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Article #363Re: Why are my Q2 FPS lower than yours?
From: FooF
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 00:00
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sadly 60 fps is the maximun at 800x600 on a single voodoo2.. (quake2 timedemo1), er about 64 maybe i have a celeron@450 and it's noticeably smoother at 640x480 Michael O'Donoghue <Mike.Od@tesco.net> wrote in message news:7mb7im$ajb$1@epos.tesco.net... > i have a k62 350 with single voodoo 2. i get a solid frame rate of 60fps at > 800*600 with all the options turned on, mainly due to the 3dnow patch, you > can get at 3dnow.net! > > Simon <simon_walton@net.ntl.com> wrote in message > news:7m0msu$dd2$1@nclient5-gui.server.ntli.net... > > It all depends where to stand in a level really, type r_speeds at the > > console to get updating display of the polys that are being drawn. it will > > noticably slow down at over 300 world polys usually. > > > > -q95- wrote in message <7lldjs$dfs$1@News.Dal.Ca>... > > >Everyone boasts about 70+ fps in Quake2, thats insane! > > > > > >My system: > > >Epox EP-58MVP3C-M Motherboard > > >K6-2 300mhz > > >Voodoo3 3000 > > >SBLive Value > > >64meg PC-100 ram > > >(other stuff not important) > > > > > >I get ~30-40fps. Im not really complaining, because I use to get 5-13fps > > >online on my P133 machine. Is this normal fps Im getting? I know Im a > > >lil low on ram but... > > > > > >I use SB Live 2.0 sound drivers. And Voodoo3 drivers from 3dfx website > > >(NOT the Q3 drivers). > > > > > >I cant remember if I play in 3dfx mode or in opengl mode. If memory > > >serves me correctly, 3dfx mode wouldnt run. And another thing, when I > > >have the higher quality sound, its not really high quality... it > screeches > > >and sound crackles when theres a bunch of sounds and stuff. > > > > > >Mabye I need new drivers or something? Maybe I should go read dejanews > > >because Im sure my questions have been answered before :( > > > > > >-- > > >==================================================qSiG1.2= > > >[Quentin MacDougall] - [quentin@cs.dal.ca] - [ICQ 5798952] > > >[BSc. CS Major] - ["Wanna battle, you must be crazy"] > > >========================================================== > > >[Quency's Underground Hip-Hop http://is2.dal.ca/~qmacdoug] > > > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ec8c,48457574de78260b X-Google-Attributes: gid10ec8c,public X-Google-Thread: f4bb2,48457574de78260b X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bb2,public From: "FooF" <keir@kscable.com> Subject: Re: Why are my Q2 FPS lower than yours? Date: 1999/07/13 Message-ID: <LmAi3.17798$125.47221@typhoon.kc.rr.com> X-Deja-AN: 500400637 References: <7lldjs$dfs$1@News.Dal.Ca> <7m0msu$dd2$1@nclient5-gui.server.ntli.net> <7mb7im$ajb$1@epos.tesco.net> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.kc.rr.com 931844651 24.94.214.132 (Tue, 13 Jul 1999 00:44:11 CDT) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 00:44:11 CDT Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,3dfx.products.voodoo2