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Article #87554Re: mid-range cards giving you performance probs?
From: M.W.H
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 19:30
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 19:30
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Other tweaks that may help < http://ucguides.savagehelp.com/Doom3/FPSVisuals.htm > HTH M.W.H "\Ż`ˇ.¸biz¸.ˇ´Ż/" <sook@ma.baws.net> wrote in message news:411f681e$0$209$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk... > My sys: > 1Gb Ram > 256Mb Radeon9600XT > 2.2GHz P4 > > I found the game to be a little 'choppy' on the higher settings (not the Top > settings but plain old 'high quality'). > I then had a little look around and found this: > > http://www.megagames.com/news/html/pc/doom3enhancetheexperience.shtml > > or http://tinyurl.com/4zxxz (if it didnt wrap above) > > By changing the DoomConfig.cfg file in the \base folder, you can specify to > use more Ram for the game to run certain processes. > > There is also (slightly more complicated) a way to decompress the files > (sound. videos, textures etc) so that the game doesnt have to decompress > them itself during gameplay. > > So I followed the instructions, and put it on 'Ultimate Quality' level to > test it... and sure enough! It runs glitch -free! I can even have 3-4 > enemies on screen at a time, and no slow down (yet). > > Heed the disclaimer regarding Multiplayer mode not letting you play on Pure > Servers though! Back-up everything first and you should be able to overcome > that though. > > regards > biz > >
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