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Article #87479Re: Doom3: 33.4 fps on my Athlon 1700
From: Simon
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:56
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:56
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thats because you dont need a top spec pc...all this hyp about gfx cpus..etc is all crap...i got 3 pcs...which range from a geforce 3 up to a 9800 with 2800ghz cpu and it makes sod all difference.....doom 3 is capped at 60fps and anything above 40 is undistinguishable to the human eye,,,trust me im a doctor..;) "Humja" <Dude@Freeserver.com> wrote in message news:RLydnYGkXIQD14LcRVn-uw@eclipse.net.uk... > > "Opticreep" <opticreep@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:9e1f277e.0408150318.6c662817@posting.google.com... >> My system: >> >> Athlon 1700 >> 512MB RAM >> GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB 4X AGP >> Windows XP >> >> Running Doom 3 on the lowest possible detail and resolution settings, >> my timedemo gives an average of 33.4 fps. >> >> Wow. >> >> I am shocked. My system specs barely meet the minimum requirements >> given by Id Software. And sure enough, the game looks playable on a >> minimum spec computer when using minimum detail settings. For the >> first time in ages, a game is released that was actually honest about >> the minimum specs for gameplay. >> >> kudos to Id Software. > > 33 fps is 'playable'. > > But you might have problems when you are fighting big bosses. > > With my 9800 Pro 2600+ I get 20-60 fps depending on what's on my screen. > Generally I get 60 fps (I think vsync is on). > >
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.zanker.org!nntp-peering.plus.net!ptn-nntp-feeder02.plus.net!ptn-nntp-spool01.plus.net!ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net!not-for-mail From: "Simon" <sie@simplysimon.plus.com> Newsgroups: alt.games.doom,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action References: <9e1f277e.0408150318.6c662817@posting.google.com> <RLydnYGkXIQD14LcRVn-uw@eclipse.net.uk> Subject: Re: Doom3: 33.4 fps on my Athlon 1700 Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:56:55 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Lines: 40 Message-ID: <415b0522$0$69720$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net> Organization: Customer of PlusNet plc (http://www.plus.net) NNTP-Posting-Host: 9e9dd258.ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net X-Trace: DXC=?_ReRok0eE[CBWHo4ME7D^igd3Y`7Rb; ^YZmCHj47lfU^9hA8CU[bHP>_2UT?OLGCSDoXF>:C24cV7Y?bl6hN_=V X-Complaints-To: abuse@plus.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit