Expert: Kenn - 7/6/2006

Question
I have a question about my Pc and Quake 4. My computer is a Compaq Presario SR1710NX with a sempron 3400 processer and 768 MB ram. The system seems to handle Doom 3 quite well (except for action scenes with a number of creatures) but Quake 4 is another story. The opening scene shows the marines in a jerky, nonlinear motion with small patches of black squares appearing throughout the scene. Is the system requirement so much greater for Quake 4 that I will have to tweak the system (video card and ram) or is something wrong with the game settings?
                                Thank You:
                                R. Gallo

Answer
Hey there

  i would highly recomend you to read the game requirements..

Quake 4 Minimum System Requirements

English version of Windows 2000/XP
Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or Athlon XP 2000+ Processor
512MB RAM
8x speed CD-ROM drive and latest drivers
2.8GB uncompressed hard-drive space, plus 400MB for Windows swap file
100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers
100% Windows 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers
DirectX 9.0c included
3D Hardware Accelerator Card required
100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 64MB
Hardware Accelerated video card and the latest drivers

ATI Radeon 9700
ATI Radeon X300 Series
ATI Radeon X550 Series
ATI Radeon X600 Series
ATI Radeon X700 Series
ATI Radeon X800 Series
ATI Radeon X850 Series
NVIDIA GeForce 3/Ti Series
NVIDIA GeForce 4/Ti Series
NVIDIA GeForce FX Series
NVIDIA GeForce 6 Series
NVIDIA GeForce 7 Series
Multiplayer Requirements

Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP) Supported
Internet play requires broadband connection and latest drivers
LAN play requires network interfaces card and latest drivers

there, i hope that helps..

good luck