I'll give the launch options a go and report back to you when I can. In regards to the high performance power plan, I've tried it when it's disabled and when it's enabled, again there's not been a difference.

It could entirely be the networking system and I'll give those settings a little go and report back to you on that too. This may take a week or so, I'm busy.

Thanks

I typically make sure that most of/all of the bloatware programs installed by default are removed and I have done so with this laptop. Regarding background applications, Steam and Discord are the primary applications but even upon closing Discord framerate is no different. Other applications I attempt to close generally re-open or even if closed no framerate difference is observed.

In terms of mat_queue_mode, I've always left it at -1 as setting it to 1 or 0 decreases FPS. Setting it to 2 is the same as -1 for me. I have also forced TF to always use my NVIDIA GPU over the Intel Graphics Card ever since getting the laptop.

As I say, I've tried quite a fair few "tricks" and "tips" for optimal performance over the 4k hours I've played TF...I just cannot seem to get a good 60 FPS no matter what I do when I'm in mid-fight. I've gotten used to 30-40, but obviously 60 FPS is optimal on a 60 Hz display (VSync is disabled)

Hello mastercoms,

I've been trying out your comfig settings (I've tried a few and thrown them into my autoexec, over actually using the entire config currently, though using any of your configs doesn't help too much) and while they have definitely helped by reducing stuttering times and even server load times, my framerate still appears to be inconsistent. I've tried settings and configs (all the way from the lowest, semi-low, low, default, high, very high, ultra and the while frames are different, they're only different when no battles occur.

No matter the config I use, I seem to get a consistent 30-40 FPS mid battle (can go up to around 120+ when nothing is happening and has been known to dip below 30 since Jungle Inferno) and changing resolution does nothing. Would you be able to suggest better settings for my system perhaps, since you're more knowledgeable about these things.

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M v2 (4 GB VRAM GDDR5; latest NVIDIA GPU Driver)
CPU: Intel Core i3-6100u @ 2.3 GHz
RAM: 8 GB GDDR3 (I think; definitely 8 GB though)
Monitor: Generic 1080p laptop screen
Custom Settings for TF: -novid (-high makes no difference, so it's been removed currently)
Custom Folder: Reduced Explosion Smoke & Custom Hitsound

I'll try to add more information if possible and required. I understand my laptop is not the greatest by any means, but I don't think 30-40 FPS is what I should be getting. I've even been getting this from the day I acquired the laptop, and "Windows Optimisations" make no difference either.

Thanks man.