Hmm slowdown, help please

[old.jim]

Iwas wondering if anyone else is having the same problems as me or if anyone can give me any advice on how to stop things slowing down too much as in places this becomes a joke and its not as though i have a slow sys:-

Intel PIII 600
256 megz pc100 ram
msi 6163pro mobo (intel440bx)
V3 3500 tv\agp
sound blaster live platinum
19 inch monitor

I think thats all the info on the hardware that would affect the speed which it runs. I am playing the game in 1024x768 and most detail settings set to low. Ive tried lowering the res to 800x600 but this has no affect and it still slows down at times to below 15fps, is this right? Any advice on how to speed things up would be much appreciated or any advice on a better gfx card as those new ddr geforce cards are supposed to be good but would it be worthwhile changing to one of these and i dont want to hear just 32-bit colour as an advantage please.

 

[old.TUG]

Get the very latest drivers from www.3dfxgamers.com

they make quite a diff... My celeron 366@605 and v3 2000 @ 170MHz is relatively smooth with latest driverset

[This message has been edited by TUG (edited 01 January 2000).]

 

[old.buckleb]

15fps is definately not what you should be seeing. I suspect you need new drivers (I think the 3500 uses different drivers than the rest of the V3 family).

When exactly does your system slow down? Is it when you run through smoke, or blood? Turn the blood off.

My system is basically the same as yours, except it's a 450PIII and V3 3000, and I get around 40fps with everything set to high (1024x768), and 72fps with everything set to low (800x600)

 

[old.N.O.M.A.D]

Hmmm, 15 FPS is low try the tweaks at http://www.upsetchaps.com/quake3guide/FPS_visuals.html

 

[old.jim]

It doesnt run at 15fps all the time just at certain times, as the fps counter has flickered at times to just over 100fps but thats no good if it keeps slowing down as i think the human eye can only see about 30fps anyway. if only i could steady it out. I have the latest drivers for my gfx card would a dfferent card be better and if so would it be worth changing

 

[old.TUG]

I used to get stupid frame rates like that with old drivers, better ones came out and i was sorted... thing is mines a 2000 (oc'd to a speed faster than 3000 tho

) and they use a diff driver set... was a new one last week.. dunno bout your 3500 tho

 

[old.]NaRcOtIc[]

Ok i have a 350 K6-2 and 128mb 100mhz ram and my voodoo3 o/c to a 3000 and I use Wickedgl and i have the textures wacked up full. no problem. ok but there is a bug in Q3 and it has to ping every player as you die and then render all of the lovely faces next to the scoreboard thus slowing it down. ok that should be fixed in ID's next patch due out soon me thinks

) (me hope)

if there is a problem other than this let me know and i will help further