Quake 3 FPS craziness.....

Vagabond · Apprentice Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 192

I've got the linux version of quake 3 on my linux box but its acting very strangely when i try to play it. Sometimes the fps will wildly oscilate between -1 and over 100 and the games becomes so choppy its unplayable. It was even worse util I set up and used AGPART over NVAGP.

My system is as follows:

A7M266-D with dual 1900++MP
512 megs Ram
Geforce 3 Ti 500

The exact same thing happens in WINE so I guess its some kind of Nvidia driver issue.

Vag

Slinger · Apprentice Joined: 14 Dec 2002 Posts: 230

I have a similar issue that I cannot figure out. Game is very choppy when I try to play it. Gonna just tag this thread in case someone posts

HeadHolio · Guru Joined: 10 Aug 2002 Posts: 445

Did you try installing the newest patches? I think it's up to 1.32b now. Also, try playing it without sound (change the settings in your ~/.q3a/q3config.cfg from "/dev/dsp" to something like "/dev/blah") and see if it's a sound issue.

paul138 · Guru Joined: 09 Aug 2002 Posts: 370 Location: Ottawa, ON

Thought this was just isolated. I had a voodoo 5500 and picked up a nvidia. Removed the glide stuff but when I play it's like slow motion. Is this the same thing you guys are getting?
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HeadHolio · Guru Joined: 10 Aug 2002 Posts: 445

Is the game choppy or slow? type "/cg_drawfps 1" into the console and check your fps. If your game is choppy, then you should have a very low fps (something like around 10 or so). This is usually a video card/drivers issue. If your game seems like it's in slow motion (you might have a higher FPS then 10) then it's probably a system resource problem. Try using a different window manager, and load only necessary programs in the background (in KDE press CTRL+ESC and check to see if any programs are hogging system resources, if so...close them). Oh, and don't forget to try the no sound trick to see if it's a sound driver issue.

Malakin · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 7:48 pm Post subject:

zypher · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 8:27 pm Post subject:

Another one:
Run your X in 16bit depth and play in 16bit depth.
That solved all my fps probs ( 135 with an athlon1300 and a GF2MX).
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vod · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Posts: 90

shit i have a gf2mx400 and i beat on quake3 like there's no tomorrow. never had a problem.

paul138 · Guru Joined: 09 Aug 2002 Posts: 370 Location: Ottawa, ON

I've tried many different options to no avail leaving only the most assinine for last: wipe q3 out.
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vod · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Posts: 90

try using the diagnostic tools like glxinfo. Try benchmarking other opengl programs/games. glxgears is an easy one. look through the xfree86 logs.
That's all i can think of.

paul138 · Guru Joined: 09 Aug 2002 Posts: 370 Location: Ottawa, ON

no, that wont help. I havent had time to mess with it but I can tell you that other games play just fine. Even UT @ 1280
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decker in flux · n00b Joined: 08 Dec 2002 Posts: 60 Location: in flux

take a peek here:

we are working on the same thing ( pretty much )

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=39905

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lurid · Guru Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Posts: 595 Location: Florida

I've never had a single problem with Q3. I usualy stay between 90-110fps with a GeForce3 Ti 200.

meth · n00b Joined: 14 Dec 2002 Posts: 35

Well in game is actualy more fps when playing alone, wonder why the demo didnt show a larger gain.
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