Just ran across a Quake 4 config that supposedly compresses textures and gives you a nice FPS boost, with no loss of quality. I'll be trying it out, but here it is in full. It should go in X:\Program Files\id Software\Quake 4\dm
Paste it into Notepad and call it Quake4Config.cfg
unbindall
bind "RIGHTCTRL" "_moveDown"
bind "RIGHTSHIFT" "_speed"
bind "TAB" "_impulse19"
bind "ESCAPE" "togglemenu"
bind "SPACE" "_moveUp"
bind "0" "_impulse9"
bind "1" "_impulse0"
bind "2" "_impulse1"
bind "3" "_impulse2"
bind "4" "_impulse3"
bind "5" "_impulse4"
bind "6" "_impulse5"
bind "7" "_impulse6"
bind "8" "_impulse7"
bind "9" "_impulse8"
bind "[" "_impulse14"
bind "]" "_impulse15"
bind "`" "toggleconsole"
bind "a" "_moveleft"
bind "c" "_movedown"
bind "d" "_moveright"
bind "f" "_impulse50"
bind "r" "_impulse13"
bind "s" "_back"
bind "t" "clientmessagemode"
bind "w" "_forward"
bind "y" "clientmessagemode 1"
bind "z" "_ingameStats"
bind "~" "toggleconsole"
bind "PAUSE" "pause"
bind "UPARROW" "_forward"
bind "DOWNARROW" "_back"
bind "LEFTARROW" "_moveleft"
bind "RIGHTARROW" "_moveright"
bind "LEFTALT" "_strafe"
bind "LEFTCTRL" "_attack"
bind "LEFTSHIFT" "_speed"
bind "DEL" "_lookdown"
bind "PGDN" "_lookup"
bind "END" "_impulse18"
bind "F1" "_impulse28"
bind "F2" "_impulse29"
bind "F3" "_impulse17"
bind "F5" "savegame quick"
bind "F6" "_impulse20"
bind "F7" "_impulse22"
bind "F9" "loadgame quick"
bind "F12" "screenshot"
bind "KP_ENTER" "_impulse21"
bind "MOUSE1" "_attack"
bind "MOUSE2" "_zoom"
bind "MOUSE3" "_zoom"
bind "MOUSE4" "_moveUp"
bind "MWHEELDOWN" "_impulse14"
bind "MWHEELUP" "_impulse15"
bind "RIGHTALT" "_strafe"
seta bse_rateCost "1.0"
seta bse_rateLimit "1.0"
seta bse_scale "0.33"
seta gui_mediumFontLimit "0.60"
seta gui_smallFontLimit "0.30"
seta win_viewlog_update_count "10"
seta win_viewlog_ypos "0"
seta win_viewlog_xpos "0"
seta net_socksPassword ""
seta net_socksUsername ""
seta net_socksPort "1080"
seta net_socksServer ""
seta net_socksEnabled "0"
seta win_ypos "22"
seta win_xpos "3"
seta s_useDeferredSettings "1"
seta s_minStereo "8"
seta s_deviceName ""
seta s_useEAXOcclusion "0"
seta s_useEAXReverb "0"
seta s_useOpenAL "0"
seta s_radioChatterFraction "0.9"
seta s_speakerFraction "0.65"
seta s_numberOfSpeakers "2"
seta s_subFraction "0.5"
seta s_meterTopTime "2000"
seta s_reverse "0"
seta s_spatializationDecay "2"
seta s_maxChannelsMixed "24"
seta s_musicVolume "0.5"
seta s_decompressionLimit "2"
seta s_globalFraction "0.8"
seta s_playDefaultSound "1"
seta s_maxSoundsPerShader "1"
seta s_doorDistanceAdd "150"
seta s_volume "1"
seta r_debugArrowStep "120"
seta r_debugLineWidth "1"
seta r_debugLineDepthTest "0"
seta r_forceLoadImages "1"
seta r_shadows "1"
seta r_skipBump "0"
seta r_skipSpecular "0"
seta r_skipNewAmbient "1"
seta r_renderer "best"
seta r_brightness "1.2"
seta r_gamma "1"
seta r_swapInterval "0"
seta r_useIndexBuffers "0"
seta r_customHeight "486"
seta r_customWidth "720"
seta r_fullscreen "1"
seta r_mode "3"
seta r_aspectRatio "0"
seta r_alphaToCoverage "1"
seta r_multiSamples "0"
seta image_downSizeLimit "256"
seta image_ignoreHighQuality "1"
seta image_downSizeBumpLimit "256"
seta image_downSizeSpecularLimit "64"
seta image_downSizeBump "1"
