quake 2 crashing and monitor problem

[reaper]

hello,
i have three problems!  i play q2 on a laptop and i can only play in 1024 resolution because otherwise it won't display a fullscreen.  i don't know why this is.  even if i put my desktop at 800x600 it will display the desktop less than the full width of the monitor.

i have to run software mode because i can't get good enough fps with open gl!  it would be nice to get higher fps on this hardware, i just need 60

any quake client is very buggy for me, it crashes a lot.  about a half hour ago i checked compatibility mode(98) for the client, and it seems to have fixed that problem. 

**** UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: c0000005
Fault address: 100137A4 (c:\program files\q2\install\data\ref_soft.dll)
R1Q2 module: r1q2.exe(R1Q2-x86) (Version: R1Q2 b6964 x86 Dec 17 2006 Win32 RELEASE)
Windows version: 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2

[X'tyfe]

hmm wow that could be anything :O its hard to say exactly
laptops are never really good choices for gaming to begin with anyway

[MyDocuments]

Is your laptop's screen a widescreen display? If so you might try another resolution to fit it to the screen.

The laptop I use at work has an ATI Mobility Radeon X300, it can run Half Life 2 with no problems but gets terrible fps in Q2 (in a 300x400 window it is still unplayable). I have researched this and found out that these ATI cards are really bad for OpenGL applications (like Q2), but good in DirectX (most other games). If there was a DirectX renderer for Q2, this might solve the problem.

[[BTF]adam]

there IS a command, gl_ext_pointparamaters either 0 or 1 (I forget!!!) that super boosts fps in ATI cards im sure.

[MyDocuments]

Tried that and got 125.1 fps on timedemo (demo1.dm2) in a 300x400 window with gl_ext_pointparameters at 0 and at 1. This is with all tweaks set for max fps. Still unplayable  . Well... maybe its a good thing I am unable to play q2 at work.

[reaper]

that's the thing, this is a work laptop.  it has one gig of ram, and a p4 - yet it can't run opengl at more than 30fps in any resolution..
it's an intel onboard video card.  it's a dell inspiron 1100, and it's not widescreen.  you only get fullscreen q2/desktop at 1024 resolution : /

[MyDocuments]

I just figured it out. Try disabling Triple Buffering in the ATI control panel for Opengl. I did this and timedemo gave me 648 fps

[reaper]

this shit is pissing me off : /

[reaper]

isn't there any q2 commands to optimize opengl for stricly high fps

[[BTF]adam]

you can make it look ugly as shit and gain some fps..

gl_picmip "7"
gl_ext_pointparameters "1"

that should run smoother on ati cards.. regardless of what happened above with other guys, I KNOW this works, I just tried it on the family PC downstairs which has an ATi card in, and it boosted fps like god knows what. 

[Ghost9]

Get a desktop.

Laptops suck for gaming sorry.

[reaper]

yeah , but this is my only computer ; o . i'm gonna try the commands adam gave me, but i think there the ones that turn it all crazy mulitcolor