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08-09-2002, 01:40 PM
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Benchmarking my video card... what commands to use in Quake 3?
I'm just about to get a new video card and I wanted to compare the one I have now and the new one. I know that there is a command that you need to enter in the console during one of the demos for it to give you a FPS rating at the end. Can anyone tell me what it is?
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08-09-2002, 01:45 PM
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Hi E-L-M,
Type timedemo 1 in the console and then play a demo, at the end it will tell you the average FPS. You can also compare the cards by running 3D Mark 2001. http://www.madonion.com/products/3dmark2001/ |
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08-09-2002, 01:48 PM
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thanks for the quick reply DrZ
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08-09-2002, 02:14 PM
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Hmmmm.... Quake 3 didn't prove to be too difficult for the card. Can I use RTCW to benchmark? My monitor only supports 1024 X 768 so I need a more complexe game. I'll dl 3D Mark soon. Its 40 megs and that will take a while on my 56k line.
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08-09-2002, 02:17 PM
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Yep, you can run RTCW, its based on the Q3A engine so the commands are the same, just do timedemo 1 and run a demo.
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08-09-2002, 02:35 PM
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only problem is there doesn't seem to be any demos with RTCW. I suppose I'll have to download one?
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08-09-2002, 02:40 PM
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Yeah, or you can just record one of yourself playing online for a few minutes.
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08-09-2002, 02:46 PM
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and how would i do that?
recorddemo 1? |
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08-09-2002, 03:34 PM
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First, start a game and type g_syncronousClients 1 in the console, then type record demo1 (where demo1 is the name of the demo), and play around for a while. When you're done, just type stoprecord and the new demo should be in the demos folder.
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08-09-2002, 03:38 PM
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okay I'll go try that. Do i just go to load saved game or something when I want to replay the demo?
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08-09-2002, 03:44 PM
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Just run the timedemo 1 command and then demo demo1 will play back the recorded demo and display the FPS at the end as before.
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08-09-2002, 04:03 PM
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it sais timedemo 1 is cheat protected...
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08-09-2002, 04:10 PM
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That's normal, just a cheat var warning if I remember correcty.
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08-09-2002, 06:06 PM
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ya but it doesn't play the demo...
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08-09-2002, 06:27 PM
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Type disconnect first and try it again.
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08-09-2002, 11:41 PM
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That didn't work, I still get the same error
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08-10-2002, 01:24 AM
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Sorry, I havn't played Q3A/RTCW in a while so I don't remember the exact commands. Give Q3Bench a try, it takes care of the commands.
http://www.g256.com/guides/Q3Bench/ |
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