ESR - Can you get 1000fps - Quake 3 Forum

ESReality - Where Gaming Meets Reality

About | Contact | Guide | Filters
Users | Preferences | Search | FAQ

News | Forums | Columns
Journals | Articles | Polls | Wiki

Files | Galleries | Demos
Events | Coverage | Movies

ESR Shop | Betting Fixtures

Not Logged In | Login | Register

09:17 CDT - 1244 users online

ESR Discord Channel

no live streams found

Scheduled Listings

Other Q3 threads

ctctf5 and ctctf_ctf2 (10)
Quake3 Remake (31)
John Carmack plays Q3 (133)
Has anyone tried this OLED monitor? (14)
Does QC use DefraG acceleration snap zones? (5)
Why cant id learn from Valve's CS2 and give us an updated Q3 (48)
Wanted to submit a lost mod (SpiterBot v.51) (26)
2000 Razer CPL Quake 3 Tournament Documentary (4)
MATRIX (11)
CTF Show Match by #uscpmpickup (0)

Latest Threads

Latest Comments

News project velocity is officialy dead, blaming DoS attacks (21)
News HoQ CTF League (2)
News Sombra banned for life (1652)
News QuakeCon 2023 (110)
Column Day One (9)

Latest Forum Threads

GG Jennell Jaquays, Q2 and Q3 level designer, passes away (14)
GG I did it guys (4)
QL Is Rapha Asian? (6)
Q3 Wanted to submit a lost mod (SpiterBot v.51) (26)
GG Boomer Shooters are booming (196)

Latest Journals

How to sporadically play multiplayer games? (5) by cyronix
Quake Live, the greatest esports game ever made? (2) by vr_and_games
Boris the Crow x Jenny Jinya (0) by Ins0mnia
Wherever did WaterWalk go? (96) by Preacher^
we meat again (1153) by aggnog

Hot Topics

News HoQ CTF League (2)

ESR Virtual Betting

Lamur
E$ 238,131

E$ 176,304 omek
E$ 129,238 fazz
E$ 61,723 lithz
E$ 58,635 nsx0r
E$ 57,658 nk121

Forums > Quake 3 Forum

Can you get 1000fps (15 comments)

( Forum: Q3)

Posted by mgj33 @ 10:01 CST, 1 February 2012 - iMsg

I have just built a new i7 machine cranked to 4.0 with a 560ti vid card and my quake 3 timedemos at 986fps. My old system with a Q9650 cranked to 3.3 with a GTX 275 would reach about the same. Is there some limit in quake 3 that keeps you from getting over 1000fps? Something other than cpu/gpu like something sound related? I still play at 125, but am just curious if it can be done.

7907 Hits

<< prev Q3 thread || next Q3 thread >>

<< Comment #1 @ 11:13 CST, 1 February 2012 >>

By

Sure :D

Edited by terrorhead at 11:56 CST, 1 February 2012

<< Comment #3 @ 15:14 CST, 1 February 2012 >>

By

mgj33 - Reply to #1

Well now that i know it can happen i will have to tweak a lil. My ram is 1866 DDR3. Do you think that can be a limitation? LIke i said earlier it is just a curiosity,but as i now see it can be done I will have to see if i can do it.

Thanks for the responses.

<< Comment #4 @ 15:38 CST, 1 February 2012 >>

By

terrorhead - Reply to #3

I think its capped at 1000fps cos I get exactly 1000fps every single time :D

1000.0fps 4 times in a row. Same with other demos.

<< Comment #5 @ 15:46 CST, 1 February 2012 >>

By

Mitritch - Reply to #4

It's capped at 1000 FPS cause time in Quake 3 is measured in milliseconds, and one millisecond is least possible time to render one frame.

Edited by sk4ut at 21:04 CST, 1 February 2012

<< Comment #6 @ 16:42 CST, 1 February 2012 >>

By

terrorhead - Reply to #5

thx for the info

<< Comment #2 @ 11:41 CST, 1 February 2012 >>

By

kapca

There are also other parts in you computer you know:)
It could be a simple bandwidth limitation somewhere else (e.g.:did you compare the bus and memory speeds as well?)

<< Comment #7 @ 12:40 CST, 2 February 2012 >>

By

Cyrax

Just tuned it a bit =P

Edited by Cyrax at 12:41 CST, 2 February 2012

<< Comment #8 @ 16:52 CST, 2 February 2012 >>

By

Anonymous (82.120.162.200) - Reply to #7

By the way, do you think it could be possible to get ride of FPS cap in idtech 3 ?

<< Comment #9 @ 03:10 CST, 3 February 2012 >>

By

Cyrax - Reply to #8

Only for timedemo

<< Comment #10 @ 09:03 CST, 3 February 2012 >>

By

mgj33 - Reply to #7

alright cyrax what is up? what kind of beastly machine are you running? How can you be almost 900fps above what i am running?

I have my i7 cranked to 4.0 all the time (no turbo boost) and i have HT disabled to lower the temps. What in the world are your specs to get that kind of timedemo or am I missing something in settings somewhere that are limiting me.

<< Comment #14 @ 14:42 CST, 3 February 2012 >>

By

Cyrax - Reply to #10

I have i5 760 @ 2.8GHz (TB off) + Radeon 5670
And some magic binary :-)

Attached Utility: 85622-quake3e.zip (654KB)

Edited by Cyrax at 14:43 CST, 3 February 2012

<< Comment #15 @ 14:46 CST, 3 February 2012 >>

By

Thread Ender - Reply to #10

just your photoshop skillz bro

<< Comment #11 @ 09:28 CST, 3 February 2012 >>

By

ez

Edited by annihiluzz at 09:29 CST, 3 February 2012

<< Comment #12 @ 09:43 CST, 3 February 2012 >>

By

amOKchen

990 fps, even my gfx card from 2004 made it that far.
I guess some secret trick is needed to go above 1k and see how many frames you can really render.

<< Comment #13 @ 13:40 CST, 3 February 2012 >>

By

Drexciyian - Reply to #12

wtf ghetto

Reply to:
[Reset]

Formatting:

Content:

Enter Text:

Or if you already have an account:

Username:

Password:

Read the Posting Guidelines

Non-HTML tags: [b]bold[/b], [i]italics[/i], [u]underlined[/u]
[small]small[/small], [q]quoted[/q], [s]~~strikethrough~~[/s]
[url=www.url.com]link[/url] or type www.url.com
[flag=country] (list), [avatar=name] (list)
[map=mapname gamename] (list)

Conceived and created by Sujoy Roy (Legal Notices)
RSS Feed Information, Link Buttons and Banners