Re: Doom3: 33.4 fps on my Athlon 1700

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From: Bob Robertson
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 16:25

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Opticreep wrote:
> 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.
How'd you get that kind of speed?  On 800x600, medium detail my athlon 
2000 with ti4200/128 only gets 25fps (that's on the 2nd run - 1st run is 
around 21)

Bob

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