Multicore support for CSS

[Propaganda]

With the update multi core support is now enabled, if you have a multi core cpu put this in console or config

mat_queue_mode 2

Should help with performance.

 

[Shortbus]

Would turning on multicore support through the options have teh same effect?

 

[B.From.Acc]

mine is locked to "enabled" through the options menu.. gonna try this tomorrow.

i get 30-40 fps less on mac vs windows when playing CS. using the same machine.. lame. hope this fixes it.

 

[Hinouchi]

I thought it would help on the performance, but my frame rate actually dropped in half after enabling it. I'll give it a try again.

 

[47]

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mine is locked to "enabled" through the options menu.. gonna try this tomorrow.

i get 30-40 fps less on mac vs windows when playing CS. using the same machine.. lame. hope this fixes it.
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thats because mac is a faggot

 

[Hinouchi]

ok guess my laptop was a bit screwy earlier, seems like it's working fine now, but I don't really noticing the difference in performance.

 

[EtheralKitten]

For those looking for a bit of understanding behind this command:

mat_queue_mode[-1,0,1,2] - This setting determines the threading mode the material system uses. A value of -1 uses the default for your system, a value of 0 uses synchronous single thread, 1 uses queued single threaded mode, and value of 2 uses multi-threaded mode. Many users report performance increases on multi-core systems when setting this variable to a value of 2.

Taken from the steam forums

If you have multicore enabled then I don't think it will matter if you use "mat_queue_mode 2".

 

[Shortbus]

That being said, many players report a drop in performance after enabling that command.

 

[sir-drek]

I'll give 'er a try. I shall report back my findings. Godspeed.

 

[OG buckshot jr]

Grabbing the update right now, it seems fairly large

I'll try with no multicore support then with, record FPS and some playtime and post back here.

EDIT: Just tried it out, and I think css is no longer playable on my laptop. Previously, I ran css @ 100fps (limited through console) @ 1440x900 resolution (my lappy's full native res). Now, I still get around 70-ish, however the game looks INCREDIBLY choppy - like Playstation 1 graphics, and it lags horribly - like I'm playing on 47's old computer or something. This is all without "multi-core support" enabled. With multi-core (it's clearly not really multi-core threading) enabled, it's even worse.


Uh... dur?

 

[S@lv_dor]

im guessing it does this automatically since i didnt change anything and my reported fps doubled

 

[EtheralKitten]

I'm fairly certain that enabling multicore puts the setting at "mat_que_mode -1" which is default; default for most systems will end up using multi threaded mode AKA "mat_que_mode 2," so I don't see this doing much on the majority of computers running CS:S with multicore enabled. I s'pose this could be verified by letting the game auto config then enabling multicore support and checking the mat_que_mode in the saved config.

I'm too frustrated to do that myself right now though.