> you in at least one other thread have seen the response that for > Quake 3 to use the optimal rendering path, you need to type > /r_primitives 2 in the Quake 3 console.
That's correct.
> If you don't do that, Quake 3 will pick a rendering path that is suboptimal.
Yes, that's why redrumloa did exactly that I guess. Quote from posting #1:
"And under Quake 3 (All details maxed out): r_primitives 2"
As you can see, the comparison is with this option enabled in both cases.
> Yet you either choose to ignore it, which makes you a troll, or > you're incapable of comprehending said fact, which makes you > retarded. Which is it?
None of that, as I neither ignored it nor non-comprehended it, which everybody can easily see who has at least basic reading comprehension skills. So maybe you want to ask your question to yourself?
