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Article #371Re: Why are my Q2 FPS lower than yours?
From: paulcs
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 00:00
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I believe Suleyman is correct. Is Vsync disabled? If not, do so and your problems will most likely be over. Paul paulcs@sirius.com -q95- <quentin@cs.dal.ca> wrote in message news: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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