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"Brett" <brettf@NOSPAMAROOarach.net.au> wrote in message
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> Hi mate , hope I can help.
>
> I've got a p4 2.4C running at 3.0 , 512 meg of dual channel ram , and a
> geforce 6800 128mb card.
>
> I've got a 15"LCD which only runs a max of 1024/768. I've been playing
Doom3
> with settings on high , everything on and 2 times AA 8 times AF and its a
> little laggy when opening doors. I believe the 128MB card is running out
of
> texture memory occasionally when changing rooms , although it could be my
> system ram. Nearly all the time I'm getting 60FPS ingame , on the
benchmark
> timedemo1 I get an average of 46 , although its running 60 most of the
time
> , and lagging down to 20 for a millisecond every so often.
>
> If I drop the detail to medium , I get 53 average and only 1 tiny
> millisecond of lag in the timedemo.
>
> Playing the game on high at 1024/768 , the lag is there occasionally , but
> its only ever opening up a door. Since I dont make it a habit in the game
to
> go running through doors quickly anyway (my technique is open door , step
> back , and hope one of those leaping buggers doesn't jump through at me) ,
> its not even noticable , and well worth the step up from medium settings.
> I've found 2X anti aliasing doesnt seem to impact on me in performance ,
but
> cranking to 4X kills me. I'd imagine again that too much AA is forcing the
> card to run out of texture memory and Im getting bad swapping through the
> AGP port.
>
> I'm really happy with the card , it cost $520 Australian , whilst the
Ultra
> is $1000 and the Radeon x800Pro is $750 , so whilst it was expensive , it
> wasn't the most expensive thing I've ever bought. The GT seems to be
> impossible to get for us Aussies at the moment , and I figured with my
> monitor being limited to 1024/768 , it was a bit of overkill.
>
> I'd be interested to know how much of a difference 1GB of ram would make
to
> me. If I can get rid of the little load occasionally between every third
or
> fourth room , then I think it may be my next upgrade.
>
> Finally , it anyone cares , I have a Sparkle 6800 card. It was cheapest on
> the market , and I'd imagine it was because the ah heck wont overclock for
> me! I can get the Core up to 360 , but the memory only goes to 760 , and
> thats with the side of my case open here in winter! B.
>
> Keep Trucking
>
> B.
>
>
> "Mark Jeffries" <fdsdf@fsdfsdf.com> wrote in message
> news:sIEQc.34$c%.29@fe16.usenetserver.com...
> > Im running on a 2.6ghz p4 HT and during the timedemo my cpu is no where
> near
> > maxed out, maximum it gets to is about 70% so I expect you would get
> similar
> > to me 59fps (@1280x1024x2xfsaa high quality gt o/c to ultra)
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Just out of curiosity do you run the timedemo at least twice and ignore the
first result? There is lagging first time round as the textures are
uncompressed. Shaun