How to get better fps in Quake2?

[Harabecw]

Ok, I was really, really bored today (sick and I can't concentrate well enough to play online so I just browsed the forums. I remembered playing Q2 with my old comp and getting about 1200fps somewhere.

So I fired up the demo, 320x240, secret place in first level, open gl. 8bit textures, lowest texture quality.

3200fps. seems kinda low, considering the 1200 was with a GF256.

Any way to improve this? will removing the textures help?

Only reply if you're as bored as I am and want to test it!

 

[PliotronX]

Try those new Detonator FX drivers, ought to remove those pesky textures

 

[Harabecw]

LOL
I use a Radeon 9700 though
the GF256 was on my old P3 667 system.

 

[BoomAM]

Maybe 3200fps is the technical limit for the q2 engine.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: PliotronX
Try those new Detonator FX drivers, ought to remove those pesky textures

they remove textures that are not hidden? the detanatorfx driver i run remove no textures that are visible to me, as a mattter of fact i can tell no differance between the detantorfx and previous detanators. Get a voodoo5 and run 98SE, it has a thing in it called HSR algorythm, hack the regestry to enable it in the 1.04.01 drivers and set it as high as it will go. you will not be able to play it, but the FPS would probably be better than my geforce4

 

[Harabecw]

new fps: linky
this is from OC/ing 2.4->2.6.
I'd like to see someone with a 3.5GHz+ system do this

 

[earthman]

If you increase your FPS to a high enough rate, do you go back in time?

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: earthman
If you increase your FPS to a high enough rate, do you go back in time?

LOL

 

[BoomAM]

Why exactely do you want a frame rate that high anyway. It doesnt get any smoother the higher it goes you know.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: BoomAM
Why exactely do you want a frame rate that high anyway. It doesnt get any smoother the higher it goes you know.

For the fact that he can get 3000+fps in Quake2?
It = teh funnAy!

- M4H

 

[FFactory0x]

3000+. That suxs!!!!!!! How can you play with that rate. I dont play it at anything less than 10k fps.

 

[JonnyBlaze]

what demo are you running? iv got a p4 3.0ghz that i can run at 3.5

ill give it a shot.

Matt

 

[bigshooter]

The human eye cannot tell the difference between 1500 and 3000 fps, although the 3000 does "feel" smoother.

 

[merlocka]

Originally posted by: bigshooter
The human eye cannot tell the difference between 1500 and 3000 fps, although the 3000 does "feel" smoother.

Dude, in Q2 you need 3500fps to do certain jumps. You get killed online unless you have 3500fps.

 

[Mingon]

Dude, in Q2 you need 3500fps to do certain jumps. You get killed online unless you have 3500fps.

Yeah I had that problem, i was playing on my tv and the frame rate dropped below 3500 and I got fragged.