It makes sense. I understand that "OB engine" is more power consuming that
"ep1 engine" BUT TF2 is running quite good in my computer.

In addition my config is :
- Athlon 4200X2
- 2GB RAM
- 6600GT

Why TF2 is running fine but HL2MP SDK is not ?

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2008/4/24 Tony omega Sergi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> The biggest one would be technological differences. The system
> requirements
> are higher than ep1 for starters, because there is a significant
> technological difference in what is performed.
> All the shaders are different, and have a lot more computations; Running
> the
> hl2mp source in ep1 engine will consume less resources than in orange box,
> even with the exact same content and code.
>
> Take a look at the difference in requirements:
>
> HL2/EP1:
> ----
>
> Minimum: 1.2 GHz Processor, 256MB RAM, DirectX 7 level graphics card,
> Windows 2000/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection
> Recommended: 2.4 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX 9 level graphics card,
> Windows 2000/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection
>
>
> EP2/Orange Box:
> ---------------
> Minimum: 1.7 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX(R) 8 level Graphics Card,
> Windows(R) Vista/XP/2000, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection
> Recommended: Pentium 4 processor (3.0GHz, or better), 1GB RAM, DirectX(R)
> 9
> level Graphics Card, Windows(R) Vista/XP/2000, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet
> Connection
>
>
> Make sense? :)
> -Tony
>
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 4:01 AM, Janek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just finished porting my mod from "ep1 engine" to "OB engine". I
> wanted
> > to
> > post a quick feedback about performances I had under "ep1 engine" and
> "OB
> > engine". My mod is based on HL2MP SDK.
> >
> > It is clear that performance under new engine are very bad from what I
> > see:
> > - movement are jittery
> > - fps drops down
> > Even if I set all settings to lowest level nothing is flawless.
> >
> > To ensure it is not due to a bad porting of my mod, I did the same test
> > between a fresh HL2MP SDK (from Valve) using "ep1 engine" and the one
> > using
> > "OB engine". I experienced exactly the same performance problem.
> >
> > Do you experienced the same problem ?
> >
> > What can explain such a big difference ?
> >
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