Lava writes "I saw this link on xlr8yourmac and gave it a shot. I went from 34fps to 53fps. You need to change a few things with BBEdit. I don't like not seeing the weapon for instance but overall this cfg rocks
http://www.barrysworld.com/guides/quake3/Configs&Bindings/locki-1.3.zip "
This is a custom Quake3 config file. You sacrifice screen quality for more speed.