Re: Why does Doom3 see my machine as low quality?

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From: Stephen Gordon
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 22:02

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Marshall wrote:
> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message news:AnsRc.6407$va2.4332@fe1.texas.rr.com...
> 
>>I've got a 3.0E prescott/800fsb 1 meg L2, 1 gig DDR400 at dual channel,
>>FX5900-128, XP Pro.  Doom3 auto configures to medium with 800x600.
>>McG.
> 
> 
> Do you leave it there? Or can you do better and still have good play
> quality?
>      -Marshall
> 
> 

Generally you can do better, the autodetect thing seems pretty conservative.

-Steve

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From: Stephen Gordon <s4054252@student.uq.edu.au>
Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Subject: Re: Why does Doom3 see my machine as low quality?
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 08:02:25 +1000
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