seta image_downSizeSpecular "1"
seta image_useCache "0"
seta image_cacheMegs "100"
seta image_cacheMinK "30"
seta image_usePrecompressedTextures "1"
seta image_useNormalCompressionLoadDDSForPal "1"
seta image_useNormalCompression "2"
seta image_useAllFormats "1"
seta image_useCompression "1"
seta image_downSize "1"
seta image_lodbias "0"
seta image_anisotropy "1"
seta image_filter "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR"
seta g_friendsList ""
seta g_favoritesList ""
seta demo_enforceFS "0"
seta net_clientDownload "1"
seta net_serverAllowServerMod "0"
seta net_LANServer "0"
seta net_menuLANServer "0"
seta net_master4 ""
seta net_master3 ""
seta net_master2 ""
seta net_master1 ""
seta net_clientMaxRate "16000"
seta net_serverMaxClientRate "10000"
seta net_serverMenuDedicated "0"
seta m_strafeSmooth "4"
seta m_smooth "1"
seta m_strafeScale "6.25"
seta m_yaw "0.022"
seta m_pitch "0.022"
seta sensitivity "5"
seta in_joystickLeftStickMove "1"
seta in_toggleZoom "0"
seta in_toggleCrouch "0"
seta in_toggleRun "0"
seta in_alwaysRun "1"
seta in_freeLook "1"
seta in_anglespeedkey "1.5"
seta in_pitchspeed "140"
seta in_yawspeed "140"
seta gui_configServerRate "0"
seta com_lastQuicksave "Quick0"
seta com_skipLevelLoadPause "0"
seta com_guid "tNXTp4iuTi8"
seta com_preloadDemos "0"
seta com_compressDemos "1"
seta sv_punkbuster "0"
seta cl_punkbuster "1"
seta com_videoRam "256"
seta com_showFPS "0"
seta com_purgeAll "1"
seta com_machineSpec "0"
seta sys_lang "english"
seta ui_name "*Put name here*"
seta ui_model "model_player_marine_helmeted"
seta ui_skin "base"
seta si_numPlayers "4"
seta si_fragLimit "10"
seta si_timeLimit "0"
seta si_map "game/hangar2"
seta si_gameType "singleplayer"
seta g_showHudPopups "0"
seta g_brassTime "0"
seta g_decals "1"
seta g_projectileLights "1"
seta g_announcerDelay "1000"
seta g_mapCycle "mapcycle"
seta g_voteFlags "0"
seta g_gameReviewPause "15"
seta g_password ""
seta g_gunViewStyle "0"
seta g_crosshairCustomFile "gfx/guis/crosshairs/crosshair_q3_9.tga"
seta g_crosshairCustom "0"
seta g_crosshairColor "0 1 0 1"
seta g_crosshairSize "32"
seta g_showProjectilePct "0"
seta g_showHud "1"
seta g_skipItemShadowsMP "0"
seta g_skipPlayerShadowsMP "0"
seta g_showPlayerShadow "0"
seta pm_vehicleSoundLerpScale "10"
seta pm_vehicleCameraScaleMax "300"
seta pm_vehicleCameraSpeedScale "0.5"
seta pm_vehicleCameraMinDist "300"
seta pm_vehicleCameraSnap "1"
seta g_editEntityTextDistance "256"
seta g_editEntityDistance "512"
seta g_showcamerainfo "0"
seta g_healthTakeLimit "25"
seta g_healthTakeAmt "5"
seta g_healthTakeTime "5"
seta g_useDynamicProtection "1"
seta g_armorProtectionMP "0.66667"
seta g_armorProtection "0.66667"
seta g_nightmare "0"
seta g_doubleVision "1"
seta g_muzzleFlash "1"
seta ui_showGun "1"
seta ui_autoReload "1"
seta ui_autoSwitch "1"
seta ui_hitscanTint "0 1 1"
seta ui_clan ""
seta ui_model_strogg ""
seta ui_model_marine ""
seta ui_team "Marine"
seta si_autobalance "1"
seta si_shuffle "0"
seta si_spectators "1"
seta si_usePass "0"
seta si_warmup "1"
seta si_teamDamage "0"
seta si_allowHitscanTint "2"
seta si_allowVoting "0"
seta si_useReady "0"
seta si_tourneyLimit "3"
seta si_captureLimit "5"
seta si_minPlayers "2"
seta si_maxPlayers "12"
