Low FPS in TF2?

My system is

E8400-Stock
EVGA9800GTX-stock
2gb's Corsair xms2-Stock
650watt psu

I've been dropping all the way to around 35-40 FPS during normal to large fights. I have vsync on so otherwise it hangs out at 75. From reading around the internet, I think that may be slow for my system. Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks

What resolution are you running the game at? For some reason in TF2, and a handful of other games, I've noticed that running the game at my monitors maximum resolution yields the highest framerate. I know people will probably jump all over me for this, but I've tried tf2 at various 16x10 resolutions and unless I'm running it at 1920x1200 my framerate drops to 40-50fps (as opposed to a solid 60 or above). Age of Conan is the same for me, which is really weird because that is a very demanding game to run ...

Also what's your line speed and what are your advanced video settings (AAxAF)?

Anyone? Maybe a driver issue?

I am running at Max resolution, so that's not my problem now.

Mostly happens where the players are, making me think its some hardware thing. I have 10 Megabit cable so it's not bandwith.

is TF2 still fun?

i played for the first month or so it was out and then the last few times i played it was lame, people were camping in really cheap spots each time i played... and the better maps were hard to find running w\ more then a few people

2fort is just lame the last 3 times i tried playing it.

TF2 is VERY processor intensive. I've got a Core 2 Duo E6300 normally at 1.86ghz, but it is overclocked to 3.325ghz, and that made a HUGE difference. I also run an 8800GT. At 1680x1050 with everything maxed out I usually average about 50-60 FPS. Even in firefights. I recently upgrade to SLI 8800GT's but I didn't notice an increase at all!! All because my processor is currently the limit.

There is a way you can boost framerate -- almost double by enabling SMP in the game. HOWEVER, it is unstable for most. Some have gotten it to work completely stable, or crashing every 2-5 hours. If you don't play all day, this might be OK

See this thread over on the steamforums:

Make a autoexec.cfg (make sure it is .cfg and not .cfg.txt) file in your Steam\Steamapps\accountname\team fortress 2\tf\cfg folder. Paste all those commands in there.

http://forums.steampowered.com/for [...] p?t=694944

mat_queue_mode "2" is the actual command, the other options are ways they try to make it more stable. Just that command alone works for some. Don't enter that in the console, make sure it is in the autoexec.cfg file i described above.