Texture streaming setting has a significant effect on nature of framerate problem

Mattk50

If i have texture streaming on, my ns2 lag problems come in short bursts. entering another room, a marine starts firing, someone builds something or a comm inks, etc, all causes a 1 second period of zero frames and then longer of low framerate (like, 5.) Other than those instances everything runs at a fine 60fps, no microstutter of note. With texture streaming off, i get continuous micro-stutter where while fraps says 100fps, in actual reality im getting what appears to be 10-30 fps depending on whats being rendered, which is obviously unplayable.

I hope this helps fixing the problem.