If the displayed CPU frequency percentage drops below about 80-85% then it suggests that your CPU may be overheating and being thermally throttled. Under normal circumstances this percentage should be 90% or higher.

The measured frequency is compared to how fast Windows says that the CPU is running and this percentage is displayed in the cl_showfps and net_graph displays. If you add “+cpu_frequency_monitoring 2” to your launch options then the CPU’s speed will be measured every two seconds. Most Valve games have a built-in command for monitoring your CPU speed. I am possibly experiencing performance issues due to overheating ¶Ĭonsider the following instructions from Valve to analyze your overheating issue, if you are on Windows: Make sure your TF2 configs ( autoexec.cfg, modules.cfg, etc) are in the cfg/user folder. Make sure the mastercomfig preset VPK is in the tf/custom folder. Go over the installation steps once again. In the opened options window, go to the View tab, and under Advanced settings, clear Hide extensions for known file types.

Open the start menu, search for Folder Options and then select the first result. To ensure this, you can enable file name extensions in Windows and it will make any future configuration easier.

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