Display Refresh

zAbbo

I`ve mine set at 125, fps:125 as well

Can some one maybe explain this one to me, seems like plasma gun is uber using these settings combined with fov 120+

Against bots that is, havent tried it online.

saik

r_displayrefresh is what the quake3 engine uses to change the monitor refresh rate. which is how many times the monitor updates a second. it does it by linking into the windows gfx/monitor drivers, then they'll set the refresh as close to the number you put in as they can, sometimes the drivers are **** and they lock of refreshes that you can still use. so on 125 refresh 125 fps, both screen and image are updated a lot. looks all smooth, and is more in sync than 60 refresh 125 fps. so youve got more visual info, so you aim better. to get around **** drivers use powerstrip or some other monitor refresh thing.

Kairo

I've yet to see r_displayrefresh working on any computer.

zAbbo

I`m using a GF 4 ti 4200, latest drivers, which have the built in override settings.

Most games sync to 60hz as far as i know, but i checked in game using my iiyama OSD thingy to show the refresh rate and its a lot higher than using the default refresh.

I hate power strip tho

Kairo

Well..as long as your monitor is giving a high output vHZ..you won't feckup/tire your eyes out. It's just nice and smoother to have it vsyched.

R_swapinterval 1 is in the in game command for setting vsync

Sometimes, you'll need to go to nvidia OpenGL options, and set Vertical Sync to 'On By Default'

If its q3 you're playing tho, you'll need 125fps over having vsync. i.e. Moving faster takes priority over aesthetics.

Pug {erZ}

Can someone tell me what would be ideal setting would
be for the ati 9700pro card - screen res and refresh rate
with new PC and 17" screen ?

Used to use old cfg from 4 yr old PC but kept getting opengl faults - guess as I had everything set at lowest settings
I up'd some settings and it got a bit better.

used to use lowest graphics settings .. fk it here are my settings atm a work in progress btw

//My video resolution (mode 5 is 800x600) etc..
set r_mode "5" // 6 would be highest unless v.good screen
set r_gamma "1.60" // set high here / 1.35 is lower
seta cg_gun "0"
seta r_colorbits "16" // 16bit
seta r_depthbits "16" // similar to colorbits
seta r_detailtextures "0" // detailed textures off
seta r_displayRefresh "100" // at your highest possible for screen
seta r_picmip "6" // 0-5?6 high for worse graphics but best FPS
seta r_fullbright "0" // on/off
seta r_intensity "1" // no idea of range ??
seta r_znear "4" // as above ??
seta r_ambientScale "0.6" // as above ??
seta r_directedScale "1" // as above ??
seta r_primitives "0" // as above ??
seta r_lightmap "0" // lightmap on/off
seta r_ext_multitexture "1" // multi-texturing on - speed gain
seta r_drawSun "1" // toggle sunlight rendering
seta r_dynamiclight "0" // dynamic lighting off - speed gain
seta cg_shadows "0" // shadows off-on
seta r_fastsky "0" // 1 use white sky - speed gain or 0 to see through portals
seta r_flares "0" // turns off lens flare
seta r_flareSize "40" // not sure on range - not needed if off
seta r_flareFade "7" // same as above
seta r_showsky "0" // on/off
seta r_noportals "0" // on/off i think ??
seta r_texturebits 16 // 16bit textures
seta r_textureMode "GL_NEAREST_MIPMAP_NEAREST" // fastest speed
seta r_vertexLight "1" // vertex light on/off
seta cg_draw3ditems "0" // 3D items off
seta r_ignorefastpath "1" // no optimized rendering paths def = 1
seta r_simpleMipMaps "0" // on Mipmapping 0 = speed less visual
seta r_lodCurveError "250" // default 250 nbr of polys culled from a scene when further away - lower nbr for speed higher for quality
seta com_introplayed "0" // turn off sarge intro
seta r_clear "1" // 0 fills cracks between textures,1 faster but less visually pleasing
seta r_drawstrips "1" // 1 allows more sophisticated rendering of triangles.
seta cg_truelightning "0.5" //helps with LG aim by rendering better 0 - 1 !?
seta r_facePlaneCull "1" // no idea ??
seta r_dlightBacks "1" // lighting ??
seta r_ignoreGLErrors "1" // on/off
seta r_smp "0" // no idea ??
seta r_customaspect "1" // no idea ??

saik

refresh rate is more important than resolution. check windows properties or test yourself to see what resolutions you can get 120 hz refresh at. if your monitor can only get 120 on 640x480, 640 is your man, no matter how fast the card can run quake 3 fps wise.

RapierX

my monitor only does 75 hertz, i set display refresh to 0, dont worry about it

SiN

my eyes are getting sore from playing quake --- i have my monitor at 75hz at 1024x768 and in quake i had it at 800x600 at 125hz + 125fps ...good or bad? what settings should i use ???

Giblet

The Latter would be your only man.

Illkillya

Originally posted by Kairo
I've yet to see r_displayrefresh working on any computer.

it has always worked for me, just don't set it higher than what your monitor is capable of, at that resolution and it should do... its a v.handy command.

zAbbo

latest nvidia drivers dont really support it, you have to enable the setting or use a refresh fix tool

I can get 120 refresh on 125 fps @ 800*600

verks for me

SiN

i think i that when u set it higher that does seem to work....i had it at 125 fps+displayrate @800x600 and the disaplay rate didn't seem to work so i put it to 200 and its seems much better :cool: