hello i was wondering wat drivers i should use for cs:s with my 256mb 5950 ultra GPU ... thx in advance experts:dave:
Hi To get the best performance out of CounterStrike: Source you should force Direct X 8.1 shaders instead of Direct X 9 shaders. This is because the FX series cards have performance problems running DX 9 shaders. You should check the console variable mat_dxlevel to see what shaders you are using. If it is 90, you should put this into autoexec.cfg located in \<YOUR_HL2_FOLDER>\cstrike\cfg. cl_showfps 2 mat_dxlevel 81 mat_clipz 1 mat_show_texture_memory_usage 1 ai_disable 0 ai_norebuildgraph 1 cl_forcepreload 1 sv_forcepreload 1 cl_ragdoll_collide 1 sv_footsteps 1 violence_ablood 1 violence_agibs 1 violence_hblood 1 violence_hgibs 1 cl_ejectbrass 1 cl_show_bloodspray 1 cl_show_splashes 1 crosshair 1 mat_bloom 1 mat_bumpmap 1 mat_diffuse 1 mat_drawwater 1 mat_fastnobump 0 mat_filterlightmaps 1 mat_filtertextures 1 mat_fullbright 0 mat_hsv 0 mat_mipmaptextures 1 mat_showlowresimage 0 mat_softwarelighting 0 mat_softwareskin 0 mat_specular 1 mat_compressedtextures 1 muzzleflash_light 1 r_drawdecals 1 r_drawflecks 1 r_drawmodeldecals 1 r_drawparticles 1 r_DrawRain 1 r_drawropes 1 r_drawskybox 1 r_drawtranslucentrenderables 1 r_dynamic 1 r_WaterDrawReflection 1 r_WaterDrawRefraction 1 r_fastzreject 1 r_lod 0 cl_smooth 0 lod_Enable 1 sv_robust_explosions 1 r_waterforceexpensive 1 If you have no "autoexec.cfg" file in the specificed folder, just create this text-file with the editor of your choice and just copy-paste these into it. To answer your question regarding the drivers, I quess you should try 83.90 as it seems to have certain optimizations also for the Source engine, but I don`t know for sure if this also applies to FX-series cards. Anyway, forcing DX 8.1 shaders on FX cards always gives a huge FPS boost, and in Counter-Strike: Source you will probably not notice any difference in Image-Quality. It will look the same also if you are using DX 8.1 shaders.
alright umm, iv got a pretty good config already using most of those commands :d thx any way ill try those, but about the drivers ... and 8.1 r default for FX cards ...
OK, wasn`t sure if Source engines always default to DX 8.1 if FX is detected. From what I remember, when I had my 5900 card I`ve been using the drivers 65.73 for best performance in Half-Life 2. Maybe you should try that one also.
I should default to DX8.1 upon detection of the FX Generation of cards.. It did when I last installed Half-Life 2
