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Re: Low Quake2 FPS on Fast PC........

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From: McGrandpa
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:34
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"Goodner79" <jtg30@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have an Athlon 2700+, ATI 9600SE, Windows XP, and a gig of ram. My
> Quake2 framerate is somewhere around 25-30 fps. Any Ideas on why its
> so low?
>
> Thanks,
>
> JT

You have just about got to be in software mode for that rig to go so 
slow!  Have you checked the console to see any errors?  Like possibly 
the game dumping OGL for software instead?
McG. 
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