seta si_mapCycle ""
seta si_name "Quake 4 Server"
seta g_spectatorChat "0"
seta net_clientLagOMeter "0"
Paste it into Notepad and call it Quake4Config.cfg
unbindall
bind "RIGHTCTRL" "_moveDown"
bind "RIGHTSHIFT" "_speed"
bind "TAB" "_impulse19"
bind "ESCAPE" "togglemenu"
bind "SPACE" "_moveUp"
bind "0" "_impulse9"
bind "1" "_impulse0"
bind "2" "_impulse1"
bind "3" "_impulse2"
bind "4" "_impulse3"
bind "5" "_impulse4"
bind "6" "_impulse5"
bind "7" "_impulse6"
bind "8" "_impulse7"
bind "9" "_impulse8"
bind "[" "_impulse14"
bind "]" "_impulse15"
bind "`" "toggleconsole"
bind "a" "_moveleft"
bind "c" "_movedown"
bind "d" "_moveright"
bind "f" "_impulse50"
bind "r" "_impulse13"
bind "s" "_back"
bind "t" "clientmessagemode"
bind "w" "_forward"
bind "y" "clientmessagemode 1"
bind "z" "_ingameStats"
bind "~" "toggleconsole"
bind "PAUSE" "pause"
bind "UPARROW" "_forward"
bind "DOWNARROW" "_back"
bind "LEFTARROW" "_moveleft"
bind "RIGHTARROW" "_moveright"
bind "LEFTALT" "_strafe"
bind "LEFTCTRL" "_attack"
bind "LEFTSHIFT" "_speed"
bind "DEL" "_lookdown"
bind "PGDN" "_lookup"
bind "END" "_impulse18"
bind "F1" "_impulse28"
bind "F2" "_impulse29"
bind "F3" "_impulse17"
bind "F5" "savegame quick"
bind "F6" "_impulse20"
bind "F7" "_impulse22"
bind "F9" "loadgame quick"
bind "F12" "screenshot"
bind "KP_ENTER" "_impulse21"
bind "MOUSE1" "_attack"
bind "MOUSE2" "_zoom"
bind "MOUSE3" "_zoom"
bind "MOUSE4" "_moveUp"
bind "MWHEELDOWN" "_impulse14"
bind "MWHEELUP" "_impulse15"
bind "RIGHTALT" "_strafe"
seta bse_rateCost "1.0"
seta bse_rateLimit "1.0"
seta bse_scale "0.33"
seta gui_mediumFontLimit "0.60"
seta gui_smallFontLimit "0.30"
seta win_viewlog_update_count "10"
seta win_viewlog_ypos "0"
seta win_viewlog_xpos "0"
seta net_socksPassword ""
seta net_socksUsername ""
seta net_socksPort "1080"
seta net_socksServer ""
seta net_socksEnabled "0"
seta win_ypos "22"
seta win_xpos "3"
seta s_useDeferredSettings "1"
seta s_minStereo "8"
seta s_deviceName ""
seta s_useEAXOcclusion "0"
seta s_useEAXReverb "0"
seta s_useOpenAL "0"
seta s_radioChatterFraction "0.9"
seta s_speakerFraction "0.65"
seta s_numberOfSpeakers "2"
seta s_subFraction "0.5"
seta s_meterTopTime "2000"
seta s_reverse "0"
seta s_spatializationDecay "2"
seta s_maxChannelsMixed "24"
seta s_musicVolume "0.5"
seta s_decompressionLimit "2"
seta s_globalFraction "0.8"
seta s_playDefaultSound "1"
seta s_maxSoundsPerShader "1"
seta s_doorDistanceAdd "150"
seta s_volume "1"
seta r_debugArrowStep "120"
seta r_debugLineWidth "1"
seta r_debugLineDepthTest "0"
seta r_forceLoadImages "1"
seta r_shadows "1"
seta r_skipBump "0"
seta r_skipSpecular "0"
seta r_skipNewAmbient "1"
seta r_renderer "best"
seta r_brightness "1.2"
seta r_gamma "1"
seta r_swapInterval "0"
seta r_useIndexBuffers "0"
seta r_customHeight "486"
seta r_customWidth "720"
seta r_fullscreen "1"
seta r_mode "3"
seta r_aspectRatio "0"
seta r_alphaToCoverage "1"
seta r_multiSamples "0"
seta image_downSizeLimit "256"
seta image_ignoreHighQuality "1"
seta image_downSizeBumpLimit "256"
seta image_downSizeSpecularLimit "64"
seta image_downSizeBump "1"
seta image_downSizeSpecular "1"
seta image_useCache "0"
seta image_cacheMegs "100"
seta image_cacheMinK "30"
