Low FPS on modern machine

[TROJAN719]

Hello! I have unstable FPS (from pretty low to average) on my machine (AMD FX-6100, Radeon HD7770). The game shouldn't act like this, on my old graphics card (Radeon X550 :) ) it was running with no lags at all. Tried lots of the solutions listed here and on some web sites... Nothing helped. Any ideas? BTW, the lags are on my both Windows: XP x64 and Seven x64. The drivers are up-to-date...

[>M@tEo$<]

Good evening,

idTech III uses more the CPU than the GPU; What is your CPU?

If you have the ATi Control Panel, check the VSync isn't forced on.

[TROJAN719]

The CPU is AMD FX-6100. Six cores, 3.4GHz or around that. And no, VSync isn't forced on...

[>M@tEo$<]

No AV scanning in the back, disk defragmented?

[TROJAN719]

No scanning. The disk is defragmented. I heard that low FPS when playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a common issue on the modern graphics card due to problems OpenGL but can't find working solution for me...

[>M@tEo$<]

Hmm try to launch it on a single core. It's too old to support multi-threading, I know some little launchers were made for RtcW and WolfET to launch these on a single core :)

Fingers crossed :/

[MANGEL JS]

Open the game console and type /r_primitives 2.
or in steam launch game options: +set r_primitives 2


This Command fixes the low fps problem. It's an old engine so It still uses 0.


http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33918926

[TROJAN719]

No luck again. Sorry :(

[MANGEL JS]

Ingame settings: Disable GL Extensions.

[Kyrii]

Hey, thanks Mangel, your solution seems to have worked. I had bad lag when I looked in random directions but right now it seems to be stable. Another way to fix this was to rename the wolfsp.exe in the games directory to quake3.exe, but it prevented me from launching from steam :/

[Mega Man[ITA]]

The console-solution of Mangel worked for me, very good! Thanks.

[The MAZZTer]

r_primitives 2 worked for me! :)

[chrisj725]

I've said this on my thread, but the primitives command worked for me to run at a really smooth framerate, but at certain levels (such as the catacombs and mission 6) the game crashes, and it doesn't when I undo the command. The game is buggy as all hell on modern computers!

[anat0lius]

Doesn't work for me :(

AMD A6-5200 (apu) on Windows 8.1

Game patched with 1.42 (unoficial)

[>M@tEo$<]

The r_primitives or the GL Extensions?

[Aktyzm]

Rename WolfSP.exe to e.g. Wolf.exe