Nice FPS increase in Q3 with new 1.27h beta.

[oldfart]

From the 1.27h readme:
Fixes and Additions
- Fixed James model bug
- CD Key read correctly when starting from Q3A vs TA shortcuts
- Handicap exploit fixed
- Bot routing bug fixed
- Potential 20 FPS increase for some clients
- Sensitivity is back how it was

I did the 1.27h upgrade and got some inconsistent results.

I tested 1024 x 768 x 32 SHQ (Supe High Quality). All options on, max, high, to the right....etc. You have to run demos from the console in 1.27 like this:
timedemo 1
demo demo127

In demo127 I get 66 FPS in ver 1.27g, and 74.4 in 1.27h. This is great right? Maybe not.

Reverands 010101 demo was next. 1.27g, 66.4 FPS, 1.27h, 58.8 fps. Strange.

Anyone else test the new beta?

 

[Spoooon]

WIth version 1.27, I got in the 50's on both demos. With the patch, I got 65.5 on demo127 and 63.8 on 010101.

 

[oldfart]

Hmmm. Maybe something with my setup. I'm going to have to try it again. It doesn't make sense that one goes up and one goes down. Spoooon, your system is pretty similar to mine. CUSL2, 700e @ 933 Radeon, etc. What were your settings in Q3 for the test? SHQ like mine? Texture compression on? What version drivers on the Radeon?

 

[Spoooon]

I'm using the 7068 drivers. I set it to HQ, then changed the res to 1024x768x32. I set the filtering to bilinear since I can't tell the difference. As for drivers settings, I have page flipping, texture compression, and KTX region enabled.

 

[oldfart]

Ok, took out the patch, ran benchmarks, put it back in, and now things look more consistant. I get an increase in all demos with the 1.27h patch.

127g FPS.......127h FPS............demo tested
69......................74.......117demo001 (old 117 demo1 converted to 1.27)
66......................73.......demo127
65......................73.......010101 (Reverands Demo)

Pretty nice increase. Looks like ID fixed some stuff they broke in 1.27??

 

[demenion]

holy sh--, i get 91 fps in timedemo 127 now, but i have like playing with some options disabled like cg_drawgun 0, cg_gibs 0, com_blood 0