Poor performance, good system specs

Post by **Scarface** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:43 am

Well, i've re-installed quake 4 after upgrading my comp, and i had better performance under my old system then my new one with quake 4.

Specs:
Win XP 64
Asus a8v
AMD64 X2 4200+
6800GS 256mb
2GB pc3200 dual channel ram
SB Audigy ( not using openAL )
200GB Seagate Baracuda SATA
80GB WD IDE

Anyways, even with the smp option on under the 1.2 patch, performance is shit. When I start the game, where i first exit the crashed shuttle, i don't get more then 14fps.

So far the tweaks i've done:
image_usecache 1
image_cachemeg 400
imagecachemink 2048

Post by **Scarface** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:37 am

nvm, fixed the problem, just installed the latest 4in1s

Post by **Oeloe** » Mon May 01, 2006 1:15 pm

He's referring to the VIA chipset drivers if anyone's wondering.

Post by **o'dium** » Mon May 01, 2006 2:11 pm

Jus tso you know, the GS is a VERY poor card. I've heard of it having a lot of problems performance wise in many a game.

Post by **Scarface** » Mon May 01, 2006 10:14 pm

i've had zero problems, and amazing performance in every game i play.

running the card at 423/1190

so you've heard wrong, sorry

edit: oh, and 3dmark05 score of 5436 on a $280 CAD card, you're right, this card is terrible

Post by **TREASONIST** » Wed May 03, 2006 1:32 am

Sorry to burst your bubble there Scarface but thats not a very good score.Even my system gets 6000+ and I've had it as high as 7000 with my cards overclocked.At one of our LAN's a guy had a 4200+ and dual 7800gtx's and was pushing 14k.

TREASONIST

Post by **Foo** » Wed May 03, 2006 1:47 am

That may be so, but you're now arguing a completely different point to the one scarface was addressing.

Who fucking cares?

Post by **Scarface** » Wed May 03, 2006 2:28 am

TREASONIST wrote:Sorry to burst your bubble there Scarface but thats not a very good score.Even my system gets 6000+ and I've had it as high as 7000 with my cards overclocked.At one of our LAN's a guy had a 4200+ and dual 7800gtx's and was pushing 14k.

TREASONIST

so, you have 2 vid cards which probably cost you what around 400-500? I have a SINGLE 6800gs AGP which i spent less then 300 for and score in the mid 5000. Thanks, move on

edit: oh did I say it was a stellar score? no, but price for performance, yes. thanks again for comin out

Post by **iluvquake4** » Wed May 03, 2006 3:10 am

Set your game to low quality -- it really doesn't make a huge difference when you are playing - you can still enable other things in advanced options - shadows, high quality effects, etc.

I use low quality and everything else cranked up:

AMD 3800 x2 (dual core), 7800 GT, SB XFI, 2 gigs ram.