[SteelmassacrE]

ok my friend told me to type "r_picmip 0" into the console then type "vid_restart" i did and whoah and behold my graphics were maximum but i was getting the same FPS as i would if i had gone through the options and changed the graphics, now can someone please tell me what the point is in this command?

[Bazooka_Joe]

Well, if the graphics are exactly the same, then I guess he just showed you how to do this without using the menu.

Vid_Restart only refreshes the video of your game, this has nothing to do with a performance tweak. You use this if your game is glitched (Axis holding allied weapons, no weapons, invisible players, etc). Otherwise, this really won't effect your FPS.