Doom3 benchmarks

[xortam]

So you're still going for the PE Dave? I haven't decided yet but I'd rather have a cooler, shorter card than the BFG 6800 GT oc I'm using (also would prefer good analog PQ in case I have to use it versus digital). Time to up your processor or oc. I played a bit with mine and I think it hit 3.5 GHz but I haven't done any real testing yet.

[agallag]

Originally posted by Wombat
Damn, you can't get better than that on the 9800? The 128MB 9800Pro can be had for $170-$200 now here.

Well, US$200 = CDN$266, plus electronics are generally a little more pricey up here, so no, can't do much better than that.

Would you pick the 9800Pro over the FX5900XT?

[agallag]

Originally posted by Helevitia
Something else to consider, if you have a 2.8-3.0GHz CPU, no need to upgrade it becasue the FPS don't scale with higher CPU's. The FPS stay the same, which is kind of weird.

I've only got a 1.47GHz (1700+) machine at the moment, with no plans to upgrade for at least 6-12 months.

I heard somewhere that Doom3 is capped at 60fps regardless of system performance or quality settings.

[Helevitia]

Originally posted by xortam
So you're still going for the PE Dave? I haven't decided yet but I'd rather have a cooler, shorter card than the BFG 6800 GT oc I'm using (also would prefer good analog PQ in case I have to use it versus digital). Time to up your processor or oc. I played a bit with mine and I think it hit 3.5 GHz but I haven't done any real testing yet.

I'm still planning to get the PE. Personally, I am not a huge Doom3 fan. I am really looking forward to HL2. The hardware guide talks about running the game at 1600x1200. I don't like to run FPS at that resolution. I prefer 1024x768 because at 1600x1200, some things are just too damn small. And like you said, the 6800 is bigger and hotter.

And not that it matters much, but ATI said that they are working on a driver to boost speed in Doom3. New OpenGL driver maybe?

[Helevitia]

Originally posted by agallag
I've only got a 1.47GHz (1700+) machine at the moment, with no plans to upgrade for at least 6-12 months.

I heard somewhere that Doom3 is capped at 60fps regardless of system performance or quality settings.

Yes, JC said that it is capped at 60fps, which makes me wonder why they bothered to run all of the tests?

[Marshmallowman]

the internal game "tic" for physics and movement is 60HZ, if your video card can render more frames it will.

[Elie]

I will buy ATI or Matrox, never Nvidia!!!!

I'm all Canadian baby

[DGhost]

thats just like how Quake3 was capped at 85fps, I believe. and quake and quake 2 also had framerate caps. this is one of the things that the timedemo modes disabled.

Marshmallowman - no, there is a framerate cap too. you have to disable it to get above 60fps.

[Marshmallowman]

But as long as you CAN disable it?

[G400SG16mb]

so, how does Doom III benchmark on the Parhelia?

[Elie]

we'll find out August 4th

[Mikko]

Yep, I don't bother to benchmark any alpha/beta crap...
I'll be waiting for the official release.

[DGhost]

Originally posted by G400SG16mb
so, how does Doom III benchmark on the Parhelia?

the real question is, will Doom III run on the Parhelia?

my bet is no. i don't think it supports the extensions required for the NV10 fallback path.

[Helevitia]

The leaked beta ran on it. Apparently it was horribly slow.

[bsdgeek]

If it will run on par with this or so, playable at least, I will be satisfied, well maybe satisfied is not a good word, but at least I'll be able to keep my system (and $).

Huh, the formatting is all wacky.