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Article #86589Re: doom 3 running in software mode (menu slow)
From: Mr Blenny
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 01:21
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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