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And FYI.. im not a she im a he.

Oops, sorry about that. Too bad the forum doesn't have little sex symbols to help out with sexual identification.

PSY, I think you could be messing with your cfg forever when, in truth, that's not likely to be the problem. I believe that your issue may stem from some driver software ill. Whether using the latest nVidia driver or the original driver that came with the laptop will fix the problem I don't know.

But I do know that Q3 is portable, in the sense that you can copy the entire folder (directory) to another desktop/laptop without installation. Doing so will determine whether the issue is with your Q3 setup or with your system.

Also, is it me or do you have the gamma set low on your system?

BTW, an Alienware
laptop is one of the most powerful gaming rigs available.
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you can purchase a helping videocard ( for the new games ): Ageia PhysX
here's a quick taste of what PhysX is all about: http://www.ageia.com/physx/videos.html
But .. it doens't work with q3.

This card doesn´t increase the framerate IN ANY GAME. Read the reviews and you will see. It reduces the framerate in the games that supports it indeed. It's because this card enables more complex physics, that finally needs to be processed by the video card. The outcome: your video card needs to process more data = less fps.

It´s a nice idea, but actually, it doesn´t really works. We´ll see a better performance when it´s integrated in the future videocards. (I believe that the new ati 2900 comes with it)

PD: Sorry for my english, I´m spanish.