Omega drivers installed ... and I must say: it does a very good job of trying to boost frame rates. Just like others in this thread have suggested ... you can run a few console commands to turn off the gun, remove some advanced options in the System command on the main menu (WARNING: you may not be enjoying the game as it should be when this is done...but ull still love the game). But, while you await better support ... these are minor solutions to help u play some.
I tried Doom 3 at 1280x800 (native resolution) at medium settings noAA/noAF and I only got 22fps in demo 1. I turned off shadows and it jumped up to 33 fps. It drags at times while playing but I think these are the settings that I'm going to stick with...Doom 3 in widescreen is great.
Remember I have only 2.8 and 64 mb 9700. Results for those of you with beefer 9100/XPS may be better.
1. pull down the console (ctrl, alt, ~) 2. set the resolution you want by setting the r_customheight and r_customwidth vars
r_customwidth 1280 r_customheight 800
then set r_mode to -1
r_mode -1
then simply restart the video with vid_restart
I'm unsure if the 1280x800 setting sticks (i have only done it once). I imagine that you have to type that at console every time or put it in an autoexec.cfg file.
Inspiron 8600 1.5, 512Mb, 4200rpm HDD, fx5200 Go 32 Mb
demo1 is like a slow-motion movie, especially where the fire balls fly. Quite difficult to play tbh.
The main bottleneck's your vid card and it's memory. I believe no video card below 64MB video ram is actually playable for this behemoth. However, you should be able to push it a bit more with the latest video drivers. Good luck !
hotcigar
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flipcody
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August 7th, 2004 19:00
I tried Doom 3 at 1280x800 (native resolution) at medium settings noAA/noAF and I only got 22fps in demo 1. I turned off shadows and it jumped up to 33 fps. It drags at times while playing but I think these are the settings that I'm going to stick with...Doom 3 in widescreen is great.
Remember I have only 2.8 and 64 mb 9700. Results for those of you with beefer 9100/XPS may be better.
test
Message Edited by flipcody on 08-21-2004 09:59 AM
Targetone
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August 7th, 2004 23:00
flipcody
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August 8th, 2004 03:00
1. pull down the console (ctrl, alt, ~)
2. set the resolution you want by setting the r_customheight and r_customwidth vars
r_customwidth 1280
r_customheight 800
then set r_mode to -1
r_mode -1
then simply restart the video with
vid_restart
I'm unsure if the 1280x800 setting sticks (i have only done it once). I imagine that you have to type that at console every time or put it in an autoexec.cfg file.
Targetone
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August 8th, 2004 08:00
Works great! Thx! Now it's in my autoexec. Demo1 1280x800, settings high, seta image_anisotropy "0" without shadows 35.1 fps.
Hope that is enough to play!
hotcigar
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August 9th, 2004 15:00
For all the DOOM 3 gamers, here is the "mother of tweak guides" (apparently):
http://www.tweakguides.com/Doom3_1.html
hope this helps you folks figure out how mean your machine could get to run this mother of all games.
Cheers!
mikers85
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August 16th, 2004 16:00
5150 nvidia users ... use the drivers and inf's from laptopvideo2go.com for huge frame rate increase
andru123
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August 23rd, 2004 20:00
Well, check this out:
All effects off, 640x480, 16 bpp colors, lowest quality - 9.2 fps
Inspiron 8600 1.5, 512Mb, 4200rpm HDD, fx5200 Go 32 Mb
demo1 is like a slow-motion movie, especially where the fire balls fly. Quite difficult to play tbh.
hotcigar
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August 23rd, 2004 22:00
The main bottleneck's your vid card and it's memory. I believe no video card below 64MB video ram is actually playable for this behemoth. However, you should be able to push it a bit more with the latest video drivers. Good luck !
andru123
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August 30th, 2004 16:00