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Article #94126Re: Insufficient Video??
From: Scott Amspoker
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 06:01
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 06:01
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"Carl Senior Jr" <csenior@comcast.net> wrote: >Hello All >I've waited a while to play Doom III. I've upgraded my processor (2.1Gig) >Celeron, 512 megs of memory. > >I just went out and purchased a 128 meg ATI Radeon 9200. >When I load and start the game, the screen is extrememly dark. Even when I >allow the game to select the proper resolution. >The game box says that the minimum requirement is 64 meg Video card. I;ve >got twice that. I've got the "brightness" control Inside the game set to >max. Using 800X600 1024X728, etc, etc. Waay too dark to play the game.. > >Any insight into whats wrong and what I can do to "BRIGHTEN UP THE GAME >SCREEN" ?? >Thanx much.. Doom3 is dark but not *that* dark. It makes dramatic use of light and shadow leaving lots of nooks and corners of rooms virtually pitch black. There are areas where you will simply have to use a flashlight to inspect. Even still, if you are using a monitor that runs a little dark (like mine), Doom3 will quickly look annoyingly dark. I assume your ATI drivers will let you adjust gamma (I use nVidia). Try turning up the gamma a tad via the ATI driver. -- sda_mail Scott | Yields over 30 blasts or @comcast.net Amspoker | 80 gentle honks per charge! ^ my email |
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