Low Quake2 FPS on Fast PC........

In windows XP when you go to the properties for the quake2.exe, there
are compatability options. If I dont have the 256 colors selected under
compatability I only get 25-30 fps. I did uncheck the option and my
crosshair does come back. Why the heck would 256 color mode fix my
problem of only 25-30 fps?

Thanks,

Jeremy

"Goodner79" <jtg30 DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> In windows XP when you go to the properties for the quake2.exe, there
> are compatability options. If I dont have the 256 colors selected
> under compatability I only get 25-30 fps. I did uncheck the option
> and my crosshair does come back. Why the heck would 256 color mode
> fix my problem of only 25-30 fps?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeremy

I don't remember the start of this thread, but looking at just this
message I'd be looking at my video card and driver on this issue. If
that doesn't fix it, then I'd look at which opengl32.dll is in use and
where it is. I recall that placing that file (comes with your vid card
driver AND Windows also has a version that's 'generic') in the Q2 game
folder helped with OGL issues I'd been having. Q2 would look in its own
folder first, then in the \dll or \driver or \system32 folder, where
ever it's stored.
McG.