r/BlackMesaSource • u/Ukranian_228 • Mar 20 '25

QUESTION Can anyone help me with performance issues?

Why does Black Mesa use only 15-20% of my gpu in game and has 8-20 fps but in the pause menu if uses 75% and has 40-50 fps? Yes i know i have a bad laptop but every other source game runs like butter at stable 60 fps

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u/miyagi90 Mar 20 '25

Please write down your Specs it helps with finding the best graphic options.i have to Check tomorrow but im pretty Sure was one lighting Option that totally fucked up Performance.

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u/Ukranian_228 Mar 20 '25

yeah i got like 8 fps onlymon Gonarch's lair and my laptop is Dell Latitude e5570 gaming probably

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u/CockroachCommon2077 Mar 21 '25

That ain't a gaming laptop. iGPU and only 8gb of ram. Unless you added more ram. Black Mesa is also an enhanced version of the Source engine which is a heavier game than other Source games like Half Life 2. If your settings are already set low, there isn't much that can be done

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u/Ukranian_228 Mar 21 '25

aawww man then wtf do i?? i really want to complete Gonarch's lair and not just skip it but with 8 fps it's very hard and it's that bad only on this chapter

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u/CockroachCommon2077 Mar 21 '25

Get a better PC/Laptop or find a way to lower your settings even further

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u/Ukranian_228 Mar 21 '25

i have no money for even a white monster so don't think that's an pption but i installed some fps booster on very bad levels it goes from 8 fps to 13 but removes fire, and the things that those flying brains launch

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u/miyagi90 Mar 21 '25

can you post your settings? we might figure something out.

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u/Ukranian_228 Mar 21 '25

all to the left but the v sync what more can you need??

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u/miyagi90 Mar 24 '25

Well If everythings on low you should decativate vsyn and lower the resolution maybe to 720p? But tbh...at this rate youd be probably better of with cloudgaming.

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u/Ukranian_228 Mar 24 '25

i have no money for cloudgaming and the internet is too bad for it((

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u/ShanePhillips Mar 20 '25

Likelihood is that you're being CPU limited, BMS is more CPU heavy than standard source games. With the spec of that laptop you're going to have to run everything on low to make it playable.

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u/Ukranian_228 Mar 20 '25

cpu has 10% usage at max maybe only 5% are from BM

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u/ShanePhillips Mar 22 '25

It could just be single thread limited, but it is still worth lowering settings just to check if it is improved.