it doesnt matter what i do to m graphics my FPS always stay the same, so i thought visually ill make it look a treat, im running everything at its highest possible except resolution im runnning it at 1085 x something or other.
anyway i used to get major nice graphics on highest, scince i updated the drivers its a little blotchy, is there n e thing in the console that will make it really nice graphics? thanks
If a graphics driver update caused the difference have u tried reverting to an earlier version of the drivers?
What video card and drivers are you using? It’s possible that you had anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering enabled previously. Things will look very blocky and pixelated if you turn AA off again. Check your driver configuration properties.
i have a geforce 4 ti4200, im not sure i hgad the gfx on max then i updated drivers and on max they dont look as good 
Well, open your Display Properties and then go to Settings->Advanced…->GeForce4 Ti 4200->Performance & Quality Settings. Move the Antialiasing slider to 2x or 4x and see if that restores your original image quality.
My ti4200 seems exactly the same with the new drivers as with the old ones. Maybe a small FPS difference, but Its not noticable. Its probably down to Anti-Aliasing.
Edit: If your gonna use antialiasing, try Quincunx Antialiasing. It looks better than 2x but the performance hit is practically the same.
well what lek devil said helped, but still not as good as it used to be, where and wat is this antiliasing thing??
Anti-Aliasing smooths out the jagged edges you see on objects in the game. It depends on the game (some I’ve played arent very “jaggy” to begin with) but it can make the game look a whole lot better with it on.
Since you have the latest drivers, I assume you have the little nvidia icon in your system tray? Well, right click that, select Performance and Quality settings > Antialiasing settings, and you’ll have a list of options to choose from. I recommend starting with 2x or Quincunx and seeing what thats like, because 4x and 4xS can give you a big FPS hit, with no real improvement in visual quality. If you dont have the icon, go to Display Properties > Settings > Click Advanced > Geforce4 ti 4200 > performance & quality settings, and change the slider.
Theres also Anisotropic Filtering, which I havent tried yet in ET, but in some games the improvement is barely noticable, yet the performance hit is quite high, so it’s best to just leave it off unless you have one of the new top-line cards.
Well, open your Display Properties and then go to Settings->Advanced…->GeForce4 Ti 4200->Performance & Quality Settings
Huh? 
Those running the nVidia supplied binary driver under linux will set two envrionment variables…
Full Scene Antialiasing settings
variable __GL_FSAA_MODE
FSAA 1 is 2x Bilinear Multisampling
FSAA 2 is 2x Quincunx Multisampling
FSAA 3 is disabled
FSAA 4 is 4x Bilinear Multisampling
FSAA 5 is 4x Gaussian Multisampling
Anisotropic Filtering settings
variable __GL_DEFAULT_LOG_ANISO
AF 0 is disabled
AF 1 is low Anisotropic Filtering
AF 2 is med Anisotropic Filtering
AF 3 is max Anisotropic Filtering
This is GF4/FX specific, if you have GF2/3/Quadro4 you’ll need to look it up.
Set these somewhere, maybe in your bashrc, and all of X gets purty:
export __GL_FSAA_MODE=5
export __GL_DEFAULT_LOG_ANISO=3
Just a thought. While antialiasing and anistopic filtering make things look good, they do give a big performance hit. Typically, increasing the resolution, like going from 800x600 to 1024x768, or from 1024x768 to 1280x1024 (what I use) will improve visual detail with less of a performance hit that enabling antialiasing.
I use 1280x1024 with all featured maxed with no antialiasing or anistropic filtering and it looks excellent with good/high frames rates. But as soon as you enable antialiasing or anistropic filtering, regardless of your video card, you will see a bigger performance hit.
Regardless of what you do, the goal is to have 50 FPS or more in large open areas. Frame rates below this will not only effect your enjoyment of the game but they will negatively effect your ability to fight. id engine games must recieve data from the server for every frame to be displayed. If your connection is not so good, even if your system rocks big time, the frames can get choppy. This is one reason a fast connection is an advantage, because a fast connection, even if you could only use 800x600 resolution, would yield good frame rates and you could shot better in the game.
