I'm a college student so I move around somewhat, so I'd rather get a laptop than a desktop. I checked the prices and building my own PC would be the same price/marginally cheaper than getting a laptop with the same specs

However I've been reading that laptop parts aren't the same as desktop even if they have the same name, as well as stuff like

The article from the quote shows the same GPU on laptops giving 30% less fps in most games compared to the desktop version.

Is all this true?

This is the laptop I'm looking at (around 1150 eur)

ASUS G531GU-AL009 i7-9750H/16GB/256GB SSD/1TB/GTX 1660Ti 6GB

Display: 15.6" (39.62cm)
Resolution: 1920x1080
CPU: Intel Core i7-9750H Processor 2.6GHz (12M Cache, up to 4.5GHz)
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660Тi 6GB
RAM: 16GB
1TB HDD
256GB SSD

Thanks a lot for the advice :)

Oh 1 more thing, if I were to host it myself, how much bandwidth would I need?

I've been looking into getting a private 12 slot server, can anyone give me good hosting suggestions? I see all the various hosts bragging about their servers having X kinda processors or X amount of ram but I have absolutely no idea what I would need for a good 6s server with only basic plugins (sourcemod, tftrue and w.e. else a 6s server actually uses). Like, would the cheapest option here be enough or do I need something more expensive?

https://i.imgur.com/7a4a8k5.png

Is there any other host in eu that you guys would specifically recommend?

Also, INB4 donate to serveme

Honestly, you and people like you are the reason this game has survived for so long. Putting in so much effort in passion projects with no financial gain and typing up essays just because some dude asked a question on a forum. I greatly appreciate the lengthy and in-depth reply and I'll try out your values tomorrow <3

Sideshow has been pulling 2k+ viewers on his stream lately and as of me writing this he's at almost 4k. Guess he's finally making it on twitch. Bulldick #2 when?

So I've been using the same net settings since like 2012 since back then these were regarded as "the best"

Projectile classes:

cl_updaterate 66
cl_cmdrate 66
cl_interp 0.0152
cl_interp_ratio 2

Hitscan classes:

cl_updaterate 66
cl_cmdrate 66
cl_interp 0.033
cl_interp_ratio 1

Over the years I've seen many different suggestions but no actual consensus on what would be the new "best" so I never bothered changing them. Every thread I've seen has some half baked theory being disputed by others without ever reaching a consensus, and people with actual expertise in the field (don't quote me on this but I think I've seen setsul/mastercoms/comanglia in different threads) just say "it depends".

My questions are, what does it depend on? Like, can I post a screenshot of my net graph or my speedtest/pingtest info and have someone tell me what the ideal net settings would be for me? Do they really need to differ for projectile and hitscan? Are my current ones outdated as fuck? Sometimes I feel like I have better hitreg on scout on 150 ping NA servers than I do on 30 ping european ones. Halp please

Excuse the doublepost but after 15 mins of painstaking research, I found a method that uses a program called hialgo boost.

1. Download it
2. Install it
3. Go to Program Files (x86)\HiAlgo\Plugins\BOOST, open the file called exceptions.ini
4. Edit the the MAX_ADJUST_LODBIAS line at the start to MAX_ADJUST_LODBIAS = 1.

***Hialgo apparently uses an injector and a lot of people have asked if it can get you VAC'd, but all the steam discussion threads that I read through had people that said they used it for months with no issues and absolutely no one said that they've been banned because of it. Also, the 5.0 version patch notes on the hialgo website say that it has been whitelisted by VAC. That being said, you have been warned, use it at your own risk. Feel free to do your own research, post if you find anything worth mentioning.

Also, it comes with a giant annoying overlay with a fps counter and some other crappy info, just hit shift+f10 and shift +f12 to disable both (this will give you the tf2 quit prompt, just click cancel)

Also also, if anyone knows how to get this working via regedit, please tell me because I'd rather use that than take an even 0.001% chance of getting VAC'd because of a third party injector.

