Quake 4 sucks.

[skeedo]

I can't even get a decent framerate in this game at 640x480 med detail.

Stoopid ID Software on Nvidida's tip.

Screw em, all it is is Quake 3.

 

[Modeps]

It's your video card, not the engine.

 

[skeedo]

it's not my video card, its th brand. bet an fx-5900 would run fine.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: skeedo
it's not my video card, its th brand. bet an fx-5900 would run fine.

These are the latest and greatest games, you're running it on a video card that's 2.5 years old... what do you think is going to happen? Play FEAR and you'll get the same result.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Care to tell us which video card you use? Intel Extreme, Radeon 7000, S3 Virge?

 

[Schadenfroh]

In other news, an ATI card is the top performing card in Quake 4.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Care to tell us which video card you use? Intel Extreme, Radeon 7000, S3 Virge?

From his sig, it looks like a 9800Pro.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Care to tell us which video card you use? Intel Extreme, Radeon 7000, S3 Virge?

It's in his sig:
Radeon 9800 Pro @ 400/380 + VGA Silencer

 

[hdeck]

i sincerely hope you aren't one of those who thinks they should be getting over 60fps, when the games is capped at that framerate.

 

[Auryg]

A 9800 may be old, but it's still a good card. Up there with the x700.

I heard of a lot of 9800/9700 users having the same problem.

 

[Rebasxer]

My x800xt stuggles with FEAR at 1280x960 with med - high details, I barely break 35 FPS. I guess new games take a whole lot more power, although I don't think FEAR looks much better than HL2 and I get 100+fps 1600x1200 everything maxed.

 

[raystorm]

mmm... my rig consists of a Athlon XP 2500+, 1gig ram and a 9800 non pro and I'm playing Quake 4 on high settings @ 1024 x 768 res and I'm getting very good framerates and visuals.

Now when I say good framerates I'm talking about 20 to 30 fps on average though occasionally it goes much high in certain indoor areas. I don't expect 60fps with my modest gaming pc (which is really low end I suppose these days). I'm actually surprised by the performance as I think this game looks much better than Doom 3.


I'm using Omega drivers based on Catalyst 5.7 so maybe newer drivers are causing issues??

 

[MercenaryForHire]

I vote PEBKAC

- M4H

 

[slag]

I beat it.. Wasn't my favorite game by far, but it does get a little better towards the end.

The final boss however is a total joke. I beat him first time with almost full health. The mini bosses prior to him earlier in the game were much much harder.

I'm still not a fan of that "the graphics are awesome but in order for regular computers to render things we put 90% of the screen in the dark and in shadows" mentality, but to each their own.

I had no problems with my 3000+ A64 and geforce 6800 vanilla rendering things at high quality, 1024x768. Absolutely no slowdowns at all.

 

[Kogan]

Originally posted by: skeedo
I can't even get a decent framerate in this game at 640x480 med detail.

Stoopid ID Software on Nvidida's tip.

Screw em, all it is is Quake 3.

And I think stupid fools suck

A 9800 pro is faster than an fx5950 ultra in the doom3 engine and you should be getting an average of at least 45fps at 800x600.

I think it's about time you sold your computer and bought an xbox. We of course would not be missing you from the internet.

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: Auryg
A 9800 may be old, but it's still a good card. Up there with the x700.
I heard of a lot of 9800/9700 users having the same problem.

It used to be a good card. I had a 9700 Pro. It could run Doom3 with all the settings turned to mid or low, and a crummy resolution like 800x600.

When I moved to the X800 Pro I saw a huge difference. And last I heard, Q4 was supposed keep the same physics and graphics and then add more items to the game world. It really is no suprise the OP has a hard time running the game.

Try turning off Bump-mapping. Thats where I saw the biggest performance hit.

 

[rxrfrx]

Quake 4 sucks, but it ain't the framerate that's the problem.

 

[BrokenVisage]

I actually like it a little.. still playing.

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: skeedo
it's not my video card, its th brand. bet an fx-5900 would run fine.

These are the latest and greatest games, you're running it on a video card that's 2.5 years old... what do you think is going to happen? Play FEAR and you'll get the same result.

I ran fear at 1024X768/800X600 with FPS at around 30-40fps on my R9800pro with the omega drivers so I don't know what your talking about.

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: skeedo
it's not my video card, its th brand. bet an fx-5900 would run fine.

These are the latest and greatest games, you're running it on a video card that's 2.5 years old... what do you think is going to happen? Play FEAR and you'll get the same result.

I ran fear at 1024X768/800X600 with FPS at around 30-40fps on my R9800pro with the omega drivers so I don't know what your talking about.

Same here at med. settings.

 

[Xyclone]

It uses the Doom3 engine, what did you expect?

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
I actually like it a little.. still playing.

I'm playing Quake 2 first since I never played it before, then I'm going to do Q4. I'm having alot of fun with Q2 despite the crappy graphics. One good thing about Q2, is it makes me feel like I have an uber leet pc, everything maxed out and it doesn't even get warm

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
I vote PEBKAC

- M4H

I agree. :thumbsup:

I have a 9800Pro 128mb(not overclocked) and I have very decent framerates at medium settings(actually seems to run better than the low setting) at 1024x768. Although I have the same amount of RAM as the other guy(1 GB of Corsair running dual channel) I run an Intel cpu(P4-3.06 with HT @3.45GHz) so maybe this makes a difference too?

And I don't know why people say the game is capped at 60fps... check this screenshot I made at 1024x768 at medium settings. I stay around 60fps and dip down to 30-40 under heavy action which is acceptable to me. Text

BTW, the more I play this game the more I like it.

:beer:

 

[skace]

I beat the game with a 9800 pro at 1280x720. I didn't have all the settings on high but it ran pretty smooth and looked beautiful.

 

[clamum]

That's weird. Did you remove all old drivers and get the newest ones?

I have an ATI 9600 Pro, I run at 1024x768 with details on high, runs pretty smooth.