Insane lag on a relatively powerful PC

[spalius]

Hey guys. After reinstalling gmod, for some reason everything started to run really badly. It was bad before, but now it's even worse.
I get around 24fps with:
Ryzen 3 1200
RX 570
16gb DDR4 2666Mhz ram
SSD
I tried making it run on multicore, and it did improve the FPS a little but not much. The performance is bad mostly on the server.

 

[Masky]

A little late on this but worth a shot.

How many addons do you have from the workshop? If you have a lot I have noticed lag on the server on even the lowest settings.

If you believe this is the case just unsubscribe from all workshop content (theres a button for it), grab only the server content and try it then.

 

[Jaydawg]

Hey guys. After reinstalling gmod, for some reason everything started to run really badly. It was bad before, but now it's even worse.
I get around 24fps with:
Ryzen 3 1200
RX 570
16gb DDR4 2666Mhz ram
SSD
I tried making it run on multicore, and it did improve the FPS a little but not much. The performance is bad mostly on the server.

Is this on Neb of Singleplayer?

Cause if it’s Singleplayer/Private server or w/e then try disable StormFox as there’s a memory leak in the addon currently that slowly drains your FPS until you freeze the time/weather. Of course we fixed it on neb but the add on itself is broken.

otherwise, try disable some adding etc.

 

[spalius]

A little late on this but worth a shot.

How many addons do you have from the workshop? If you have a lot I have noticed lag on the server on even the lowest settings.

If you believe this is the case just unsubscribe from all workshop content (theres a button for it), grab only the server content and try it then.

I only have the addons that neb requires.

Is this on Neb of Singleplayer?

Cause if it’s Singleplayer/Private server or w/e then try disable StormFox as there’s a memory leak in the addon currently that slowly drains your FPS until you freeze the time/weather. Of course we fixed it on neb but the add on itself is broken.

otherwise, try disable some adding etc.

It's mainly happening only on the server.

 

[aeromantis]

yeah I'm getting only marginally better performance on a Ryzen 5 2600, RTX 2070, and 3200mhz 16gb ram, with an SSD no less.
just seems to be a gmod hl2rp thing, it's better than what clockwork was, but it's still not great.

singleplayer i can grab 200fps easy.

 

[Oswald]

Hey guys. After reinstalling gmod, for some reason everything started to run really badly. It was bad before, but now it's even worse.
I get around 24fps with:
Ryzen 3 1200
RX 570
16gb DDR4 2666Mhz ram
SSD
I tried making it run on multicore, and it did improve the FPS a little but not much. The performance is bad mostly on the server.

yeah I'm getting only marginally better performance on a Ryzen 5 2600, RTX 2070, and 3200mhz 16gb ram, with an SSD no less.
just seems to be a gmod hl2rp thing, it's better than what clockwork was, but it's still not great.

singleplayer i can grab 200fps easy.

Okay guys, quit bragging, I'm POOR OKAY?

 

[spalius]

Okay guys, quit bragging, I'm POOR OKAY?

Weeeell, you can get a decent PC for like 600, very slightly outdated but runs most games today.

Besides, if you only play GMOD then the difference will be minimal if you upgrade

 

[Kenny.]

dunno if this will really help or anything but you can try stuff like fps_max 0 and gmod_mcore_test 1 in the console

 

[spalius]

dunno if this will really help or anything but you can try stuff like fps_max 0 and gmod_mcore_test 1 in the console

As I said, I already did gmod_mcore_test 1, fps_max 0 won't help because nothing is limiting my fps

besides, it only lags on multiplayer, not singleplayer

 

[Kenny.]

As I said, I already did gmod_mcore_test 1, fps_max 0 won't help because nothing is limiting my fps

besides, it only lags on multiplayer, not singleplayer

well gmod is a poorly optimized game
i recommend setting down the shadows to low as they dont change anything except take up a lot of fps

 

[Nova_]

Just gonna chip in, I have a Ryzen 2700x with a 2080ti and my FPS is pretty shit too, so don't blame it on the hardware.

What I will say is though that your 1600 is gonna get dated pretty quick.

 

[Ricsow]

mat_dxlevel 90
I was playing on a map with like 10-15 Fps once, typed this command, got 200 fps. Makes the game look worse, though.

 

[spalius]

Okay, so I managed to fix the lag on my PC (for now). Here's what I did in this order:

1. mat_dxlevel 90
2. mat_dxlevel 98
3. gmod_mcore_test 1
4. make the settings as high as possible
   

I have no idea why this fixed it for me, but I hope it also fixed things for you!