yoda_alex Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 My computer spec is: Athlon 2400+ 512 MB of RAM (DDR) GeForce Ti-4200 I have an LCD monitor but unfortunately with all the options turned on I can't run the game in my monitors native resolution of 1280x1024 without the game appearing jerky. I have to drop down to 1024x768 which gives the game a grainy appearance due the monitor not running in its native res. So I have the following questions: 1. How do you get the frame rate meter up? 2. What is an acceptable frame rate? 3. What options can I turn off in order to get a 1280x1024 resolution wothout a serious loss of game detail. Or am I wishing for the impossible with my computers spec. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rut-wa jodar Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 Originally posted by yoda_alex My computer spec is: Athlon 2400+ 512 MB of RAM (DDR) GeForce Ti-4200 I have an LCD monitor but unfortunately with all the options turned on I can't run the game in my monitors native resolution of 1280x1024 without the game appearing jerky. I have to drop down to 1024x768 which gives the game a grainy appearance due the monitor not running in its native res. So I have the following questions: 1. How do you get the frame rate meter up? 2. What is an acceptable frame rate? 3. What options can I turn off in order to get a 1280x1024 resolution wothout a serious loss of game detail. Or am I wishing for the impossible with my computers spec. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 1) cg_drawFPS 1 (enter in the console) 2) I would say anything above 30fps 3) turn off dynamic lighting, lower anistropic filtering and disable VSync ( all are selectable in the video menus) High resolutions will cause a significant framerate drop on most machines below 2ghz. I have an almost identical system as you and I get a cosiderable framrate loss at 1024x768 Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0bman5 Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 saw this in another thread... I meant to copy the link, but now I can't find it... basically, he was talking about the same type of this and he found this console command: r_dynamicglow 0 (1 by default) esesstially doubled his framerate in an MP map! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0bman5 Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 found the thread! http://www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=112276 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda_alex Posted September 25, 2003 Author Share Posted September 25, 2003 Thanks to both of you! With rut-wa jodar's tips my fps has gone from ~25 with 1074*768 to ~50 with 1280*1024 with no noticable drop in quality! Its a shame that the dynamic glow command doesn't work in SP, but I'll keep it in mind for MP. (btw ~ means approximately) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rut-wa jodar Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 Always happy to help a fellow Jedi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosDragon Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 I also say thanks for the tips. I too doubled the framerate I was getting by knowing which settings to change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leagle eagle Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 The dynamic glow DOES work for sp... it is turned on off in the options menu! I have a similar problem, flash computer but bad performance. btw, why vsnyc off? I find it is better with it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy867 Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 For Single Player Only => Under the Control Options in-game for mouse/other settings, turning off Force Feedback will greatly improve performance. Also, try to see if there are any updates if you haven't checked already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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