QUAKE 4™ - Technical Help Index

### Minimum System Requirements ### DirectX® ### Patches and Updates ### General Audio Problems ### Installing the Game to a Compressed Hard Drive ### Contacting Customer Support ## Minimum System Requirements English version of Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP Pentium® 4 2.0 GHz or Athlon™ XP 2000+ processor 512MB RAM 4x Speed DVD-ROM drive and latest drivers 2.8GB of uncompressed free hard disk 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® 9800 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(tm) 3/Ti series Nvidia® GeForce(tm) 4/Ti series Nvidia® GeForce(tm) FX series Nvidia® GeForce(tm) 6 series Nvidia® GeForce(tm) 7 series Multiplayer Requirements Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP) play supported Internet play requires broadband connection and latest drivers LAN play requires network interface card and latest drivers Copy Protection Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP) play supported NOTICE: This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some disc and virtual drives. ## DirectX® QUAKE 4™ requires you to have Microsoft® DirectX® on your computer. http://www.Microsoft.com/directx Q. What is DirectX® and why do I need it? A. DirectX® is a set of sound, video, input and network functions developed by Microsoft®. QUAKE 4™ utilizes the functions that are included with DirectX®. Q. I already have other Windows® 98/2000/ME/XP games installed on my computer. Will the Microsoft® DirectX® Installer change my DirectX® files? A. If you already have other Windows® 98/2000/ME/XP games on your computer, chances are you already have a version of DirectX® installed. In this case, the Microsoft® installer will detect and overwrite any previous versions with DirectX®. At that point, you will need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect. If, however, you already have DirectX® installed on your computer, the Microsoft® DirectX® installer will detect it and not overwrite any DirectX® files. You will not need to restart your computer after installation in order to run QUAKE 4™. ## QUAKE 4™ Updates For updates and patches to QUAKE 4™, please check the following websites: http://www.quake4game.com/ http://www.idsoftware.com http://www.activision.com ## Driver Updates It is important that your ATI® or NVIDIA® video card has the latest drivers in order to enjoy the QUAKE 4™ experience. To update your video card to the latest drivers, please follow the links below. http://www.ati.com/ http://www.nvidia.com/ ## General Audio Problems IMPORTANT NOTE: You may encounter distorted sound and/or choppy gameplay if your sound card is not 100% DirectX® compatible. The following sound cards may not fully support DirectX®: Yamaha® OPL3 series AD (Analog Devices) Sound 2 Ensoniq™ (Gateway™ 2000) IBM™'s MWAVE Compaq(tm)'s ESS Most sound card problems are remedied by installing the latest version of DirectX®, or obtaining newer sound card drivers. ### Surround Speakers. If you have surround sound speakers make sure that you have the correct speaker configuration in the Windows® control panel and not only in any software utilities that came with your sound card. For Windows® XP: Select "Sounds and Audio Devices" in the control panel. On the "Volume" tab, click the "Advanced" button under Speaker Settings. Make sure you have the correct speaker configuration chosen in the drop-down menu on the "Speakers" tab. For Windows® 2000: Select "Sounds and Multimedia" in the control panel. Click the "Audio" tab. Click the "Advanced" button under "Sound Playback". Make sure the correct speaker configuration is chosen under "Speaker Setup". ## Installing to A Compressed Hard Drive We do not recommend installing this program to a compressed drive, Zip™ drive, jaz™ drive or other removable drive. Please install to a non-compressed drive and run the program from there.