Crap Fps in Quake 3

[old.Pokey]

Right im running Q3 on a
CeleronII 750
Geforce ddr pro
96 megs ram
Latest detonator drivers
Win ME

When I run the timedemo 1 i get 49 fps
this is in 800x600 with eye candy turned off
Anyone know what the problem could be ?

 

[kryt]

only 96 meg of ram won't help for a start, a system of that calibre, 96 just doesn't cut the mustard... however, i know people that run it acceptably on 64 meg (heh, coupla years ago 64 meg was server sized ram).
Not sure what to recommend, you should be getting a better frame rate then that : i get 85fps, eye candy on (hate ugly games) in 800x600 on a celeron 366@460mhz, tnt2 ultra and 128 meg...

otherwise have a look at some peoples configs, play around with your own.. think Barrysworld may even have guides for that in the guides section, have a gander

Sorry i couldn't be much more help.

 

[old.eternity]

the only thing I can suggest is that u try the following...

1.) In the Q3 console type: /vid_restart
This will clear your graphics cards memory and hopefully un-clog it

2.) Defrag your whole system.

3.) U say that ur running WinME? If you did an upgrade from ur win98 system that could be ur problem. I find its slow when this heppens. Its best to do a clean format and install from stratch.

4.) Remove some applications from ur startup folder, some programs such as Microsoft Office can be a real memory hog.

Hope this helps

 

[old.[NC]Sturty]

Hmmm, I got a duron 700, CL DDR, 128mb ram and only get about 69fps all on, full textures etc, in 800x

How comes your getting 84fps krytie old boy?

 

[old.TUG]

No way can u pull those FPS Kry m8... can ya?!?! I'll bench mine l8r with everything maxxed @ 800*600 and I bet thats only 100 fps... we're talking PIII @ 820MHz and DDR GeForce an'all...

 

[old.Necro]

You may have FPS capping (com_maxfps) on. Try setting it to 0.

 

[old.sjp]

you can get decent frame rates on shit systems ...
IF u TWEAK the HELL out of q3

i used to be able to get 95fps on demo001, using a p2-375 with 128mb + 12mb v2 sli, it looked realy shit tho.

this is the problem when ppl "compare" frame rates. for the numbers to make sense you need to delete q3config.cfg, restart q3, then select on of the standard graphics settings (i like Hq cos it stress the vid card a bit more).
also some folks disable sound while they do the timedemo which will give you an extra 20fps or so (i find this a bit arsehead tbh, i mean how many ppl play with no sound ???).

my values are (off the top of me head)-

fast/fastest - god no's ive never had the need
normal - 110
Hq ( 800) - 110 (guess iam cpu bound)
Hq ( 970) - 105
Hq (1024) - 90 (dont no why there is such a big drop here)

over 1024 its not playable.

Current system
k7v mobo
k7 735
256mb ram
GForce2 32mb
sb live

i actually play at 970x.. and get 175 using some prtty simple tweaks (dont lood as good, but its still passable) and 140 using the settings i actually play using (which looks v nice imho).



k, tips ?

1) like the early post said, make sure com_maxpfs is set to at least 85 (but this wont effect any benchmarks you run)

2) make sure you dont have vsync enabled. if you do like vsync on, make sure your refresh rate is set as high as possible (i use 120 but i get it varys) the newer detonator drivers default to 60 hz which might explain your low scores.

3) make sure your vid card is installed in turbo mode (agp 4x etc) not sure what the equivilent is on intel boards ...

4) you havent got paint shop pro/ie 5.5/office 2000 etc all running in the background have you ?

5) try a clean install of q3 (its a pian) but i have had the same prob (long long time ago) and it cleared it (less mods then tho).


if you are really stuck, ask and ill post a config which should speed you up nicely (wont look good tho).


[Edited by sjp on 11-10-00 at 13:00]

 

[old.Pokey]

got it up to 69 fps now

Right as i said i have got it up to 69 fps now.What i did was downloaded some lads cfg who had a geforce too.I think the thing is still capping tho and no i have no other programs running and it is a brand new install.

 

[old.^psycho^]

make sure u got vsync turned off in the disp props and tweak the gfx till u get the fps up,i think bw guides page has got some good stuff to boost yer fps up

i run a p3 500,256meg ram,geforce and get 120fps

also try get the dll's they boost yer fps up by 20fps ish,not sure where u get em from

 

[old.[NC]Sturty]

Pokey 69fps in timedemo is roughly what i get with a DDR and a Duron 700, 800x600 etc.

I'm putting it down to the CPU, and seeing as your running a celery 750, perhaps thats what bottlenecking the fps?

I mean in game the lil drawfps bit is about 70 - 125 depending where in the map, how many ppl in view etc etc.

It's by far smooth enough imho and I don't think you'll get much more fps without losing texture quality etc.

^^ Prolly all bollocks but hey

Sturty