doom3 experience - not good

[duke_srg]

Here it is. Part of original image is in a botom right corner and the rest of the picture is a 4 times zoomed part of an original part. Do you see that dashboard-like dithering?

[KeiFront]

FYI: DOOM 3 mid-range, low-end, and vintage graphics comparo Performance and image quality explored

http://techreport.com/etc/2004q3/doom3-midlow/index.x?pg=1

The Parhelia is the only card with obvious rendering problems and the lowest speed.

[duke_srg]

KeiFront
Actually my P750 at home is MUCH MORE faster in Doom3, then FX5200 at work. It's needless to say that Parhelia is upto 1.5-2 times faster than P750.

[RUS007]

After making all the config changes that I have gathered through out this forum and Matrox support the game doesn’t run half bad on my Parhelia.

[Rakido]

Originally posted by schmosef
They say it's essentially the same game as before but with prettier graphics.

That sums it up pretty good. The graphics are very good, unfortunately you do not see very much of them, as it is mostly dark.

There are some nice ideas like the PDA (way better than just find key, open door, find next key, open next door), some bad ideas like not be able to shoot when carrying the flashlight (at least the flashlight and not-so-heavy weapons like the pistol should've been possible).

Overall i've mixed feelings. I think i will finish it, but slowly the should-be-horror-because-its-dark-effect worns out for me.


Rakido

[duke_srg]

Use r_gamma/r_brightness cvars to set appropriate level of "darkness" in the game.

[Maggi]

r_brightness higher than 1 will burn out highlights and therefore I recommend setting r_gamma to 2, but still the shadows stay black ...

btw, if you thought you were scared, check out these two geeks

http://www.rit.edu/~mmp6772/doom3.wmv

[Rakido]

oh, and if you play tooooo much:

[Chrono_Wanderer]

roflmao hahaha!!! thx for the comic Maggi and Rakido!

@duke_srg: did they give you a 5200 with 64bit memory interface at work? My 128bit 5200 is pretty good

[Maggi]

check out this one:

make a file called autoexec.cfg in the base folder

add "set com_PurgeAll=1"

of course, you could add any cutomization like level of anisotropy, multisampling etc. into that autoexec.cfg as well, but the "com_PurgeAll" will cause the game to flush out the entire RAM, so that you'll most likely get rid of intermittent stuttering within the game.

[Rakido]

is there a list somewhere where all these entries/modifications are listed with their meaning? I checked rage3d a bit, but found only some tips, but no good explanation


Thx
Rakido

[Paddy the wak]

Anyone tried these ATI beta drivers just for Doom 3 ...

http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4547.html

[Paddy the wak]

Wow ! ...

9800 PRO
Before the Beta drivers running the Time Demo ...
1024x768
High quality and only bump maps turned on in the advanced settings.

29.3 FPS

The same settings after the beta drivers ...

55.1 FPS


I wish I had improved drivers for my Parhelia !

Not too bad though...
1024x768
High quality and only bump maps turned on in the advanced settings.
FAA-16x in Powerdesk

20.6 FPS

[CaineTanathos]

the bump maps don't work here on my parhelia

[Rakido]

Originally posted by Rakido
is there a list somewhere where all these entries/modifications are listed with their meaning? I checked rage3d a bit, but found only some tips, but no good explanation

searched a bit more and found this site:

http://www.tweakguides.com/Doom3_1.html

Around 10 sites of tips how to optimize the game (standard non-game-related optimizations, trouble shooting, explanation of the commands, ..). Looks really good if you ask me


Rakido