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    	    <title>Reply by rock36</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/customise/topic-30016/page-1/?recent=508450#post=508450</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[The problem seems to have been resolved after I had installed antyvirus and run a full scan (it detected 2 minor files). And the temperature stays about 75 all the time (when fully working). Also, I set fps_max to 132 and I'm running on windowned mode (which causes my framerate to be about 60% compared to full screen by itself, though).

I have no idea which of the above helped or was it random.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2014 23:32:15 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Sakkeus II</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/customise/topic-30016/page-1/?recent=508450#post=508336</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[http://imgur.com/kXJ90oB]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2014 11:54:29 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Xzar</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/customise/topic-30016/page-1/?recent=508450#post=508333</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[As Animal said, it's most likely due to overheating and the automatic throttling due to that. 

You could give additional cooling a try, like a desktop fan or something (I know it's not viable in the long run, but it will help you rule out other possibilities)

If overheating indeed is the problem, I dunno how much there is to do really. (Seeing as judging by the components you're playing on a laptop?). Maybe just wait for the winter or do your best to clean up all the vents and so on. Or try to setup a custom fan profile which will cause the lappy to constantly scream at 100dB :p]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2014 11:08:17 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Kengur</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/customise/topic-30016/page-1/?recent=508450#post=508330</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from fisheye</i>
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Nvidia GeForce GT 540M
The temperature was nearly 90 degrees </blockquote>

http://goo.gl/xZkWFj]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2014 10:21:51 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by DELI</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[try decreasing resolution, and get used to it]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2014 03:50:54 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by FlamingBear15</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/customise/topic-30016/page-1/?recent=508450#post=508300</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[if my fps woudnt be perma 30 i would already be in prem B)]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2014 22:15:48 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Emma Ly</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/customise/topic-30016/page-1/?recent=508450#post=508295</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[Chris' FPS config fixed these problems for me.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2014 21:34:27 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by BeRY13</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[i have problem something like this. but my fps drops lasts to 1~ second max, i have gtx 660 msi twinfrozr3, i7 2600k 3.4ghz, 8gb ram, 1Tb hdd seagate. also additional cooling to cpu. any help? :&#124;]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:45:28 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by rock36</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/customise/topic-30016/page-1/?recent=508450#post=508034</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from Setsul</i>
		<blockquote>- learning to play with the lags
- crying like a little bitch</blockquote>

Please, don't post anything if you don't have anything to say really...]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2014 03:36:29 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Setsul</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[Laptops always overheat.

Your options include but are not limited to:
- capping the fps so ridiculously that it doesn't overheat (shit fps, but stable)
- learning to play with the lags
- only playing demo from now on
- various cooling mods varying in effectiveness and ghetoo factor
- crying like a little bitch]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2014 01:02:21 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Animal</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from fisheye</i>
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The temperature was nearly 90 degrees while in game </blockquote>90 in tf2? come back when you get it down to 80 or less]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2014 00:51:00 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Created by rock36</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/customise/topic-30016/page-1/?recent=508450#post=507964</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[Hi!

Yesterday I installed TF2, after having a 2-3 month break. What I found is that the game is unplayable for me because of massive FPS drops. For every 4 seconds I have full FPS, like 200 (or 100 in firefights) and then, for next 4 seconds frames drop instantly to 60-20 FPS. It makes the game lag like shit, feeling my sensitivity is halved and it just makes it unplayable. The strangest part is the constant interval - 4 seconds of full graphics and then 4 seconds of lag, over and over again.

My specifications (I play on laptop for more than 2 years now, never had problems before):

Samsung RF511
Nvidia GeForce GT 540M (340.52 driver version)
Intel Core i5-2450M @ 2.50 GHz
6 GB of RAM
1 TB HDD (but I believe it is worthless information)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (original)

I downloaded latest drivers, done -autoconfig to TF2, deleted all custom HUDs, PREC plugin, sounds and so on. Nothing helped. Additionally, in Nvidia Control Center I set everything to maximum performance, forced to disable all FXAA and whole other options - still no change. Then I decided to launch Nvidia Inspector (something like GPU-Z) to see if the card is overheating. There I could run graphs of temperature, usage, voltage and so on. And the graphs do look very strange. Usage changes from 100% to about 30% in those 4 seconds interval in TF2, L4D2 and surprisingly in FIFA 14 (though I didn't notice any FPS drops there), while Outlast drops from 100% to about 80% (also no noticeable drop in FPS) and old Need for Speed Most Wanted uses about 50% GPU at max (with slight drops), which is also strange, because I run it on lowest settings and the framerate is not smooth.

I provided both screenshot of GPU-Z graphs and a 20-seconds long video of FPS drops in TF2 recorded by my phone:

http://imgur.com/8HFZoTJ
http://www1.zippyshare.com/v/1458485/file.html

The temperature was nearly 90 degrees while in game and it stays about 45-50 when not playing anything.

I don't have any antyvirus program installed and never had such problems before. I have no idea what's causing this and how to fix it. Therefore, I would be very grateful if someone could help me out.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2014 20:28:46 +0200</pubDate>
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