-swapcores seems to be a bit bad for the previous gen AMD processors (FX series)
AMD FX-8350 (stock, no turbo), GTX 970, comanglia cfg, mat_queue_mode 2
-dxlevel 95 -w 800 -h 600 -refresh 144 -novid -nojoy -nosteamcontroller -noff -nohltv -softparticlesdefaultoff -reuse -primarysound -snoforceformat
2639 frames 25.155 seconds 104.91 fps ( 9.53 ms/f) 6.595 fps variability
2639 frames 25.080 seconds 105.22 fps ( 9.50 ms/f) 6.009 fps variability
2639 frames 25.242 seconds 104.55 fps ( 9.56 ms/f) 6.077 fps variability
-dxlevel 95 -w 800 -h 600 -refresh 144 -novid -nojoy -nosteamcontroller -noff -nohltv -softparticlesdefaultoff -reuse -primarysound -snoforceformat -swapcores
2639 frames 25.221 seconds 104.64 fps ( 9.56 ms/f) 7.145 fps variability
2639 frames 24.812 seconds 106.36 fps ( 9.40 ms/f) 6.287 fps variability
2639 frames 25.031 seconds 105.43 fps ( 9.48 ms/f) 6.103 fps variability
also what should i take away from the fps variability info? i never paid much attention to it
edit: also i get the feeling going from dx8 to 9 that dx9 has less input lag. might have to do with video drivers but it feels way more responsive.