Re: Frame rate q

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From: Marshall
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 21:03

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"Mike in Mystic" <sandiedadog@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:z39Sc.1243$ZC7.702@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
> in the command line menu type:  timedemo demo1
>
Thanks. Might as well post a rundown of my system and settings, plus
timedemo results:

P4 3.0GHz, 800MHz system bus
Asus P4C800-E Deluxe mobo
2GB Corsair LL-PT3200 DDR RAM
GeForce 6800GT w/256MB RAM
Soundblaster Audigy 2 sound
Western Digital 80GB PATA HD
Dell 2001FP flat panel monitor

Doom3:
Ultra graphics settings
1152x864
4x AA

Timedemo average over 4 runs: 44.5 fps.

Turning the AA up to 8x really puts a major hit on fps, dropping the
average down to 16.3 fps.

Turning AA down to 2x, bumped it up to an average 53.7 fps.

The visual difference was minimal, between any of these settings. I really
couldn't tell much difference. In my experience, subtle gradations of AA are
only easily noticeable in game environments with lots of thin, straight darker
objects against lighter backgrounds, like aircraft against a bright sky in flight
sims. In this dark and shadowy game, there are few scenes that need a lot of
AA. Looks like AA is one of the main things people can turn down for a good
fps gain, in Doom3- without any major hit in visual quality.
    -Marshall

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