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Article #93805Re: Doom3 with A64 X2 not what I hoped...
From: McGrandpa
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:50
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:50
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"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message news:b49Oe.162028$0f.59201@tornado.texas.rr.com... > Far Cry 32 bit won't even load under XP x64. Far Cry 64 bit is amazing. > Quality is very good and 1280x1024 runs so smooth. Wow. > But... > Doom 3 *looks* stupendous! Running in Ultra, everything cranked up, > highest AA and 1280x1024-32 bits. I haven't seen a 64 bit version, but > the normal install with the 1.1 patch runs fine. Stable as a slate top > billiards table. Jerky and mushy mouse, though the image is incredible. > I couldn't get it to look this good on the P4 with the 6800GT, but the X2 > with 6800GT and 77.77_64 bit driver is impressive. I thought I'd be able > to beat this bottleneck with this X2 and 6800GT AGP, and I didn't. > Sigh... Framerate? At a guess, under 30...maybe under 20... > > McG. > Update; MUCH better with system restart and 1024x768....Ultra/maxed settings, 4X aa. McG.
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