When I launch TF2 and join a server I always get awful unplayable performance: about 10-20 FPS. However if I then go into the advanced video options and change something (like increase AA from None to 2x) it stutters for a bit while it reloads, but then I get great performance: 60 FPS.
The performance stays great through map changes and server changes, so I only have to repeat the trick when I restart the game. The trick doesn't work if I change the video options while outside a server. Note that this has nothing to do with the performance of my hardware since I can actually increase my FPS by increasing the video options (like raising AA from None to 2x) (also TF2 runs fine in Windows on the same PC).
It seems like TF2's renderer is loading "wrong" the first time, and changing the video options in-game forces it to reload "correctly". But I have no idea how to fix it. It's not the end of the world since I figured out the workaround, but it can get pretty frustrating - especially when TF2 crashes and I have to repeat the ritual. I tried doing a fresh install of TF2 to no effect.
I'm running on fully up-to-date Arch Linux. Here are my specs:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x2a
CPU Stepping: 0x7
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3700 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:
"Arch Linux" (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 4.1.6-1-ARCH
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 11702000
X Window Manager: awesome
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-release_2015-06-12
Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 570/PCIe/SSE2
Driver Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 352.41
OpenGL Version: 4.5
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x1086
Number of Monitors: 2
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
Primary Display Resolution: 2560 x 1440
Desktop Resolution: 4480 x 1440
Primary Display Size: 23.50" x 13.23" (26.97" diag)
59.7cm x 33.6cm (68.5cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 1280 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x 16x
Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC889
Memory:
RAM: 7956 Mb
Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 953866 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 286159 Mb
When I launch TF2 and join a server I always get awful unplayable performance: about 10-20 FPS. However if I then go into the advanced video options and change something (like increase AA from None to 2x) it stutters for a bit while it reloads, but then I get great performance: 60 FPS.
The performance stays great through map changes and server changes, so I only have to repeat the trick when I restart the game. The trick doesn't work if I change the video options while outside a server. Note that this has nothing to do with the performance of my hardware since I can actually increase my FPS by increasing the video options (like raising AA from None to 2x) (also TF2 runs fine in Windows on the same PC).
It seems like TF2's renderer is loading "wrong" the first time, and changing the video options in-game forces it to reload "correctly". But I have no idea how to fix it. It's not the end of the world since I figured out the workaround, but it can get pretty frustrating - especially when TF2 crashes and I have to repeat the ritual. I tried doing a fresh install of TF2 to no effect.
I'm running on fully up-to-date Arch Linux. Here are my specs:
I also posted this on the Steam forums.