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When i play a source game, like dods, i only get around 40-50 fps. I have 2mb of ram and an 8600gt. and my processor is AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core 4200+ 2.20ghz.

is it my processor holding me back or more ram or what.

some steam games arent set up for duo core, ctrl+alt+del your game, and find it in processes, right click it and set affinity to only one processor. this wiped out any performance issues i had with games like L4D

Also what games? Make sure it doesn't require some newer version of software you haven't upgraded to yet, like Java or .net etc. (or sometimes an older version if the game is not new)

That actually gave me more lag and lower fps! :P

also just source games like l4d and dods

go to your gfx card video settings and force-off vsync (this WILL be in your gfx card settings, if you can't find it google it i'm at work and can't tell you exactly what part of the settings it will be in)

in-game make sure you have fps_max 99 or whatever sources max is, also, in some cases max fps will make your guns stutter, if that happens -10 from the max...so example for HL1 games: fps_max 90

Your bottleneck is your video card, 8600GT was the mid range bang/for your buck card. You need at least an 8800GTS with 512MB to get that FPS up, or SLI your 8600GT. I have an 8800GTS with 768MB of video ram, and I don't know what my FPS is in L4D, but I play everything at maximum settings and never lag at all. I'm assuming your 8800GT has 512MB, and that's probably part of the problem. More v-ram = good. Also the 8600GT has less pixel pipelines for instruction, the higher end models have more instruction lines for code, which equates to better FPS.

Steam games are automatically updated when you launch the game, one of the beauties of Steam, you don't have to go to Fileplanet and wait in a que for an hour to get a patch.

im not sure what the max is in source but its default is 300.
Vert sync is force off.

We'll i'll take your word on the graphics card and upgrade in a few weeks. Would you recommend a new processor or is mine fine.

your processor is fine your bottleneck is your gfx card, pretty close to the same system i'm upgrading from right now

there is a decent 9800 for about $125 that i would suggest getting before a new processor - when i get home i will link you

thanks boss,