Generic FPS question

Clay Pigeon · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 10:51 am Post subject:

first of all, and best off all, type cl_particlefx 0 in your console. It will lower your detail levels to a minimum (and get rid of the annoying rain on donner muzzle flashes from your guns etc). I also use stopsound, which gets rid of some of the ambient sound, which frees up more processing power for graphics. However, you have an a64 3200+, so that shouldnt really be a problem for you.

PilzberryFroBoy · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:25 pm Post subject:

Fantastic.... seriously.

Turning off the Mini-Map makes a HUGE difference. I am now getting 70-100fps. I now see how people 'appear' to be very quick with a K98.

You guys r0xorz.

SilverOne · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 2:11 pm Post subject:

Here are some more.

Whats your monitor refresh rate at? Go to display properties, settings then advanced. Go to the monitor tab whats it set at? What monitor do you have? Whats the highest refresh rate it can go without unchecking the hide modes?

Depending what this is set at there are other options. Windows defaults the refresh rate to the settings above when playing openGL games. Especially halflife. With your video card and setup we should be able to get you to 90-100 fps in DoD and with v-sync ON (which looks better) at least to me. hehe

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PilzberryFroBoy · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 2:20 pm Post subject:

Well, i'm at work right now, so I can't tell you what model it is, but I know 120 Hz is what it supports up to. .... and come to think of it, I set it to that.

Whatcha got for meh?

SilverOne · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 2:24 pm Post subject:

Im at work too. Ill reply in about an hour.

I want to check something on my home PC so I can check some settings there. To be sure!

Sorry

Btw.. im going to make this post a sticky. A ton of great info in here from all of you.

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Vulcan · Registered User Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 2773

I know with my Radeon 9600 pro, I have to be running in 16 bit color mode in TFC otherwise, at certain points, I will have my fps drop to exactly half of my refreshrate. This might be something else to try since it appears to happen with radeon cards.
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Blown · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 4:28 pm Post subject:

wierd, with my 9500 Pro i stay at 85fps solid no matter what. AMD64 3200 also.

SilverOne · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:36 pm Post subject:

Ok,

Try this too..

go to your display properties, settings, advanced..

click on the ati displays tab.

Where is says monitor make sure it reads your refresh rate. Now click on the word Monitor. It should should the DCC information and a drop down for refresh rate override. Try to put it same as desktop. You can also put it at the refresh rate you want. I usually use same as desktop though. In your case if you indeed have your monitor set for 120 this will keep it the same.

After appying that I usually check the advanced tab and under synchronization I have horizontal as a - vertical as a + and nothing in composite. That is the default usually on ATI cards from what I have seen. I believe hitting default will also put it to this setting.

You will notice the difference. Also you can put vsync on now and it will look better. (again my opinion hehe)

Windows defaults to 60mhz in games. The only place it stays at your refresh rate is on the desktop. This fixes that.

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Albino Gibbon · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:16 pm Post subject:

ATI's OGL drivers blowz0rs. I do run at 75 fps on a 9600xt in OGL though. Make sure you are running OGL though. It is much nicer than D3d on Q2 engine games no matter what. The ALt-tabbing out of the game seems to screw up in D3d. Above 60 fps, there isn't much noticeable difference anyways. If you are running at 100 fps, you are fine. Your choke and packet loss isn't due to your system arrangement. Your system is is pretty top notch. Check your rate commands. Blown can help you with those. He is a hax0rs0rz. Mine run fine at default in TFC. Of course I don't DOD though.
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Blown · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:55 pm Post subject:

JuVaNiLe · Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 10:30 pm Post subject:

i have a NVIDIA GeForce Fx 5200 i constilty run at 60 fps is that good?

and it says if i set refresh rate higher than 75 i can damage hardware, will it realy?

SilverOne · Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 10:41 pm Post subject:

JuVaNiLe · Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:29 pm Post subject:

how do u check that

Bright Red Nipples · Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 4:26 am Post subject:

The software that came with my monitor has a max setting for the refresh rate. As long as I stay within those parameters then there are no issues

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Canadian Rifle · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:40 am Post subject:

where is the vsync?