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Article #86168Re: Why does Doom3 see my machine as low quality?
From: Brian Owens
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 09:54
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 09:54
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The auto-configure put me at medium w/ 800x600 as well, but I played the game start to finish with 1024X960 res with no problems. I got 19.6 fps on timedemo demo1 (demo1 is an intense fight scene, but most of the game is exploring and will have a higher framerate) Pentium IV 3.0E ghz Intel D875PBZ Corsair 512meg DDR3200 TWINX LLPT memory nVidia/PNY geForce 4 Ti 4400 Maxtor 80gig SATA drive ViewSonic G220fb flat screen CRT monitor "Marshall" <marshall@nospam.com> wrote in message news:oQuRc.13237$cK.4866@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... > > "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message news:AnsRc.6407$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 > >
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