Is any1's fps low in Quake 3?

My fps is fine, sitting at 125 or else goes to 400 and lags coz im in Australia. Just 2 let every1 know, Quake 3 is more CPU intensive, get ur self a better Processor and not gfx card. I know this coz i have a VERY good CPU and when i play Quake 3, it goes up to 100%.

Funny thing about fps is... you get used to it. I've been playing with 60-90 fps for a year or so, and when I try to play in my laptop (a MUCH better computer), I can't hit anything. xD

40 fps

You get low FPS because you need to either update your video drivers or you need to turn off AA or AF if you enabled it on your graphics card dashboard. Quake 3 was released in 1999 Mustang not 06 lol ...You could pull off 125 FPS on a P2 and a Nvidia MX card

My cpu is actually decent, so why do i have such shitty FPS : ) Anyone willing to help msg me on xFire.

i get 40-70 fps, i dont know why. my computer is P4 with 3 ghz and 1gb of ram =/, should be getting more amiriteguise?

Lol ...Do any of you guys have your video settings to Optimal Quality on your cards dashboard?

lol u are all naabs... muahahahaha...jk jk anyway my fps at my parents house was like 100-125 always

just got a new labtop got to try it out and see what kind of shit i got going on...

40-60fps XD

Ya'll get bad FPS cause your cards need to be tweaked better:P

Bretdaniel wrote:You get low FPS because you need to either update your video drivers or you need to turn off AA or AF if you enabled it on your graphics card dashboard. Quake 3 was released in 1999 Mustang not 06 lol ...You could pull off 125 FPS on a P2 and a Nvidia MX card

LOL! I have 2 LIMIT my fps to 125, or else i get hundreds and hundreds and i lag coz im in diff country than the servers i go on. I know Quake 3 waz released in 1999. You could no way near pull off 125fps with a Nvidia MX, heck, maybe not even POINT 125 fps xD

TheRustySpoon wrote:i get 40-70 fps, i dont know why. my computer is P4 with 3 ghz and 1gb of ram =/, should be getting more amiriteguise?

I had that SAME setup about 8 months ago. I got an Nvidia 8400GS for about $50 and my fps was GREAT! No lag wat so eva Pick up 1 of those or an 8600GT at the most if u only intend to play Quake 3. I play Crysis so of course i have to spend thousands on my comp

Rambo wrote:My cpu is actually decent, so why do i have such shitty FPS : ) Anyone willing to help msg me on xFire.

lol wat is ur xfire? Mine is: slayassassin

What is ur CPU? I'll know if its shit or not and u need to have a gfx card and not just onboard. My Nvidia recommendations: 8400GS, 8500GT, 8600GT. Those r all PCI-E. If ur mobo is only AGP, then man ur computer is OLD!!

Actually Mustang ...Cynthia from vM uses a Nvidia card from the MX series ...This is how I know.

Another thing too Mustang, You don't really have to be so cocky about everything you say. Instead, Just listen to what everyone has to say. You talk down to everyone like they are stupid and don't know anything about it. You're suppose to help, not put down. And btw I'm much older than you and actually work everyday fixing and tweaking computers. You could get a crappy FPS on Quake 3 even with a ATi 4870 if tweaked wrong. I don't try to make you sound stupid, I just try to give you information.

You also might be thinking but you had the TNT nvidia cards in 99 Designed for Quake 3 the the 2 3 and 4 families were all either MX or Ti Mx being the more afordable one.

Quake 3's gfx in a nutshell are based tightly around a "shader" system where the appearance of many surfaces can be defined in text files referred to as "shader scripts." Shaders are described and rendered as several layers, each layer contains a texture, a "blend mode" which determines how to superimpose it over the previous layer and texture orientation modes such as environment mapping, scrolling, and rotation. These features can readily be seen within the game with many bright and active surfaces in each map and even on character models. The shader system goes beyond just visual appearance, also defining the contents of volumes (e.g. a water volume is defined by applying a water shader to its surfaces), light emission and which sound to play when a volume is trodden upon.

So if your Open GL is not tweaked right on your card, The card will basically render these shaders incorrectly, Thus low frame rate or inconsist one. This basically happens when you go in and tweak your AA and AF. It's best to use the presets if you have no idea what your doing or you'll see a big dip in frames on all games. Or sometimes it can just be drivers are dated and It's time to update. =]

gg.

(pretend to know what everyone is talking about... :hoolandrock: )

Mustang, just for the record, I have onboard graphics, and my fps kicks ass. No lag whatsoever. In fact, my computer runs better than most with a video card. I just didn't want to spend the extra 300$ on the top of the line shit to get put into my motherboard. I could always buy one later on, but it will only run at 75% capacity. I can run 3 WoWs, Quake 3, 5 Internet windows, and MOffice, with no lag. Pwnt. (Yes, I did actually test that)

I'm not trying to start any flame wars or argue about it either, Mustang ..So please no more nasty Private messages =]. I never said or even insinuated that you were dumb, No I'm not trying to fuck things up in pwp for either, I know I'm not in the clan and I have much better things and other things to worry about besides getting on the net and fighting with people.

All I said is you should listening instead of pretending to be a know it all, You'll get alot further in life.

Oh do you use the new Intgrated graphics Total? I read about it in a PC gamer magazine a while back they Intel wanted to design into their newer processors that you could run games like Crysis through onboard gfx.

TheRustySpoon wrote:(pretend to know what everyone is talking about... :hoolandrock: )

me to!! ill just pretend i know wth is going on

dont aske me nothing about computer im so dum dum and dum

Bretdaniel wrote:Oh do you use the new Intgrated graphics Total? I read about it in a PC gamer magazine a while back they Intel wanted to design into their newer processors that you could run games like Crysis through onboard gfx.

Yes sir I do. I don't know too much about computers, but I had mine custom-built by a guy that is a distributer for many companies. He taught me almost everything I know about them. XD

move to spam to much double posting going on...