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Article #75312Re: A few questions about glQuake in Windows XP...
From: McGrandpa
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 19:43
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 19:43
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"Bill M." <wbmcl@removexcite.com> wrote in message news:Xns97058D2C7FEDBwbmclexcitecom@65.24.3.135... > "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in > news:oL3bf.73623$GQ.24723@tornado.texas.rr.com: > >> The fastest the P4 did even with the 6800GT was 247 fps, and I was >> kinda proud of that. Now, I have the X2 but haven't run Quake on it >> yet. I almost crapped myself a few minutes ago when I actually ran >> GLQuake for the first time on the X2. Over 750fps!!!!!!!!! :o))) >> LOL! WOW! > > That's unbelievable. My AMD 64/6800GT ranged from 195-208 fps. I'll > investigate the vsync but I think at this resolution I'm limited by the > monitor. > > I installed eQuake. The GL looks awesome. There's a nice built-in > multiplayer server utility, though it doesn't seem to indicate if anyone > is > in the target server or not. I think I also need a security file of some > sort. After entering a server, setting my keys properly and playing around > a bit, I exited and entered another, but the keys didn't stay put. I > gather > I need to make an autoexec.cfg file and load it up in a .bat file in order > to keep the settings? > > Bill M. Ok, I just ran quake, got to the New Game start screen, dropped console, ran TIMEDEMO DEMO1 with vsync ON I got the same fps you did, with it OFF I got 568.0 FPS :) 1.7 secs to complete. McG.
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