

Examples: 
512MB / 2 * 1024 = -heapsize 262144 
1024MB / 2 * 1024 = -heapsize 524288 
2048MB / 2 * 1024 = -heapsize 1048576 

Applying this setting will stabilize your game performance greatly - with no reduction in visual quality. Textures are better handled by the game, and the game has an increased ability to cache resources. 

To do this, simply launch Steam/hl, go to MY GAMES, and  

Right click on Counter Strike Source, and click Properties. 
 
Click Set Launch Options, and type -heapsize  
I have 1 gig of ram, so I set -heapsize 524288 
 

You can do the same thing to your other Games, like Half-Life 2. 


the 2nd settings u need to do and which helps allot is 

Set STEAM.EXE/hl.exe affinity 

Open Steam. Open Windows Task Manager by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL and go to the Processes tab. Right click on STEAM.EXE/hl.exe, and click SET AFFINITY. You will see CPU 0 and CPU 1. Uncheck CPU 1. Click OK, and close Task Manager. 

Unfortunately you have to do this whenever you restart Steam/hl.exe, but it's worth it if it fixes your problems! 

 
*Please note that this Affinity fix will only work on multi-core processors (Like AMD X2 or Pentium 4 8xx series for example), or Pentium 4 processors with Hyper Threading Technology.  

NOTE: u need to set this every time u restart steam! there is a way to set it and it stays like that but i dunno how :( 

hope this helped u guys as well, and thanks to the guy that figured this out :D 

regards 

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