fps problems

[OutbackBlazer]

what are some fps problems becouse i was getting 150-200 fps but now im getting 30-60 fps

[Ghost]

My best suggestions would be to defrag your computer, and try to clean out any and all dust that could be slowing down your mobo.

[fallen1]

There has been a lot of talk in the Steam forums about people suddenly getting much lower fps since the update. I've also seen a lot of complaints about people suddenly getting a lot of choke and loss since the update, both of which can really kill your fps.
I've also seen (both personally and in various forums) apparently random instances where after a Steam update something had changed in the graphics settings for no apparent reason, so you might want to double check to make sure none of your settings have suddenly changed.

Aside from Steam screwing up with another update, there are a couple of possibilities. First, check to see if there is an updated version of your graphics driver. There have been a couple of times where I've gotten a pretty impressive performance boost just by updating my video driver (the difference can be really noticable if your current driver is several revisions old).

Also, like Ghost said, defrag and dust out your computer. If your computer is constantly sifting through file fragments or building up too much heat your performance will plummet.

You also might want to run a couple of anti-spyware apps to make sure you don't have a spyware infection sucking up CPU cycles and bandwidth. I always reccomend using at least 2 and preferably 3 different anti-spyware programs since there is no one program out there that catches everything. I have Ad-Aware Personal Edition and Spybot Search and Destroy (both free) that I use to supplement Webroot SpySweeper (not free, but worth the money).

[LeeRoy]

Try setting the CPU priority to low for STEAM. To do this start steam and then find the process in the task manager. Right click and go to priority. Set to low. I had the same problem and that helped somewhat.

[-KM-Demon]

One thing it might be is that maps could have been updated with HDR support. HDR will take a chunkofyour frames per second ifenabled. One guy i was playing with said he was having slow frame rates on the level we were on and I noticed it had HDR. Told him to turn off HDR in settings and he said it jumped way up in frames per second. Could be that, who knows.

What is your setup Firefighter?

If your getting 150-200 fps you must have a good video card.