Quake 4 FPS

[stuartw101]

I get 60fps with quake 4 on high setting and a resoltuion of 1024 x 768 for single player.

Is that good?

Edit: Split from Thread to keep on topic

 

[Ian]

Sounds pretty good - are you using any anti-aliasing?

 

[stuartw101]

I have no idea, how can i find out?

Sorry for going off topic in the other thread.

 

[Ian]

Check your graphics card options (right click on desktop, properties, settings, advanced) and see if there are any options mentioning it. Its usually No AA, 2x, 4x or even 8x AA - each higher number gives a slower FPS but a much higher graphics card quality

 

[stuartw101]

I see it lists AA btu doesnt say much about it. Let me know if you want me to take a screenshot of another section there.

 

[Ian]

OK, under "Current Settings" it says AA is under application preference - so it won't use it unless Quake 4 tells it to under options.

It runs well at 60fps so I wouldn't change anything there to be honest

 

[stuartw101]

Whats the difference between direct 3D and openDL?

 

[stuartw101]

I just found out ho to change the AA. I prob wont though as i have no idea what im doing really

 

[Ian]

They are both ways of rendering 3D images, these links will explain it better than I can

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opengl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct3D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct3D_vs._OpenGL

 

[stuartw101]

It doesnt allow me to change between openGL and Direct3D. Does the game choose the best option as you play it?

 

[Ian]

Its simply a method of programming - so the game will use one or the other, you can't choose