Mar. 18 Update

[MrAlBobo]

March 18, 2009 - Team Fortress 2 Update Released

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Added Multicore Rendering


This initial release is aimed at testing compatibility, so the option is OFF by default

To turn it on, go to the Options->Video->Advanced dialog, and check the "Multicore Rendering" option


Other Changes

Several performance improvements to decals and client bone/flex setup

A variety of alt-tab and mode switch fixes

Improvements to the way the engine initializes surround sound, fixing some specific hardware cases

Fixed a crash on exit in Vista 64

holy shit, multicore rendering support, now perhaps i can hit a stable 160fps

 

[Ceiling Man]

Excuse me for being a noob, but Multicore is...?

 

[MrAlBobo]

it is when a single processor has more then one core, for example mine has 4 and can execute instructions on each one...

for more direct relevance, before multicore support my fps was 50-90, after it was enabled I get from 110-170 fps...and it is stable!!!

 

[Ceiling Man]

Nice, not sure if mine has it, though. :U

 

[Shmitz]

Given the recent SDK update claiming a fix to custom particles, someone should check to see if this has propagated to TF2 with today's update.

 

[Hawk]

Nice, not sure if mine has it, though. :U

If you can tell us what kind of processor you have, we can tell you.
(Right-click "My Computer" and choose Properties. It should say what kind of CPU you have.)

 

[Icarus]

The lower your graphics settings are, the more this will improve your FPS.

 

[AntonJ3000]

Pretty stable, but still a bit unstable.
My fps like jumps from 80-190. And I crashed once (After playing for like 6hours total after not playing and stuff)