[quote=jp_]
mat_picmip 3 was the issue. I thought worse texture quality was suppose to help with FPS[/quote]

can confirm has been the case for me since even before 64bit, mat_picmip -10 gives the most FPS by far on my benchmarks

[quote]mat_picmip -10

sbmrk.dem
11795 frames 112.301 seconds 105.03 fps ( 9.52 ms/f) 10.305 fps variability
sbmrk24.dem
5032 frames 27.568 seconds 182.53 fps ( 5.48 ms/f) 19.020 fps variability[/quote]

[quote]mat_picmip -2

sbmrk.dem
11795 frames 109.440 seconds 107.78 fps ( 9.28 ms/f) 10.610 fps variability
sbmrk24.dem
5032 frames 25.136 seconds 200.19 fps ( 5.00 ms/f) 23.325 fps variability[/quote]

[quote]mat_picmip 0

sbmrk.dem
11795 frames 109.754 seconds 107.47 fps ( 9.31 ms/f) 10.168 fps variability
sbmrk24.dem
5032 frames 25.744 seconds 195.46 fps ( 5.12 ms/f) 20.494 fps variability[/quote]

[quote]mat_picmip 2

sbmrk.dem
11795 frames 125.001 seconds 94.36 fps (10.60 ms/f) 8.119 fps variability
sbmrk24.dem
5032 frames 31.173 seconds 161.42 fps ( 6.19 ms/f) 15.963 fps variability[/quote]

CPU: Intel i3-12100f
Graphics Card: GTX 1660 Ti
Memory: 2x8GB DDR4 3200CL14 (F4-3200C14-8GFX)
Motherboard: Asus Prime H610M-A D4

OS: Windows 10 22H2
GPU driver version: 551.23
Resolution: 1920x1080
FPS config: recent mastercomfig low
dxlevel: 90
Mods: no explosion smoke script

Decent cpu for the price (~90eur). In 6s, outside of midfights it can get over 240 fps pretty stable. And changing picmip gave a surprisingly large boost for this setup