Do new skins slow down your performance?

[halflifeguy]

i was wondering if new skinds and weapon modles slow down ur performance....

 

[Milkman]

Yes, they will be an increased strain on your computer if you get ones of high quality due to larger textures, higher poly count, etc but I have completly new weapon and player models and I don't see much of a difference.

 

[Qonfused]

Yea, they do. I notice system lag when I download the awesome skins at www.counter-strike-dl.com.

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[Milkman]

Some replacements are quite high poly, this M4 I am using is over 10,000 triangles, and on a 64 man server with atleast 20 guys using it (world models) the polys stack up big time.

 

[Exclamatio]

aye depends on the skin

 

[xLostx]

Yea, they do. I notice system lag when I download the awesome skins at www.counter-strike-dl.com.

(Plug...)

/sellout

 

[OmegaX]

Are there any low poly skins that increase fps?

 

[Qonfused]

/sellout

/shock

 

[Deemo]

they also increase load times

 

[MarcoPollo]

Are there any low poly skins that increase fps?

I'm sure there are but they porbably are really crappy like my stained glass CT model. (due to a bug) and I am too lazy to put the models back.