seta image_usePrecompressedTextures "1"
seta image_useNormalCompressionLoadDDSForPal "1"
seta image_useNormalCompression "2"
seta image_useAllFormats "1"
seta image_useCompression "1"
seta image_downSize "1"
seta image_lodbias "0"
seta image_anisotropy "1"
seta image_filter "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR"
seta g_friendsList ""
seta g_favoritesList ""
seta demo_enforceFS "0"
seta net_clientDownload "1"
seta net_serverAllowServerMod "0"
seta net_LANServer "0"
seta net_menuLANServer "0"
seta net_master4 ""
seta net_master3 ""
seta net_master2 ""
seta net_master1 ""
seta net_clientMaxRate "16000"
seta net_serverMaxClientRate "10000"
seta net_serverMenuDedicated "0"
seta m_strafeSmooth "4"
seta m_smooth "1"
seta m_strafeScale "6.25"
seta m_yaw "0.022"
seta m_pitch "0.022"
seta sensitivity "5"
seta in_joystickLeftStickMove "1"
seta in_toggleZoom "0"
seta in_toggleCrouch "0"
seta in_toggleRun "0"
seta in_alwaysRun "1"
seta in_freeLook "1"
seta in_anglespeedkey "1.5"
seta in_pitchspeed "140"
seta in_yawspeed "140"
seta gui_configServerRate "0"
seta com_lastQuicksave "Quick0"
seta com_skipLevelLoadPause "0"
seta com_guid "tNXTp4iuTi8"
seta com_preloadDemos "0"
seta com_compressDemos "1"
seta sv_punkbuster "0"
seta cl_punkbuster "1"
seta com_videoRam "256"
seta com_showFPS "0"
seta com_purgeAll "1"
seta com_machineSpec "0"
seta sys_lang "english"
seta ui_name "*Put name here*"
seta ui_model "model_player_marine_helmeted"
seta ui_skin "base"
seta si_numPlayers "4"
seta si_fragLimit "10"
seta si_timeLimit "0"
seta si_map "game/hangar2"
seta si_gameType "singleplayer"
seta g_showHudPopups "0"
seta g_brassTime "0"
seta g_decals "1"
seta g_projectileLights "1"
seta g_announcerDelay "1000"
seta g_mapCycle "mapcycle"
seta g_voteFlags "0"
seta g_gameReviewPause "15"
seta g_password ""
seta g_gunViewStyle "0"
seta g_crosshairCustomFile "gfx/guis/crosshairs/crosshair_q3_9.tga"
seta g_crosshairCustom "0"
seta g_crosshairColor "0 1 0 1"
seta g_crosshairSize "32"
seta g_showProjectilePct "0"
seta g_showHud "1"
seta g_skipItemShadowsMP "0"
seta g_skipPlayerShadowsMP "0"
seta g_showPlayerShadow "0"
seta pm_vehicleSoundLerpScale "10"
seta pm_vehicleCameraScaleMax "300"
seta pm_vehicleCameraSpeedScale "0.5"
seta pm_vehicleCameraMinDist "300"
seta pm_vehicleCameraSnap "1"
seta g_editEntityTextDistance "256"
seta g_editEntityDistance "512"
seta g_showcamerainfo "0"
seta g_healthTakeLimit "25"
seta g_healthTakeAmt "5"
seta g_healthTakeTime "5"
seta g_useDynamicProtection "1"
seta g_armorProtectionMP "0.66667"
seta g_armorProtection "0.66667"
seta g_nightmare "0"
seta g_doubleVision "1"
seta g_muzzleFlash "1"
seta ui_showGun "1"
seta ui_autoReload "1"
seta ui_autoSwitch "1"
seta ui_hitscanTint "0 1 1"
seta ui_clan ""
seta ui_model_strogg ""
seta ui_model_marine ""
seta ui_team "Marine"
seta si_autobalance "1"
seta si_shuffle "0"
seta si_spectators "1"
seta si_usePass "0"
seta si_warmup "1"
seta si_teamDamage "0"
seta si_allowHitscanTint "2"
seta si_allowVoting "0"
seta si_useReady "0"
seta si_tourneyLimit "3"
seta si_captureLimit "5"
seta si_minPlayers "2"
seta si_maxPlayers "12"
seta si_mapCycle ""
seta si_name "Quake 4 Server"
seta g_spectatorChat "0"
seta net_clientLagOMeter "0"