EDIT: Also, the point of the program is to apparently change your resolution when you're moving your mouse around to give you a performance boost. It looks like complete aids, however, apparently this only works on dx9 and I'm running dx8 so it's off for me. If you're running tf2 in dx9, you might have to find a way to disable the actual core function of hialgo, lmao. Also, there's an annoying gray square in the top left corner for me, after some googling, lots of people apparently have this issue but I haven't found a fix.

As you can see it's far from an ideal solution, but it's better than nothing for all those #struggling gamers running intel gpus.

EDIT #2: a better way to disable the hialgo overlay is to go to

C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\My Games\HiAlgo\BOOST_v5.0\C;)Program Files (x86))Steam)steamapps)common)Team Fortress 2)hl2

or whatever similar director, open settings.ini and set the logo opacity to 0 and show_fps to false.

IMPORTANT EDIT: after some playtesting and benchmarking, this actually gave me a 10% fps DECREASE as well as giving me frequent and significant framerate dips during gameplay. So only use it if you really want those textures ig

Unfortunately that thread is for ATI users, I have an integrated gpu and this is what regedit looks like for me, those directories don't exist (I'm not sure if I'm in the right one in that screenshot, but none of the 0000 folders have anything like what that quote describes). Does anyone here have an idea of what I should do (and if/how it can be reverted if i fuck it up)?

https://i.imgur.com/jaFBcoi.png

What's the flashiest fragmovie, the kind of thing that you would send to someone that has no idea what tf2 is to get them hyped about 6s. I'm not talking subtle frags "well see this was a cool play from the scout because he outsmarted the enemy team, managed to get a good flank and 2 shot the med and then instadied. the med is a very important class btw", I'm talking a mix of good editing and impressive looking frags that speak for themselves and look insane

I probably have a bit of an unorthodox taste but I've always loved flathud. The main menu and class selection are disgusting but it has the best ingame font for any tf2 hud. It's pretty robust and it makes your hp/ammo/dmg numbers look crisp and easy to read. It also fits great with shitty cfgs unlike most other shinier looking huds that are way too shiny and elegant to fit with a mid/low settings cfg

https://huds.tf/forum/xthreads_attach.php/45_1461709932_57e87350/019ff8fd1b3079f7ecf54ace16ab2aa1/iga9UM1.jpg

Worst is probably evehud, it looks way too close to stock and the hp/ammo are too close to the bottom of the screen to be seen easily, the same problem that stock has

https://files.gamebanana.com/img/ss/guis/5a234308266b1.jpg

Sure, when they make it support video calls

Friend lives in a dorm with a fairly shitty connection, skype deals with it better (call quality drops to like 160p) than discord (quality doesn't drop but audio/video freeze completely)

Lmao memes aside I'm sure that they do, but that's automatic recording, it's not like they have agents in white vans eating cheeseburgers and listening in on their headsets so I accidentally heard them or w.e.

So, does anyone have an even remotely serious answer?

This happened twice tonight while I was calling a friend on skype - the call connected but their cam didn't turn on, instead, I could hear a random male and female voice that sounded kinda far away. I asked "wait is this a mixed up call" they replied "who the fuck is this" and I hung up. I was recalling a while later and it happened again, this time with a distant male voice but he hung up after 7 seconds.

Has anyone else ever experienced this? It hasn't happened to me in the 10 or however many years that I've been on skype. It reminds me of ye olden days where telephone calls would get mixed up and connect you to random people and you could listen in on their convos.

Am I getting wiretapped by the CIA or some shit, lmao

Also, INB4 "just use discord"

Lmao literally this

https://weeradicals.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/6b14bf95848d7cbc274662ee68e397f8438b585e275af5b7dee51dac66cab350.jpg?w=620

Wtf ???? Virus program stole all my hats!!!! Someone pls call an admin

I'm a simple man

https://i.imgur.com/yHOg7jY.png?1