[quake2] ati-driver and q2 performance

Anders Storsveen wakko at generation.no
Sat Mar 19 21:59:21 EST 2005


ati 8.8.25 and ati mobility 9700.

im not using the newest drivers because of poorer xvideo on dualhead  
support.

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:52:45 +0100, Brendan Burns  
<brendanburns at comcast.net> wrote:

> I'm not sure, but it is almost certainly either:
>
> a) Some graphics effect used by vanilla q2 that is not used by q2max,
> that is being done in software on your computer
> b) Some manipulation of OpenGL settings that q2max is using to improve
> the performance of your card.
>
> What is your graphics card?  What drivers?
>
> --brendan
>
> On Mar 19, 2005, at 1:30 PM, Anders Storsveen wrote:
>
>> wow! this is strange! when I start quake2-qmax I get like a stable
>> 200fps in 800x600, but with regular quake2 I get like 50-70 fps in
>> 640x480! What the hell is going on ?!
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:40:02 +0100, Anders Storsveen
>> <wakko at generation.no> wrote:
>>
>>> I have the same fps in both glx and sdl in quake2. quake3 is always
>>> good.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 03:52:06 +0100, Nelson Marques
>>> <nmarques at netvisao.pt> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>  You forgot prolly the most important, SDL or GLX, I doubt that you
>>>> get such a poor performance using GLX, quake 3 uses GLX. That is the
>>>> most likely explanation.
>>>>
>>>>  Best regards,
>>>>  nmarques
>>>>
>>>> Anders Storsveen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> what is it with the ati-driver that gives so crappy performance in
>>>>> quake2?  I have great performance in quake3. 125 fps constant i
>>>>> 800x600, in 640 in  q2 I get around 50 fps...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Anders Storsveen
>> The Next Generation
>> http://www.generation.no
>>



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Anders Storsveen
The Next Generation
http://www.generation.no



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