Dota 2 and TF2 loading speed

steamclosed questionreviewed

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#3007 · opened 2013-11-28 by deri82 · updated 2017-11-07 · 7 comments · github

Dderi82 2013-11-28 github

Processor Information:
Vendor: AuthenticAMD
CPU Family: 0x10
CPU Model: 0x4
CPU Stepping: 0x3
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3511 Mhz
4 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Unsupported
SSE4a: Supported
SSE41: Unsupported
SSE42: Unsupported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Ubuntu 13.10 (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.12.0-031200rc7-generic
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 11403000
X Window Manager: KWin
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-release_2013-10-23

Video Card:
Driver: ATI Technologies Inc. AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series

Driver Version:  4.3.12614 Compatibility Profile Context 13.25.18
OpenGL Version: 4.3
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID:  0x1002
DeviceID:  0x679e
Number of Monitors:  1
Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
Primary Display Resolution:  1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 18,82" x 10,59"  (21,57" diag)
                                        47,8cm x 26,9cm  (54,8cm diag)
Primary VRAM Not Detected

Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC887-VD

Memory:
RAM: 7904 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 930696 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 821773 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:

It is very slow.

Haven't measured but I think it's close to 1 minute on TF2

Dderi82 2013-11-28 github

I just started tf2

and I noticed this on console

Precache: Took 77507 ms, Vertex 1065, Pixel 2460

RRuedii 2013-11-28 github

I have found that there is a bad problem with slow drive access on the
slightest fragmentation of the files.

Valve should set steam to preallocate disk space before installation.

However, as a workaround, you can run e4defrag after major updates, so long
as you are running ext4.

I also recommend installing preload and setting it's config to include home
directories for both binaries and data files.

Dderi82 2013-11-29 github

I got new install of kubuntu 13.10, I have just installed tf2.

There was a workaround on dota2. Steam/dota has/had cpu speed test. Which somehow was using too much resources. Setting that setting on your cpu speed or disabled speed up dota 2 loading speed massively I am talking here about 10-20s speed up. Measuring cpu speed shouldnt effect that much dota 2 game loading.

Some update broke that setting, it has no effect anymore.

Some issue is those precalculated things, which are calculated even they are not needed in the game.

Some people experience faster load on wine than native steam..

TTele42 2013-11-29 github

@deri82 the issue with RDTSC_FREQUENCY is not with the game using too much resources to find it, it's with someone assuming that modern processors run at one speed. If the system is using the ondemand cpu governer (a common scenario), RDTSC_FREQUENCY ends up getting set to the idle cpu speed, so for me the game is using a timer set to 1400 instead of 3600.

Dderi82 2013-11-29 github

Explain me how is it possible to have a setting (that doesnt currently work) decrease 10-30s loading speed.

There is something really wrong timing the speed of cpu if one setting can slow down game load so bad.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2017-10-06 github

Hello @deri82, are you still experiencing this issue on an up to date system?

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2017-11-07 github

Closing as general video driver quality from 2013 is no longer relevant.

Nothing extracted yet.