Most people in the gaming scene don't have $400 to drop on an nVidia 7800 GTX, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy Quake IV with the stability a high end video card would give you. In this edition of Quake 101 I will go over config tweaks that will improve your gaming fps and your connection to servers.

First things first. You need to be able to change your settings without risking being able to change back if you don't get the results you wanted.

Open up notepad and add --> seta com_allowconsole "1" and seta com_showfps "1"
Save this to your "C:\\q4base" directory with the name autoexec.cfg

From now on we will edit the autoexec.cfg file for any changes. This will allow you to take any commands you add out and not damage the original config.