Re: Quake 4 runs really jerky

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From: Bot The Farm
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:35

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"La Cima Rick" <rick@lacimatours.com> wrote in 
news:1130117260.742798.242490@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> Just installed Quake 4 and it runs really jerkey.  I'm running a Dell
> Dimension, P4, 3.4ghz...Radeon X300 PCI Video w/ 128mb, and running 1gb
> RAM.  Audio is a SB Audigy 2zs card.
> 
> I'm having to run the game at 640X480 at "Low Quality" and with the
> weapons not showing, just to make it playable. (barely)
> 
> Seems to me that the game should run better on my setup...any advice as
> to what I might do?  
> 
> Thanks...
> 

This probably dosn't apply to your system, but I had a problem with jerky 
graphics on my machine. Strangely once I disconnected my Iomega Parallel 
Port Zip Drive (which was using the drivers supplied by WINXP), the problem 
went away.
Just something to consider for people who might have Zip Drives connected 
and having problems.

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