Found out there is a tool that allows you to benchmark DNS servers so that you know wich ones are fastest for you !

If you dont know, the Domain Name Service is what tells your browser where to take you when you type www.google.com or other URLs in your browser.

The application is called DNS Benchmark and it only takes a minute or two to measure the fastest DNS server for you. You just open, go to "Nameservers" - > click "Run Benchmark" and wait for results

You can easily see how to change your DNS server following a step-by-step guide

Hope you like it!

check monitor or graphics card driver for the option

its definatelly different than a normal monitor
i dont feel any eye strain using refresh rate of 75 Hz , some people need a bit more
75 Hz or 85 Hz is usually the default
if you use 1024x768 you can get to 100 Hz or more in most consumer CRTs

CRTs are like free and they give better quality colors than 90% of modern screens
also they accept any low resolution you throw at em without making it look as bad as a non-native resolution looks on modern displays

rip privacy
inb4 they say the whole "if ur not doing anything bad u shouldnt care ;)))"

AMD is good value but lacks single-threaded performance wich can be useful for shitty unoptimized engines (TF2 or old games that only use one core)

I dont know if its bullshit but i remember running stock Unity and playing TF2 on fullscreen, and getting some crazy input lag / overhead.

maybe they changed it since then but i wouldnt personally recommend a bloated DE anyway just to see a few "cool" 3d effects anyway.

great tip ! this worked in my laptop making the average clockspeed higher on the "performance" mode but it still varies (480 MHz to 2.16 GHz on intel N3050)
do you know how to make it fixed?

Ive tried using -dxlevel 81 but it didnt show any apparent difference from stock and still showed "mat_dxlevel 90" on console
Are you sure you tried that on the linux version and not on the windows version running under wine in linux?

I've been venturing into ubuntu (xubuntu) for the first time in a long time and I've decided to check out if TF2 ran any better since last time i tried.

This small guide specific to linux will be complimentary to the general performance guide provided by Comanglia

First off, forget about -dxlevel since directX is propietary microsoft software and TF2 on linux will be running on OpenGL.

Graphics cards
Make sure you have the latest drivers.
For AMD and nVidia you have propietary drivers available with instructions in their respective sites, wich are generally faster than the open source counterparts.
For intel graphics, their official drivers are open source already and should be installed by default. In fact intel integrated graphics are likely to perform better in linux than in windows for TF2.

Where is the Steam folder ?
The steam folder in linux is hidden by default in /home/user/.steam
You should be able to visualize hidden folders and files by simply pressing "Ctrl + H" on your home folder.

Desktop enviroments

• Don't use Unity, Gnome or KDE4 for gaming. The 3D desktop compositing will reduce performance and could add overhead (input / display lag). Only the latter can have it fully disabled without advanced tinkering afaik.
  
• Recommended to use xfce or the Steam Big Picture login mode wich use very light window managers.
  
• You might experience a wierd windowed no-border style thing if you try a non-native resolution in Source games. Your screen resolution wont actually change and it will be like a stretched image, while still using your desktop resolution.
  
• Installing SteamOS is not recommended since it doesnt give partitioning options and wipes your drive without asking or giving any options

Mouse sensitivity
Disable mouse acceleration in Ubuntu 16

Vsync
If you think you may have Vsync enabled, you can quickly disable it with the following command

export vblank_mode=0

Updated: 22/07/2017

Remember very fondly games like Commander Keen 4 and Skyroads
also too many 2D strategy games to count ! even crappy ones like tortuga...

i would have no idea whats going on in the first clip if i didnt know what a jump map was

Ratchet & Clank
Crash Bandicoot
Jak
Sly Cooper
Tekken 5
DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 2
Katamari Damacy
reminder that you can play any PS2 you want with PCSX2 emulator,

i was expecting some kind of list of the most used offclasses in 6v6 or something serious like that
lmao

agree with all except viaduct, that map is very badly optimized and not even symmetrical i think

i dont think directx9 should be a thing in 2016