Quake 3 running awesomly , but skips

SawyerTHEBEST · Feb 10, 2013

I finally got Quake 3 to run on my Powerbook G4 , it runs at around 120fps, which is awesome BUT it skips like a cd every 2 seconds. Whut do? I'm running off ioquake which is a mod to make it run better I THINK I don't know **** about macs </3 gooby pls halp :apple:

Zotaccian · Feb 10, 2013

Most if not all PowerBook G4's should be able to run vanilla Quake 3 without problems and need for any optimization mods etc., I think.

SawyerTHEBEST · Feb 10, 2013

Heres my graphics card . I hate ati
, and I dont know what vanilla is BUT I'LLLL LOOK IT UP and get back.
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700:

Chipset Model: ATY,RV360M11
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
VRAM (Total): 128 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x4e50
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-xxxxx-145
Displays:
Color LCD:
Resolution: 1280 x 854
Depth: 32-Bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Built-In: Yes

Jethryn Freyman · Feb 10, 2013

Forget ioQuake, the OS X universal port of Q3 is great. My eMac with a itty bitty 32MB Radeon 7500 runs it on 1280x960 without skipping a beat.

Is your computer doing anything in the background?
How much memory (RAM) does your computer have?
You are running the game from your internal hard disk, right?

You could try tweaking the .cfg files to use a higher cache of RAM for the game, but that's beyond the scope of this 2AM tipsy post

Zotaccian · Feb 10, 2013

SawyerTHEBEST said:
Heres my graphics card . I hate ati
, and I dont know what vanilla is BUT I'LLLL LOOK IT UP and get back.
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

Vanilla means the default version, standard without any optimizations, hacks etc. Dunno who has coined that term but I have accepted it in my vocabulary (english is not my native tongue). Radeon 9700 is more than enough for that game.

SawyerTHEBEST · Feb 10, 2013

Yaaaaaa I was running bit Torent in the background without noticing it, my dock is 2D and I have that space background OK OK ^_^ but I'm glad to finally have a real game on this oldddddde mac

rjcalifornia · Feb 10, 2013

SawyerTHEBEST said:
I finally got Quake 3 to run on my Powerbook G4 , it runs at around 120fps, which is awesome BUT it skips like a cd every 2 seconds. Whut do? I'm running off ioquake which is a mod to make it run better I THINK I don't know **** about macs </3 gooby pls halp

Well... I don't know but you don't need too much to run Quake 3. I used to play like everyday on my ibook G3 500Mhz with no issues. Pretty fast... Man I love playing Quake 3 with 11 bots lol

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