athlon 2100+512mb+radeon 9800 pro+q2=20fps?!?
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athlon 2100+512mb+radeon 9800 pro+q2=20fps?!?
Hi all. My nephew has a problem, he gets 20-30fps in q2 with normal resolutions. Other games work just fine. When he uses 320x240 as resolution, his fps goes up to 200, but with 800x600 he only gets 50 fps anymore and with higher resolutions under 30. It's the same with both software and opengl. He used win xp, but formatted and installed win2k because of this problem, but it didn't help. He's tried different versions of his graphics card drivers but they had no effect. So if anybody has a solution, I'd appreciate it.
Btw I hope this is in the right place, there isn't a general helpdesk forum here
Btw I hope this is in the right place, there isn't a general helpdesk forum here
I had the same problem. And as the others say try an older version. I dunno what CATALYST drivers u got?
Bu if u use them try 4.7 it worked for me and a friend of mine so maybe it will work a third time
And if u don't have a clue what driver he has here a link too the CATALYST 4.7
CATALYST 4.7
Bu if u use them try 4.7 it worked for me and a friend of mine so maybe it will work a third time
And if u don't have a clue what driver he has here a link too the CATALYST 4.7
CATALYST 4.7
vertical synch
try checking if vertical synch is on..
If it's on the computer will have problems getting higher fps than you monitor generates hz.. Atleast so I am told..
If it's on the computer will have problems getting higher fps than you monitor generates hz.. Atleast so I am told..
If vertical sync is activated the gfx card waits for the monitor displaying the whole frame. This has the effect that never more fps are displayed then the hz rate is set to... . Though if activated the animations look more smooth then without vsync, anyway turning it off is the better idea...
Jumping over boxes etc... .
Jumping over boxes etc... .
Last edited by Skyw4lker on Thu Oct 28, 2004 12:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: vertical synch
I weep for anyone playing on a 25Hz monitor.Styx wrote:try checking if vertical synch is on..
If it's on the computer will have problems getting higher fps than you monitor generates hz.. Atleast so I am told..
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Chuckles.
Even more offtopic than the rest of my post: skyw4lker, if u quote someone (I mean your signature), would be nice if you tell who you are quoting, imo.
I bow to anyone having a mhz monitor.Skyw4lker wrote:If vertical sync is activated the gfx card waits for the monitor displaying the whole frame. This has the effect that never more fps are displayed then the mhz rate is set to... . Though if activated the animations look more smooth then without vsync, anyway turning it off is the better idea...
Jumping over boxes etc... .
Even more offtopic than the rest of my post: skyw4lker, if u quote someone (I mean your signature), would be nice if you tell who you are quoting, imo.
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What a load of crap every cat version above 4.7 (even lower) work great, ATi's drivers are getting better and better.
Anyway, What chipset is on ur mobo? try installing the mobo agp drivers. Should solve many problems.
Here is how i solved my ati-i-get-weird-fps-drop problem: http://den.m00ki.de/ati
Anyway, What chipset is on ur mobo? try installing the mobo agp drivers. Should solve many problems.
Here is how i solved my ati-i-get-weird-fps-drop problem: http://den.m00ki.de/ati
There's a chopper coming in 3 days and there's a katana on top of the cafe and that's all you need to know
Then I got 1 question why does my AQ2 get 17 FPS with the catalyst 4.10 and 140+ with the 4.7?Den wrote:What a load of crap every cat version above 4.7 (even lower) work great, ATi's drivers are getting better and better.
Anyway, What chipset is on ur mobo? try installing the mobo agp drivers. Should solve many problems.
Here is how i solved my ati-i-get-weird-fps-drop problem: http://den.m00ki.de/ati
Could it be my old cheapass 14" monitor? (the thing can only handle 60 hertz )
well n99, i was at work when i posted this and thinking about something completely different, so if you never make typing mistakes i bow to you
almighty, allknowing god of my and our all universe
almighty, allknowing god of my and our all universe
Last edited by Skyw4lker on Fri Oct 29, 2004 5:10 am, edited 1 time in total.