I have problem recently with q3. Whenever I start q3 it always freezes. There are the few occurances when it does play but then freezes in middle of playing. And it freezes whole computer so have to restart computer all time. I have tried reinstalling q3, e+, default config thinking maybe it was my config. Have done virus scans pb updated reinstalled vista everything and nothing seems to work.

My comp specs are: AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core Processor 2.20 GHz
8 GB Memory
Windows Vista Home Premium 64 Bit
Service Pack 1

When I first installed q3 it worked perfectly fine for couple of months, and now for the last month or so it has been giving me nothing but headache. Any ideas or anyone else have similar problem??

BUMP:

I have a few questions. Ijust upgraded to Vista.

1) With an Intel Core 2 Duo, Do i need to set the affinity + priority to real time? And is there easy way of doing it without minimizing Q3 each time if i do have to do that.

2) Is there a Q3 minimizer that works on Vista? mine doesnt minimize, and just turns the crosshair into a mouse cursor.

3) CPU sometimes goes crazy during gameplay and makes FPS drop randomly. Any idea?

4) Also, when idle it still sometimes goes crazy with 10-20% (i cant pinpoint which process is hogging the cpu)

all drivers and updates are clean as far as im aware

Any advice would be appreciated.

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BUMP:

I have a few questions. Ijust upgraded to Vista.

1) With an Intel Core 2 Duo, Do i need to set the affinity + priority to real time? And is there easy way of doing it without minimizing Q3 each time if i do have to do that.

2) Is there a Q3 minimizer that works on Vista? mine doesnt minimize, and just turns the crosshair into a mouse cursor.

3) CPU sometimes goes crazy during gameplay and makes FPS drop randomly. Any idea?

4) Also, when idle it still sometimes goes crazy with 10-20% (i cant pinpoint which process is hogging the cpu)

all drivers and updates are clean as far as im aware

Any advice would be appreciated.

everything default will work however:
1.) affinity can be left as default
2.) Yes, google it. 1.51 is out, and regardless of version q3e minimzer has always worked with vista, since at least 2005
3.) Not a direct fault of vista, at least from personal experience.
4.) Vista is constantly HD thrashing/creating indexes,etc. I usually turn that off, alongwith many other services. i have vista running at 650mb of ram at bootup (opposed to the usual gig). Even with most of the services off, etc, etc you will still notice vista running between 2-10% when idle.

also, running q3 in XP compatibility mode SP2 wouldn't hurt

I would also not really suggest upgrading to vista SP1/2, I haven't had good experience with either but to each their own. I haven't had a problem with anything when it came to service pack requirements besides n install for some adobe products (CS4 i think) but there are work-arounds