There are a few config options that the comments suggest setting based on if you have a weak GPU and weak CPU. Try setting those. Also, I haven't investigated a lot of the visual settings that will boost FPS on these potato computers.

Even with that, I feel like FPS only gives part of the story. What about load times, stuttering, etc?

Thanks. I'll investigate soon.

:( I'll try out transparent viewmodels and see what the problem is. Could I use your HUD (for consistency)?

Try using building_cubemaps 0.

Does your HUD have transparent viewmodels?

Well if a model has a lower LOD level than 2, it won't ever be used. r_rootlod sets the highest LOD level that can be used, so while r_lod 2 will always use LOD level 2, r_rootlod 2 will start at LOD level 2, and fade to even lower LODs if needed.

r_lod -1 uses automatic LOD, i.e, uses r_rootlod and fades through different LODs. Using anything other than -1 is not recommended (unless you're using 0 to force best quality), because if you try to use r_lod to force a lower LOD, you might not be using the ideal LOD (performance-wise) for that distance.

Sure, but it will take me some time to get it out though since I now use a Nvidia card and only AMD cards have this feature on Linux. I'm building a new PC (with Vega) in around December since this i7 870 is falling off now.

I did that for my own config. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faNeipYH4cw

I apologize for my awful gameplay, the overlay was displayed while I played, so I couldn't see anything :(

I've added that to the readme. Might move it to the wiki once I get more up.

Edit: moved to wiki.

May I use these screenshots? (and under what conditions/copyright license)

What are your launch options? Do you have any modifications installed?

dx9. it is the most efficient/mature source renderer.

dx8 sometimes gets more frames because it simply renders less, but most effects supported/enabled from dx9 can be disabled with cvars.

Thanks for the specs. The Intel Iris one is integrated, the driver will most likely prefer the R5 M230 when you're running TF2.

I meant the high quality PC config.

Thanks for that typo find. I've fixed it.

Well I've seen that's been bugged on various systems/devices, regardless of vendor, so I won't add a specific warning for AMD.

host_thread_mode 1 causes this. It doesn't work with local servers but helps in other situations. Use host_thread_mode 0 for when you're on a local server.

What are your specs? And I think it's more fair to use Comanglia's default, since it uses some of the multithreading CVars I use in mine (unless you've disabled those for this test).

Thank you! I'd love to see where I'm in terms of performance, especially on shitty laptops. If you could, please try to find CVars in the config that are suggested to be changed for bad CPUs/GPUs.

No problem!