Author Topic: My Quake 2 is sluggish (Read 12135 times)

vibes · « **Reply #15 on:** October 29, 2007, 06:52:54 PM »

mine shows Q3 and Q4, among many other popular online sheeet

no Q2,

Will the ADD option do it ?
There are several ways to ADD it.

suggestions?

Peace

ReCycled · « **Reply #16 on:** October 29, 2007, 09:17:24 PM »

Yeah, you can see the "add" button just below the list. Click it and it brings up a typical browse feature to find quake2.exe (or other Q2) in the Quake2 directory. Just click the exe and Bobs your uncle.

jägermonsta · « **Reply #17 on:** October 30, 2007, 05:05:23 AM »

Quote from: console on October 29, 2007, 10:43:33 AM

I found a setting in the nvidia control panel that fixed it. It was the "Threaded optimization" setting, which it describes as:

"Allows applications to take advantage of multiple CPUs. Most newer applications should benefit from the Auto-select or On settings. This setting should be turned off for most older applications."

I turned it Off and Q2 runs fine now. (One nice thing is their control panel lets you override settings for particular program .exe files. So I just turned it off for r1q2.exe and quake2.exe, and left it "Auto" for the rest of the system.)

This fixed my Quake 2 issues completely! Man I spent hours fucking around with my config and then I thought it was my monitor then I thought it was my mouse but the whole time it was cause of my $1k Quad Core CPU... POS!

Awesome fix! Worked for my friend who I setup with Q2 and had a Dual Core. Put it in a sticky or something.

The Happy Friar · « **Reply #18 on:** October 30, 2007, 05:56:43 AM »

do you all have nvidia's & multi-core's? I have an AMD X2 & an ATI but have never experienced these issues. Infact, I tried turning off one CPU last night to see if it made a difference & it didn't.

jägermonsta · « **Reply #19 on:** October 30, 2007, 06:16:10 AM »

Quote from: The Happy Friar on October 30, 2007, 05:56:43 AM

do you all have nvidia's & multi-core's?

MOBO: EVGA nForce 680i SLI A1
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GPU: x2 - EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX KO ACS3 768MB cards in SLI
HD: x2 - Western Digital RaptorX 150GB Serial ATA150 Hard Drives in RAID1
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R1CH · « **Reply #20 on:** October 30, 2007, 06:35:15 AM »

Quote from: The Happy Friar on October 30, 2007, 05:56:43 AM

do you all have nvidia's & multi-core's? I have an AMD X2 & an ATI but have never experienced these issues. Infact, I tried turning off one CPU last night to see if it made a difference & it didn't.

Only NVIDIA drivers implement the buggy as hell threaded "optimization". It caused issues for anticheat too, which is why http://antiche.at/ mentions that it should be disabled. It really should default off since it violates how OpenGL is supposed to work.

jägermonsta · « **Reply #21 on:** October 30, 2007, 06:44:02 AM »

Agreed.

The Happy Friar · « **Reply #22 on:** October 30, 2007, 08:37:26 AM »

is this what causes issues with older DX games too (IE AvP)?

ReCycled · « **Reply #23 on:** October 30, 2007, 08:51:07 AM »

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jägermonsta · « **Reply #24 on:** October 30, 2007, 09:00:42 AM »

Quote from: ReCycled on October 30, 2007, 08:51:07 AM

So where is the 'threaded optimization" thingee? I even did an index search in my Nvidia Control Panel and it ain't there. I went to their website and they wanted me to subscribe to them to get their updated CP, so I went with Forceware.

I am using Control Panel 1.4.13.09 and I believe that came with the latest Forceware software/drivers. I also have nTune installed, not sure if that will make any difference. http://www.nvidia.com/object/ntune_5.05.47.00.html

'Threaded Optimization' should be right above 'Triple buffering'

Whirlingdervish · « **Reply #25 on:** October 30, 2007, 10:04:29 AM »

it may depend on the style of nvidia card that you are using..

My Nvidia control panel on my work comp doesn't show it under the advanced options, but its a Quadro NVS 285, and not a geforce series card.

It has some interesting options that I'm tempted to twiddle with tho..

ReCycled · « **Reply #26 on:** October 31, 2007, 06:16:14 AM »

Well I downloaded the nTune software and it gives me more options, but still no "threaded" option. That's Ok because I saw some improvement anyway. At the same time I DL-ed the correct series 7000 drivers for my GeForce 7300. Nvidia tells you to uninstall any previous drivers before you install the new. So I JUST uninstalled nTune - not the drivers and rebooted. Now my computer hangs when it gets to the Desktop. Thanx Nvidia. So its off to the computer shop for me this morning. I guess XP doesn't have a "Safe Mode" to boot into.
I love computers......

jägermonsta · « **Reply #27 on:** October 31, 2007, 06:25:52 AM »

XP does have Safe Mode. When you turn on your computer press f8 over and over. will give you a boot menu. boot into safe mode and uninstall ALL you nvidia stuff.

ReCycled · « **Reply #28 on:** October 31, 2007, 07:01:07 AM »

Bingo! I'm back i n business. When I start my computer it only lists 2 options - F2 Boot and F11 Setup. I guess F8 is a secret but obviously very handy when you see all the different selections for booting. Problem solved. Thanx Jaegar!

jägermonsta · « **Reply #29 on:** October 31, 2007, 07:08:19 AM »

You're welcome

Did the threaded option appear after installing new drivers/software?

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