question:using fraps on quake 4

[wigster]

im using fraps to see how my system is, for most of the game it stays at 60 but if i get too heavy graphics it goes down to 46

i have no idea if this is good or not

and its set on 1024x768 AA-OFF vsync on

if i have vsync off i get 60, and 50 when i get heavy graphics

is this normal for it to go down?

my specs are

nvidia 6800gt card
1GB ram
AMD 3700 processor

i do have hitching when i get to these heavy graphics also the hitching is at the start of the game when he is floating in soace

 

[markyb]

Perfectly normal for it to go up and down. Normally you find when there is a lot of action on the screen the FPS suffer.

60FPS is ideal when playing games, you normally want anything 35+ but really depends from person to person on how sensitive they are to performance. Not bad for your spec at all.

 

[wigster]

thanks for clearing that up

does anyone know how to tweak opengl settings as this is what is causing the hitching

as far as i know you cant do anything as its with the driver

 

[markyb]

When you say hitching, do you mean that there are slight pauses within the game every now and then?

 

[wigster]

no not pauses more like (judders)(slight shaking) (wobble) on certain graphics on the game also happens in doom3

 

[melbourne720]

no not pauses more like (judders)(slight shaking) (wobble) on certain graphics on the game also happens in doom3

That'll be the 1GB of RAM and the medium speed graphics card.

 

[wigster]

it shouldn't be as i know people who have the same card and lower specs who can run quake without any problems,i should be able to run it at 1024x768 2x AA

 

[markyb]

I remember getting the same problem with Quake 4 on my X1800XT. Is it still the same with V-Sync on?

 

[wigster]

yea same with it on/off happens with doom3 aswell

 

[wigster]

no not pauses more like (judders)(slight shaking) (wobble) on certain graphics on the game also happens in doom3

well i got my new gfx card this morning crossing my fingers that i would stop getting those wobbles in certain part of the game but im still getting it

would it be a ram issue cant be faulty as ive ran mem test with no errors

so i now have
1GB ram (Geil)
AMD 3700 processor
ATI HIS x1950pro