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Re: doom 3 running in software mode (menu slow)

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From: Mr Blenny
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 01:21
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"Fuktop" <fuk_top@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4PRRc.52516$7S3.966639@wagner.videotron.net...
> Hi!!
>
> By looking at your problem I solved mine and maybe this will solve yours
> too.
>
> I also have a GF4 Ti but its a 4400. I saw you said you enabled FX
emulation
> with aTuner. I did exactly the same to get the Doom beta to work. So what
I
> did was simply to turn it off (I downloaded the latest aTuner so that it
> would be compatible with the new driver I installed) and now, bingo! Doom3
> works fine :)
>
> Make sure your turn all type of emulation on and maybe it will work for
you
> too.



Thank you for the suggestion. I d/l the latest atuner and turned off
emulation and the game works a treat now. Must have been some setting deep
in the system that kept emulation on after I played the beta and that mucked
around with the full game.

Cheers,
Damo





>
> Good luck!
>
> "Mr Blenny" <nospam@spamaholics.com> a Γ©crit dans le message de
> news:41175465$1@duster.adelaide.on.net...
> > Well it isnt really but thats the best way to describe it. The game
> > installed and loads but the intro movie was choppy and then the menu
loads
> > with what looks like planet in the background, but it is corrupted and
> very
> > slow. Literally 1 frame per second.
> >
> > My system:
> >
> > 512meg RAM, P4 2.4 Ghz and a 128meg GF4 ti4200.
> >
> > I  have tried:
> >
> > 3 different detonator drivers (including latest)
> > Reinstalling DirectX
> > Using aTuner to emulate a GeforceFX (I had to do this to get the leaked
> beta
> > running last year)
> > Copying the doom3 folder (including config file) from a PC which it
worked
> > on
> >
> > Note: Call of Duty works fine which uses OpenGL as well (I presume Doom3
> > uses openGL)
> > Far Cry works fine which is a completly different game but is DirectX 9
> >
> > I dont know what to try - it is obviously some sort of graphic
driver/card
> > issue but I dont have any other tricks to try? Google searches revealed
at
> > least two other people with the same problem and they have GF4 Ti4200 as
> > well, but there are plenty of people with these cards that the game
works
> > fine on.
> >
> > Any hints or a solutions would be muchly appreciated,
> >
> > Ta,
> > Damo
> >
> >
>
>
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