Optimal Quake 3 Display Settings for my new rig?

[newuser]

How should I set up the Q3 display settings. Right now I am using the "Fast" setting which is fast enough for me, but leaves something to be desired in quality. The Hi Quality setting seemed way too slow. How do you guys have your display settings set up for this game?


rig specs:

AMD XP 2600+ @ 2.16GHz

LITE-ON XJ-HD166S/XJ-HD165H 16X DVD ROM Drive

WD WESTERN DIGITAL "SPECIAL EDITION" 80GB 7200RPM EIDE HARD DRIVE MODEL # WD800JB - OEM

Epox Motherboard for AMD Athlon/Athlon XP/Duron Processors, Model# EP-8RDA+
AMD ATHLON XP 2600+

2xCORSAIR MEMORY XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series 512MB 64MX64 PC-3200C2PT With Platinum - Silver Heat Spreader OEM (1 Gig total)

GAINWARD/CARD EXPERT geForce 4 8x AGP Ti 4200, 3.6ns, 128 MB DDR

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 1 - OEM Full Version

17" CRT

 

[thenerdguy]

max every freaking thing you can find!

 

[Schadenfroh]

disable V-sync and try again with the high settings, you should be able to run the maximum details with 4X fsaa and AF with your rig in quake 3. if you cant, your pc has some sort of problem.

 

[Smilin]

For you:
All details maxed out, 1280x1024 or 1600x1200 resolution. With that video card I would probably leave FSAA turned off.

Edit: just saw your monitor size...
Do 1280x1024 resolution or turn on FSAA and drop to 1024x768. Either setting should peg your fps.

 

[newuser]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
disable V-sync and try again with the high settings, you should be able to run the maximum details with 4X fsaa and AF with your rig in quake 3. if you cant, your pc has some sort of problem. i

Thanks, I'll try that. My benches for this card were decent, about average I think, So I think (hope) the card is OK. If not I will have to RMA it.
btw, I am using the latest NVidea Drivers for XP too.

 

[Smilin]

The 4200 isn't the greatest at AA. Normally I'd say bump the resolution up instead of using AA with that card - but I don't think with that monitor you'll be able to go high enough to eliminate jaggies.

Head over to one of the quake sites. The graphics in quake can be tweaked far beyond what's available in the menu's. John Carmack even posted some recommended settings for GeForce or higher cards somewhere.

 

[newuser]

Thanks guys, everything maxed out on 1024x786 w/ no AA or AF. Runs smooth. Also, I'm now running on my new Viewsonic 17" LCD VB171b which is sweet.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

EVERYTHING turned up. Absolutely everything cranked as much as possible.

 

[newuser]

well not everything such as the resolution, and I disabled V-sync ...but all the image quality stuff is maxed!!!
not really sure why it was so slow before, thanks again

 

[DarkTXKnight]

hey guys, where is this site where I can go beyond the menu settings for the video??? I have a gf3ti200 that i play quake with now and would love to max that sucker out!

 

[DarkTXKnight]

bump

 

[Smilin]

Try:

www.planetquake.com
www.bluesnews.com
www.quake3world.com

and a few others.

 

[igowerf]

It should run fine with everything maxed out. My laptop can run it at 1024x768 with everything maxed.

 

[BoomAM]

Originally posted by: thenerdguy
max every freaking thing you can find!

I Agree.

Originally posted by: Smilin
For you:
All details maxed out, 1280x1024 or 1600x1200 resolution. With that video card I would probably leave FSAA turned off.

Why? The Ti4200 is more than capible of doing Q3 at max everything with a bit of FSAA and AF. 2xFSAA, and 4xAF would be perfect.

 

[BFG10K]

How should I set up the Q3 display settings

Don't use any of the presets and instead adjust each setting manually.

For a Ti4200 and your monitor I'd suggest 1280 x 960 x 32 with full texture quality, 32 bit colour and trilinear filtering. I'd also make sure that AF and AA are both disabled. That should give you solid scores in just about any situation.

max every freaking thing you can find!

A Ti4200 is far too slow to do something like that, especially on the larger levels.

The Ti4200 is more than capible of doing Q3 at max everything with a bit of FSAA and AF. 2xFSAA, and 4xAF would be perfect.

you should be able to run the maximum details with 4X fsaa and AF with your rig in quake 3. if you cant, your pc has some sort of problem.

I'm sorry, you can't.

I ran Quake 3 on a much faster Ti4600 @ 1600 x 1200 x 32 and using any form of AF or AA would dramatically reduce the framerate.

 

[Renob]

Be sure to OC that card, I have the same card the 4200 and you can crank it up well beyond 4600 speeds no problem.

I have been running mine WAY overclocked for over a year now.