FPS on a mac...and cable

Rapier · 05-06-2000 08:07PM #1

a while ago there a few people were asking me about how macs handle q3, especially FPS so I just tried the demo test and got 42.5 FPS on demotest 1, personally I have not been around for long enough to if thats good or bad so you lot of peecee nerds tell me

. Oh yeah and irish multichannel have no plans to bring out cable as of yet

TwoShedsJackson · 05-06-2000 08:26PM

A Mac. A MAC!!!!!!!!!!!! ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

Burnsy · 05-06-2000 08:52PM

I have a blue n' white G3 mac (300 mhz + Rage 128 card) 64 mb memory and I get an fps averaging 25 - 30

@ 640*480 with high detail and all effects turned on.

How does this compare to the pc crowd? Would adding more memory bump up the fps?

Gerry · 05-06-2000 09:15PM

I get about 150-200 most of the time. Adding more memory wont help fps I'm afraid. It might help though if the game is pausing a lot to read from the hard drive though.

Hobbes · 05-06-2000 10:23PM

Strange. I thought it would be faster.

How about removing other programs in memory and allocating more memory to the Q3A app?

Also disable powersave so the machine doesn't spin down the drive between long reads?

You have your virtual memory set to = actual memory +1? (65K)

Also try defragging your drive. Dunno if that will help though as MAC's tend to be a lot faster disk reading then a pc when it comes to fragmentation.

m1RV · 10-06-2000 09:53AM

Most PC users tend to use **** looking configs, ie, TETRIS like, to gain speed as opposed to having a nice look, that is, unless you've a GeForce or some other l33+ card..

<< Arf Arf >>

Steven · 10-06-2000 10:20PM

/me gloats

FPS on a mac...and cable

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