Q3A "Stutters" in on-line play...

[Punchdog]

Love my MAX, but:
Q3A "stutters" and "jerks" whenever I get into an on-line match. Single player works beatifully, and all of my other games: UT, Half-Life, Q2, work very smoothly while on-line.

What gives? Any ideas? Anyone out there got any config ideas?

Thx. Punch.

[Punchdog]

Probably should have mentioned a few things:

-Most recent 'beta' G400 drivers
-Newest G400 BIOS
-Win 98 SE
-Asus P3-F
-G400 Max
-550 MHz P3 @632 MHz
-256 Megs HSDRAM
-Q3A @ 1024 X 768 X 32, 32 bit textures
,triple buffering, detail = max.

[Dyre]

I had the SAME problem w/ all online/LAN games. The only way i could get it fixed was w/ a new (hardware) modem and a new NIC. Then i formated and re-installed windows. It works like a dream now. Try Re-installing windows, or if you have alot of time... Go into safe mode and remove ALL NIC/Modem software and try to reinstall. Also might want to reinstall Quake3 and dont use TurboGL (not worth using on a pIII really)

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PIII 450 @ 504
generic BX motherboard
G400 MAX : )
Maxtor 13 gig UDMA 33
Maxtor 13 gig UDMA 66
Creative 36x CD-ROM
HP 2x2x6x CD-RW
64 megs PC100 RAM
128 megs PC133 ECC RAM
NetGear 10/100
Soundblaster 32 AWE
Diamond SupraExpress 56k
Logitech Wireless Desktop (best $50 ive ever spent)
1 92mm Sunon Fan
4 80mm Sunon Fan's

[noackjr]

Well, there's also a lot more going on in online play than regular games. Your computer is sending everything you do out as well as trying to predict what everyone else is gonna do while incorporating the incoming information from other people. Gotta love dual processors... Anyway, it could have a lot to do with your connection or connection overhead on your computer. If it only happens while you are online, it could also have to do with IRQ sharing with a NIC or modem/NIC driver problems. I seriously doubt your MAX is at fault here...

Jon

[This message has been edited by noackjr (edited 22 February 2000).]

[Maniac]

If the studder coincides with spikes in the connection status box,(lower right corner) then you know it's gotta be lag!

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Celeron 366@567 2.2V, 128meg generic PC-100 RAM (running at CAS2) Abit BH6, G400 16meg DH@150/200, Western Digital Expert 18gig, Ricoh mp7040A(morphed to mp7060A) Pioneer 6X DVD slot load, Motorola Cable Modem w/DEC ethernet card, Soundblaster Live Value Ver. 2, Viewsonic GT 775