Old School Quake Two: Why am I capped at 60fps?

L0w

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I am capped at 60fps. I don't have any cap commands in my auto exec, and don't believe that there are any set in the config file. How do I check for sure though. System is Tbird800@978, w/clap2, and monitor is set to 120Hz refresh rate. Q3A/RA3 gets about over 100fps, so the cap problem is only in q2. Thx in advance.
 

pen^2

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i am kinda OT but do you know any good DM servers without those grappling hooks?
 

L0w

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I checked cl_maxfps, it was set to 90 (still doesn't explain the 60 cap though) but i upped it to 999 for good measure. Also, how do you turn off vsync? I have 'sync every frame' in the video menu checked off as 'no', but i am not sure if this is the setting you are referring to as vsync. thx for the help so far, but something is still holding me down to 60.
 

L0w

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Brotherman, sorry i just play mods, no straight dm, to slow for my frenetic blood :)

also, anyone have further suggestion for the 60fps prob?
 

lsd

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in additonal properties under the display properties, you can turn off v-synch for opengl games.
 

L0w

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In the q2 menu, i can choose video. Once the video option choosen there is no option to choose additional properties. Is there a console command to turn vsync off?
 

Tulkas

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L0w

Isd is refering to the video display panel not the Q2 one. So if yu want to turn off

Vsync.

IF yu are using Nvidia reference drivers!

go to control panel> display> settings> advanced> click yur video card tab> additional properties> then OpenGL settings.

Turn Vsync to always off!




 

NakaNaka

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The reason you are topped at 60 is because you won't see a noticble change and it slows down the game. Half-Life default caps at 72 which is a nice number ..

But like noted above you can change it.