CS_S and vid card ram usage

[hazen]

hey peeps.

ive heard that cs source doesnt use more than 64mb of your card...it says in console memory heap 64mb.
i think i have heard about something u could write in the console to make it use more!...anybody know...???

i have a 256MB card and want it to use a little more than 64mb..u know ;(

Tnx 4 all help

 

[DavE0r]

what bollox. It used LOTS. lol. Urm..i really dont know. I think the MINIMUM it requires is 64mb..as for how much it uses, im atleast thinking 256mb

 

[NB.]

No it wouldnt use 'at least 256mb' because then you would get horrendous performance from even the best cards available, i reckon 128mb. I have a radeon 9800pro 128mb and the game runs fine 95% of the time except on dust when i look out over the whole map it really chokes, which i'm thinking is down to running out of vram and the card has to start swapping textures. dunno though might be completely wrong.

 

[killer916]

hey peeps.

ive heard that cs source doesnt use more than 64mb of your card...it says in console memory heap 64mb.
i think i have heard about something u could write in the console to make it use more!...anybody know...???

i have a 256MB card and want it to use a little more than 64mb..u know ;(

Tnx 4 all help

Yes, the default is 64mb heapsize for your system memory. The default is -heapsize 64000. You could change it to -heapsize 128000 for 128mb; -heapsize 256000 for 256mb; and -heapsize 512000 for 512mb.