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Article #93500Re: Doom 3 Help
From: Tom Dauphin
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:29
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:29
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Isn't it true that the higher the resolution, the less likely it is that AA will impact it? "The Berzerker" <Berzerker@Woooooooo.com> wrote in message news:q7ednbKM49olkTLfRVnyvg@pipex.net... > "Xpander" <scott@whiteford65.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message > news:d8cpi4$umo$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk... >> Hi there hoping someone can help me. If I try to change the >> anti-aliasing levels in the advanced options, it appears to make no >> difference in the games whatsoever. Even if I have it set at 16x (not >> that I want to run the game at 16x), there is no difference and all the >> lines in the games are still jaggy. I have a Radeon 9800 pro, and card >> settings for anti-aliasing are set to Application preference. Any ideas? >> >> Thanks in advance > > I have no idea why it's not working for you, especially if you tried it in > both the in-game menu and the control panel, however... > > You are aware Doom 3 must be restarted for AA settings to take effect? > (Make sure you click 'Apply' in the graphics settings too) > > The 9800 Pro doesn't support 8x and 16x AA > > AA will slow down your gameplay considerably!!!!!!! > > I too use a 9800 Pro for Doom 3, and performance is good...... ~56fps in > the timedemo (High Settings @ 800*600). I really don't see AA as being a > necessary part of Doom 3's graphics. You should just leave your remaining > power (if any) for the more chatoic bits in game. I am nearly always > running the game at 60fps, with frequent drops to ~40fps... but that's > still pretty damn good? > > Oh, and I'm using Omega's 2.6.25a Drivers, which are based on the ATI > Catalyst 5.4 > > Hope this helps?! >
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