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October 16th, 2004 18:00
doom 3 image quality
hi,
i know the issues with billinear & trillinear filtering, in doom 3 were supposedly fixed in catalyst 4.9.
However, using cat 4.9 or the latest cat 4.10 i am still not happy with the image quality on my x800 xt. Here are some screens: [ i play in 1024^768, on high ( x8 AF ), with x4 AA ]
I ONLY GOT 17 INCH CRT ( looking to buy a 19inch or 21 inch crt in the uk )
1. Mars base floor is still a bit dodgy.
2. The worst part is wierd jaggies or blurrie bits on some edges. [ is hard to capture in screens ]
3. The guys glasses
Somes peeps say this happens on nvidia graphics cards too? Surely people cant be playin with these things happening and not notice anything?
Dont get me wrong, overall doom 3 looks great. I just dont really like playin it like this.
Are other folk with x800 xt experiencing this too?
Dell Dimension XPS Gen 3
Pentium 4 3.6ghz
1024MB PC-4200 Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz
Intel i925X motherboard
256mb Sapphire x800 xt pci – express
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Dolby Digital 5.1
Windows xp home edition
SP2
Catalyst 4.10 + Direct x 9c
Pentium 4 3.6ghz
1024MB PC-4200 Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz
Intel i925X motherboard
256mb Sapphire x800 xt pci – express
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Dolby Digital 5.1
Windows xp home edition
SP2
Catalyst 4.10 + Direct x 9c
Message Edited by lewis_1 on 10-16-2004 02:43 PM
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scoobydooby
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October 16th, 2004 18:00
I don't really have an answer to your question (to my eyes those pics look pretty good to me).
But I am wondering which program you use for your screen capture.
lewis_1
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October 16th, 2004 19:00
Look harder. I just used the screenshot button in doom 3 to take the screens.
It is hard to show what i am talkin about in screens, it is alot more visible when the game is in motion.
wot are your system specs scooby and do u have doom 3?
scoobydooby
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October 16th, 2004 19:00
No, I don't have Doom 3.
Looking again, I do notice the jagged edges on the guy's glasses in the 3rd pic; but if weren't told anything, I would have thought that the glasses were just supposed to be that way.
I'm sure others will post and give you their opinion of those pics.
DIMENSION XPS GEN 3
PENTIUM 4 EE 3.4 GHZ
Windows XP Pro (SP2)
2GB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHZ
ATI RADEON X800XT
1 X 74 GB SERIAL ATA
1 X 400 GB SERIAL ATA
16X DVD / 12X DVD+RW DL
Now using ATI Catalyst 4.9
My old (but still happily chugging along) computer:
Micron Millennia
Pentium-1 166 MHz
Windows 95a
32 MB Ram
Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 4MB
2 GB Hard Drive
8X CD-ROM
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Message Edited by scoobydooby on 10-16-2004 04:43 PM
lewis_1
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October 16th, 2004 20:00
there is a doom 3 demo that u can download:
http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=5466
U could give it ago to see if u like doom 3, test your pc out and also see if u see wot i am seeing.
Also, catalyst 4.10 has been released. How come u are still using catalyst 4.9?
Dell Dimension XPS Gen 3
Pentium 4 3.6ghz
1024MB PC-4200 Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz
Intel i925X motherboard
256mb Sapphire x800 xt pci – express
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Dolby Digital 5.1
Windows xp home edition
SP2
Catalyst 4.10 + Direct x 9c
scoobydooby
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October 16th, 2004 22:00
I wouldn't like Doom 3 - it's too dark (literally).
I know when I play Far Cry - you start off in a dark tunnel out of which you have to find your way - - I just can't wait till I see light!
About demos - I have found they don't reliably reproduce the game, and neither how your computer will respond to the game.
Example- could not play either of the 2 Far Cry demos - they would crash to the desktop upon loading. But the full game plays without any problems.
I have decided to hold back on the new Catalyst 4.10 driver, based on this thread:
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_video&message.id=94793
lewis_1
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October 16th, 2004 23:00
Wot version of far cry are u running? Wot settings u run it on?
yeah i dont like those cat 4.10's either, i had those cat 4.11 beta's before and i have put them back on.
Dell Dimension XPS Gen 3
Pentium 4 3.6ghz
1024MB PC-4200 Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz
Intel i925X motherboard
256mb Sapphire x800 xt pci – express
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Dolby Digital 5.1
Windows xp home edition
SP2
Catalyst 4.11 beta + Direct x 9c
Message Edited by lewis_1 on 10-16-2004 07:24 PM
scoobydooby
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October 17th, 2004 02:00