Quake3 with G400

[Luftbumb]

is it normal that i cant get more than 36fps out of quake3 in demo 001? with deafault q3 settings i have just 21fps. how can i get more? turbo gl doesent work. i use desk 552.
i would be happy with a little bit over 50. i payed 400DM for the G400. 36fps is to low.

[Mistah Magik]

What is the specs of your computer?

Mistah Magik

[Luftbumb]

oh, i forgot. P3 500 with 128mgram. 20 giga harddrive.

[rjcarr]

To give you a close comparison, I have a p3-450-128 and a vanilla g400dh with nothing overclocked and I average over 50 fps at 800x600 and 32-bit color on win98.

You have to give more info, not only about your system, but also what is your target res/depth for quake3.

I had a major problem with irq conflicts, that didn't always lead to crashes but always gave horribly slow performance. You might want to look at that.

-joe

[xabovethisworldx]

hey, if you want i can email you my conf.cfg file and you can try mine!

i get a solid 60.1 fps on it, with textures and detail on high, 640x480, 32 bit colours, and a few other goodies

let me know if ya want try it, and give me your email

celeron 400 oc'ed 500mhz
matrox G400, 32mb
192mb's of ram
is the core of my comp
so we should have basicly the same comp

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celeron 400 oc'ed 500mhz
matrox G400 32mbs
192mbs of ram

[Luftbumb]

ok, i will be more exactly:
p 3 500
128mg ram
matrox mill. with 32 mgram
20 giga hard
40x cdrom
my very best 36.7 fps i got with:
800x600
16bit color
details: 3rd of 4
lightmap
geometric detail: medium
textur quality: 16 bit
textur: bilinear
simple items: off
marks on wals: off
ejacting brass: off
dynamic lights: off
identify target: on
High qual. sky: off
sync very frame: off
force models: off
team overlay: off

[Proton]

I really think there might be a serious problem with your system. I'm getting 48,3 fps in HQ 800*600, with a G400 Max@default clock speeds, PD 5.52/TGL 1.30 and 47,7 fps without TGL. Your scores should be a little lower than mine, because I have the Max and an overclocked CPU/FSB, but it shouldn't be that much of a difference. I could post some scores on my sytem with default CPU/FSB and the Max clocked down to vanilla G400 speeds to give you a point of reference, what you should be getting with your system and settings. You should take a look at FAQ forums, maybe theres some sort of trouble with your sytem and the G400.

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My Sytem: P3 450@558, Asus P3B-F(Bios 1005), 128 MB PC-100(2,3,3,4, fast), G400 Max@174/218 (MGA-Tweak:2,5/2/2,5,435) PD 5.52wTGL1.30, 13GB Quantum Fireball CR, Pioneer 40*CD-Rom, SBLive!Value (Liveware 3.0)

[Belshy]

My Q3A fps at 1024 x 768, 32 bit everything, high textures and geometery, bilinear textures and vertex lighting, all game fx ON:

40.7 fps

No overclocking or tweaks whatsoever.

At 640 x 480, everything on low, all fx OFF:

72.8 fps

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P3 450, 128 mb ram, Creative PCI 16, Intel SE440BX2, G400 Max, Viewsonic E771.

[Proton]

I just ran Q3A with the settings you posted above, P3 450 at default clock speed and G400 Max clocked down to vanilla G400 speed with MGA Tweak. I was getting 64,4 fps with PD 5.52 ICD and 70,3 fps with TGL 1.30. Maybe there's some IRQ conflict or an older videocard driver conflict (Voodoo 2?). AFAIK Q3A performance suffers heavily when A3D sound is enabled. Oh, and make sure that 32bit Z-Buffer is disabled. At least on my sytem, Q3A runs much faster with this setting unchecked and I couldn't get Q3A to run with 32bit Z-Buffer enabled and PD 5.52. I guess that you didn't enable this, because Q3A works for you. I hope you can sort this out, you should be able to get nearly double the framerate in Q3A with your sytem. Good luck

Ole

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My Sytem: P3 450@558, Asus P3B-F(Bios 1005), 128 MB PC-100(2,3,3,4, fast), G400 Max@174/218 (MGA-Tweak:2,5/2/2,5,435) PD 5.52wTGL1.30, 13GB Quantum Fireball CR, Pioneer 40*CD-Rom, SBLive!Value (Liveware 3.0)

[guile]

I can't help you but this is what I have:
I have a celeron 416
with G400 max
128 SDRAM 100
and I can play Q3 with all options full
in 800*600 with wore than 60 fps
I almost never have a slow in the game
but I personally prefer playing in 1024*768 32 bits with almost everything full
and only a few slows
sorry for you

[OzAndrew]

You're complaining about fps being low? I can't even get it to run with the same card you have and the same drivers, it just gets all screwy, luckily I don't like the game much and prefer UT, I wouldn't mind fixing it but $70AUS for a game that doesn't work is annoying, and I can't take it back cos it was second hand. Besides who would I be without owning Q3??

[Ruslan73]

2 Luftbumb

What's about your motherboard type (bios, service packs if VIA), PowerDesk version, Windows version & directX?

[Mistah Magik]

I have a Pentium III 450, 128 megs of PC100 SDRAM, 27.2 gig Maxtor HD, 6.4 gig Western Digital HD, G400 Max, Asus P2B-F mobo, blah blah.....

at 1024x768 with everything turned on, i get 54.1 fps on timedemo 1. Which is why I will always keep buying Matrox cards....

Mistah Magik