TF2: Choppy framerate (regression)

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#138 · opened 2012-12-20 by chmod222 · updated 2017-03-28 · 4 comments · github

Cchmod222 2012-12-20 github

My framerate in TF2 is pretty choppy in general (regression, this wasn't the case with the first beta release!), yet playable, generally hanging around 250+ if little is going on, 100 - 140 is a lot if going on, all very playable, but it tends to quickly drop every few seconds, for a split second, and ramp back up, resulting in very noticable choppiness.

I tried looking at it via "net_graph 2", don't know how helpful it is but I figure it's better than nothing:

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Processor Information:
    Vendor:  GenuineIntel
    Speed: 3301 Mhz
    4 logical processors
    4 physical processors
    HyperThreading:  Unsupported
    FCMOV:  Supported
    SSE2:  Supported
    SSE3:  Supported
    SSSE3:  Supported
    SSE4a:  Unsupported
    SSE41:  Supported
    SSE42:  Supported

Network Information:
    Network Speed:  

Operating System Version:
    Ubuntu 12.10 (64 bit) [Unity]
    Kernel Name:  Linux
    Kernel Version:  3.5.0-21-generic
    X Server vendor:  The X.Org Foundation
    X Server release:  11300000

Video Card:
    Driver:  NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 560 Ti/PCIe/SSE2

    Driver Version:  4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14
    Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
    Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
    VendorID:  0x10de
    DeviceID:  0x1200
    Number of Monitors:  2
    Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
    Primary Display Resolution:  1920 x 1080
    Desktop Resolution: 3600 x 1080
    Primary Display Size: 20,51" x 11,54"  (23,50" diag)
                                            52,1cm x 29,3cm  (59,7cm diag)
    Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
    Primary VRAM: 1023 MB
    Supported MSAA Modes:  2x 4x 8x 16x 

Sound card:
    Audio device: 20K2

Memory:
    RAM:  7956 Mb

Miscellaneous:
    UI Language:  English
    LANG:  de_DE.UTF-8
    Microphone:  Not set
    Total Hard Disk Space Available:  679553 Mb
    Largest Free Hard Disk Block:  184560 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:

Cchmod222 2012-12-22 github

Small update, this is much less noticable if I play windowed, it occasionally stutters a little bit but not more so than it would under Windows I presume.

Rrio-steam 2012-12-22 github

I have this same exact issue with tf2. My system manages to put out high fps in tf2 (100-300 fps) but the game feels more like it is at 30 fps most of the time even if the fps counter shows 200. There is quite a difference in how smooth the game runs for me in windows vs linux. I have tried both the 310.14 and 313.09 drivers from nvidia with no noticable difference.

System Information:

Processor Information:
Vendor: AuthenticAMD
Speed: 3415 Mhz
4 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Supported
SSE41: Unsupported
SSE42: Unsupported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (32 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.2.0-35-generic-pae
X Server vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server release: 11103000

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 560/PCIe/SSE2/3DNOW!

Driver Version:  4.3.0 NVIDIA 313.09
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 119 Hz
VendorID:  0x10de
DeviceID:  0x1201
Number of Monitors:  1
Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
Primary Display Resolution:  1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 20.04" x 11.26"  (22.95" diag)
                                        50.9cm x 28.6cm  (58.3cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 1024 MB
Supported MSAA Modes:  2x 4x 8x 16x

Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC892

Memory:
RAM: 8072 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_AU.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 113858 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 87864 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:

HHackToHell 2016-06-19 github

Got the same on Kubuntu, moved to xfce and the issue died.

Ubuntu : 16.04
Nvidia driver : 358.16

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2017-03-28 github

If anyone is still experiencing this issue with an up to date system, and changing desktop environments does not help, please open a new issue report in the Source-1-Games issue tracker.

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