bad performance from a very good gfx card

[Psychcf]

Ok, so I'm not quite sure why but I'm not getting a playable FPS with my graphics card. It's an nvidia geforce 7600 GT (not SLI), and can run quake 4 on ultimate no problem (exept for the bloodwork map, but lets not get into that)

I have a reasonable configuration too:

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fov "100"
gl_picmip "0"
gl_texture_anisotropy "2"
r_glsl_deluxemapping "0"
r_shadow_realtime_dlight "0"
r_shadow_realtime_world "1"
r_shadow_realtime_world_shadows "0"
vid_height "768"
vid_width "1024"
viewsize "100"


It especially dips in maps like slimepit, silvercity, and soylant. There are others that I forgot to mention, these aren't the only ones. I've tried alot of optimization, too.

I can barely run anything in my monitor's native rez, which is 1440x900. It could be optimization, but if you look here, it says it's "awesome". With SDL I get about the same performance.

[morfar]

1. Always use low settings when playing online Or else it's not enjoyable fps wise.

2. Darkplaces (the engine Nexuiz uses) HAS performance issues. It is known for giving people low fps on all machines even brand new ones. I read in #alientrap that it is the graphics drivers that for some reason don't like Darkplaces. Not sure if it can be fixed anytime soon.

The general tip is the use low settings. 'exec low.cfg' and 'vid_restart' is a good idea.



(but maybe you have other issues I don't know about)

[Psychcf]

(but maybe you have other issues I don't know about)

If you mean things like cooling, drivers, or power, that's not the problem.

[KadaverJack]

You should better turn off r_shadow_realtime_world, realtime lightning eats fps like crazy...

[Psychcf]

You should better turn off r_shadow_realtime_world, realtime lightning eats fps like crazy...

got better results with that, but I still should be getting better results...

[esteel]

Well how about some numbers, move config.cfg away, load Nexuiz and enter in the console tdem demo1 and then see benchmark.log and tell us the numbers

[Psychcf]

Ok. With low.cfg, I got about 30 FPS average, normal.cfg I got about 20-25 FPS average, high.cfg I got about 26-20, and ultimate.cfg I got 3-12 FPS. (with demo 1)

[esteel]

Hmm thats really bad.. with my nv 6600gt i get 50fps on average with default settings, 90 with low.cfg and 105 with 'my' low settings..
What are your other specs? windows,linux? driver version? xorg.conf?

[Psychcf]

forceware version: 93.71
OS: windows (will install feisty when it comes out)
power supply: 500W antec
mainboard: intel DP965LT

[divVerent]

That's weird, because I _have_ a 7600GT and get everywhere >50fps (average much more) with low.cfg + r_dynamic 1 + r_shadow_realtime_dlight 1 + r_glsl 1 + r_glsl_deluxemapping 1.