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Off hand I just want you to know that I read all the threads regarding this topic in this forum all ready; to no avail. On top of that I have tried every tweak I could find. I am very familiar with console commands and using cfg files. My computer specs are not spectacular (see below) but have never had problems until recently (been playing since CS 1.2). Also I am running on a CABLE modem with about a 350Kbyte dl and a 35 Kbyte ul. My ping tends to be stable at about 60-70 while this is occuring.

Well here is the problem: when I first start a net game everything is running smoothly until after about 4 minutes of play. This is when randomly my fps will drop from my normal avg. of about 70-80 fps down to BELOW 10!! This has made it almost unbearable to play as of late .

Things I have tried:

- Virtually all CS commands, graphic, client related.
- HLtoolz on the best FPS pre-set. (game looks extremely crappy and the same thing occurs)
- that NVRefreshTool that someone mentioned in another thread that forces the computer to a certain refresh rate during game. (My max refresh rate is 85 kHz I believe)
- Disabled Vsync
- Newest Drivers
- Using DirectX 8.1

Here are some of the cvars I am currently using:
// FPS Tweaks

cl_himodels 0
gl_keeptjunctions 0
gl_clear 0
gl_cull 1
gl_dither 1
gl_lightholes 0
gl_palette_tex 1
gl_spriteblend 0
gl_ztrick 0
r_detailtextures 0
r_detailtexturessupported 0
r_mirroralpha 0
r_mmx 0
violence_ablood 1
violence_hblood 1
violence_agibs 0
violence_hgibs 0
precache 1
fs_lazy_precache 0
cl_dynamiclights 0
cl_shadows 0
cl_minmodels 1
s_a3d 0
s_eax 0
s_reverb 0
voice_dsound 1
gl_texturemode GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST
gl_round_down 3
gl_picmip 1
gl_playermip 2
gl_max_size 64
fastsprites 2
d_spriteskip 1
ati_npatch 0
ati_subdiv 0
cl_identiconmode 2
cl_particlefx 0
cl_weather 0
cd_fps 0
cl_corpsestay 1
hpk_maxsize 1
max_wallpuffs 1
max_rubble 1
max_shells 1
max_smokepuffs 1

// Ping Tweaks

cl_nopred 0
cl_lw 1
cl_lb 1
cl_lc 1
cl_download_ingame 0
cl_allowupload 0
voice_enable 1
voice_modenable 1
rate 20000
cl_updaterate 45
mp_decals 20
cl_rate 20000
cl_cmdrate 100
cl_cmdbackup "100"

Any insight into why this is happening or what I can do to fix this would be most greatly appreciated Hopefully there is something that I may have overlooked or have not tried Thx

Computer Specs:

Pentium III 800 Mhz
396 MB Ram
nVidia TNT2 model 64