didnt realize you meant hud crosshairs lol

Pretty sure that just makes the cpu not able to slow down its clock speeds and throttle you (ie going from 4ghz down to 2.8 if there's not as much % usage)

hyper 212

Hi all, I'm just wondering how much of an effect overclocking your system has on tf2. I'm currently running an i7 4770k and a gtx760 running stock speeds, though they're both overclockable. I notice when playing my cpu only uses about 40% according to the task manager, and the gpu around the same or less (Depending on movie config vs playing config). I can record a benchmark or something if that helps. I've been trying to render a lot of long demos with srcdemo2 and lawena and it's been going pretty slow, but it doesnt look like anything is bottlenecking it. Then is it right to say that OC'ing would make no difference?
I'd prefer to just keep at stock speeds and not put too much excessive wear and tear on my computer, but I realize a small overclock probably wouldnt hurt much. Thanks.

edit: Thanks dash, turns out it was on balanced settings. I'll probably try OCing tomorrow in scrims and see if there's any improvement

I prefer coiled since it's usually shorter and easier if you're close to your source (ie computer or phone/ipod if mobile). Don't think it really matters much though, not like its gonna change the sound quality or anything. Haven't tried both the M50 variations myself, but there's tons of threads about it on the internet.

Also off topic, you might want to look at other headpohnes from the m50. They are really popular and not bad but for gaming there's really not much reason to go for them over open back phones (ad700, various sennheisers, etc). Might as well go for soundstage if you can.
http://www.head-fi.org/t/459443/audio-technica-ath-m50-straight-vs-coiled
http://www.head-fi.org/t/628517/ath-m50-or-ath-m50s-i-know-i-know-just-hear-me-out
http://www.head-fi.org/t/575394/ath-m50-coiled-or-straight-cable

arrows because airshots

http://teamfortress.tv/thread/7483/easiest-way-to-turn-a-demo-in-to-a-youtube-video
http://teamfortress.tv/thread/3521/how-to-make-videos-for-tf2
I think the easiest way to do it if you don't care too much about quality is just to record an OBS stream to twitch and highlight it, then export that to youtube.

stock everything isn't bad, though the ambassador and l'etranger are both decent upgrdes

You also might want to check out ugc recruitment forums
http://www.ugcleague.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?5-TF2-Recruiting

Yo i'm in the boston area as well gamers. will probably come
fuck 8 hours drives tho

http://i.imgur.com/4Xwu6kD.jpg

Laptop

I'm not sure why you think getting a mentor will improve your DM magically. Only way to 'land more directs with stock rl' is to practice.
Might want to edit the OP and include more info as well as use decent grammar/spelling

Have you ever checked to see if the game is using all 8 cores? Would be interested to see that. I've heard tf2 only uses one core, but my quad i7 with hyperthreading gets less frames than that. Could just be the dual gpus but I doubt it since tf2 is so cpu limited

Anyone mind explaining what exactly this does? I'm used to using the in game m1 once and then forget, is there any way to have the same sort of thing, and not have everything be switched backwards? Don't really understand all the code

Minor threadjack but what are some examples of games that you would play if you had a better PC? I have a problem with not playing any other games but TF2 but have a decent computer