Quake 4

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I will post some screen shots tonight. I will say, this game is a nice upgrade from Call Of Duty 2! It's in a totally different class of game, graphically speaking. I found F.E.A.R. to be just incredible, but this is a nice followup game to play after that. COD2 was just a disappointment, graphically speaking IMO.
 
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After playing the demo of COD2 i was all fired up to go and buy the game this coming weekend. Is Quake 4 much better? I've play 2 and i enjoyed it, but it got boring v. quickly (like 30 mins). How PC intensive is Quake 4, i.e. whats a good minimum spec.?
 
Like I said, COD2 has great game play but they haven't stepped up to the graphical standards of FPS' that are coming out now. I have played about 5 hours of each game and would say that each game is as fun as the other, but the graphics of Q4 are a nice relief to see after playing COD2. I'm running a x850xt ATI card with a gig of ram and a 3.6 P4 64-bit processor with a couple of WD raptor drives. I am running at 1776x1000 resolution (16:9 aspect) with all features maxed out except for AA. It does stutter a bit at times but for the most part runs solid. I would say that COD2 has much lower computer spec standards to play at high resolutions and frame rates.

When I get home tonight, I'll post some in-game screen shots for you to compare to COD2.

Good luck and cheers.
 
For screen shots, click here.

Be warned though, there are 54 images, with a resolution of 1776x1000, and they average about 260KB each.

56K'ers BEWARE.
 
Thanks, i'll take a look when i get home from work.

Sorry to side track, but how are those Raptors suiting you? ;) Very tempted to get a couple myself. You have them in a RAID setup i presume?
 
donbenni
Oh.

After playing the demo of COD2 i was all fired up to go and buy the game this coming weekend. Is Quake 4 much better? I've play 2 and i enjoyed it, but it got boring v. quickly (like 30 mins). How PC intensive is Quake 4, i.e. whats a good minimum spec.?
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Quake 4 runs much better than COD2 on my system. I run Quake 4 @ 1280x1024 with max details (minus shadows) and I average around 30-50fps. COD2 I'm lucky to get 30 at the same resolution with medium settings.

I should probably get around to finishing Q4. I've got a feeling I'm getting towards the end of the storyline (which, by the way, is effing huge! it seems to go on forever... which isn't a bad thing of course).
 
Pako
For screen shots, click here.

Be warned though, there are 54 images, with a resolution of 1776x1000, and they average about 260KB each.

56K'ers BEWARE.
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Awesome! I so want this game for the 360 now (after PGR3 that is)!
 
@donbenni, The Raptor drives are suiting me just fine in a striped raid. The only complaint I have is their $/Gb. Still cheaper than SCSI though. :)

@Shannon, I experienced just the opposite with Q4 being the more taxing game, and COD2 being able to CRANK every thing up to MAX. What's your system setup, got me curious now. :) [edited], never mind, just read your specs here. Whats interesting is that you and I have the X850XT card so I wonder where the difference is, processor?
 
Pako
@Shannon, I experienced just the opposite with Q4 being the more taxing game, and COD2 being able to CRANK every thing up to MAX. What's your system setup, got me curious now. :) [edited], never mind, just read your specs here. Whats interesting is that you and I have the X850XT card so I wonder where the difference is, processor?
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I can't even run trilinear filtering in COD2, and even with the crappy settings its on now it barely ever goes over 30fps. I'm curious, what are your 3D settings set to (from the Windows display properties?).

Edit: Seems Activision should've worked on their DirectX 9 implementation a bit better. If I change the rendering mode from DX9 to DX7, the performace jump is insane. Around 70fps with all other settings maxed.
 
Just tried it since it came with my Vid card... it was ok but I don't think it will hold my interest. I could try online too. :D
 
I ran the demo on 1.0ghz p3, 386mb ram and a geforce 4000. It ran, but performance beyond that is optimistic for that rig. 1-25fps.
On my friends 2.0 p4 with the same specs I saw 60fps occasionally. Download the demo and give it a shot, its only about 400mb iirc.

The game is fun after you get augmented, before that the slowass movement and linear play didnt interest me. MP is fun but youre better off with Q3 for that purpose. Gameplay is nearly the same and its far more developed + has a decent playerbase.
 
DrogoGTO
I ran the demo on 1.0ghz p3, 386mb ram and a geforce 4000. It ran, but performance beyond that is optimistic for that rig. 1-25fps.
On my friends 2.0 p4 with the same specs I saw 60fps occasionally. Download the demo and give it a shot, its only about 400mb iirc.

The game is fun after you get augmented, before that the slowass movement and linear play didnt interest me. MP is fun but youre better off with Q3 for that purpose. Gameplay is nearly the same and its far more developed + has a decent playerbase.
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Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, I have learned that the Geforce 4 MX cards like the one I have aren't really used by many games out there today :(. I can't even run MOH Pacific Assault on it :eek:. Good news, an upgrade is in my near future :D.
 
Silverzone
Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, I have learned that the Geforce 4 MX cards like the one I have aren't really used by many games out there today :(. I can't even run MOH Pacific Assault on it :eek:. Good news, an upgrade is in my near future :D.
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Its because you dont have pixel shader.
 

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