Does TF2 give hardware a kicking?

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Im playing everything ramped up res is 1920x1080 little bit of a slow down, nothing major just a little annoying, whats your views guys?

Here is my spec :

P5Q Deluxe
Vista Ultimate 64
Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3700Mhz
8Gb Kingston Hyper Ram
XFX 4890
WD SATA Black 640GIG HD
OCZ 700W PSU
Antec 1200 case
Dell S2409W
 
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It's Source engine - the basis of the engine is from 2004 and it recieved some tweaks in 2007.

Probably one of the lesser demanding games around at the moment.
 
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It's Source engine - the basis of the engine is from 2004 and it recieved some tweaks in 2007.

Probably one of the lesser demanding games around at the moment.

The engine stems from 1996, in fact. :)

  • Quake (tech1) engine in 1996 by Id
  • Modified for use as the Half Life engine, with support for 3D accelerators etc. - Came to be known as GoldSrc, named after the 'gone gold' code was branched away from the 'source' directory in their SCM.
  • Source (named after the aforementioned 'Source' directory in their SCM). This has been heavily modified from the code that it was branched off of, but some parts hark back to their Quake origins apparently.

Weird that they'd let the SCM dictate the product name, but nevermind. :)
 
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Been a while since I played TF2, I'm a CSS whore, but I think you can create a server and play against bots? Try that and see if you get stutter. If anything this tests your computer more, with all the ai bots... Or maybe try deleting the cache folder and defragging TF2 from inside Steam.

Can't imagin what is causing it otherwise. My mate plays it on a P4 3.0ghz HP office class machine with an x1950 and he's happy enough lol
 
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The only stutter I get in TF2 is when my AV program does a scan.

Or VSYNC is enabled and can't handle lots of men in the area. Just like a lesbian bar.
 
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I run TF2 at 1920x1200 on full settings, using a 4850, a C2D 6300, and a 24" Samsung - no slow downs at all :)

and what is that E6300 at?

With a 4870 and a E6300@3Ghz I get slow down when lots is on screen at 1920x1200, in 24 player servers on maps such as Dustbowl and Goldrush.
 
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TF2 loves single core CPU performance (turning on the multicore support used to crash mine but not tried since with i5), so a high clock will help more than graphics.
 
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