Hi everyone. I just made a new pc. It runs Doom 3 on high graphics but not on ultra. Here are the specs:
CASE ANTEC|MID TOWER SONATA RET
MB K8N Neo Platinum MSI MS-7030
CPU AMD 64 |3000+ ATHLON 64 RTL
DDRAM 1024MB PC-3200 GL5123200B-G %
FD 1.44MB|SAMSUG SFD-321B/LBL1 OEM
HD 160GB|SEAGAT ST3160023AS SATA %
CDRW/DVD COMBO52X32X52X16|LITEON B%
SOUND VTB|SANTA CRUZ DSP PCI W/DIG
and my vga is:
GeForce 6800GT 256mb DDR AGP 8x/4x with these specs:
GPU NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6800 GT
>> Bus Type AGP
>> Memory 256MB GDDR3
>> Core Clock 370MHz (vs. 350MHZ standard)
>> Memory Clock 1000MHz (effective)
>> RAMDAC Dual 400MHz
>> API Support Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0, OpenGL for Microsoft® Windows®
>> Connectors VGA, DVI, S-Video-Out
>> 555 million vertices/sec setup
>> 32.0GB/second memory bandwidth
Maybe its my monitor:
Samsung 150 MP SynaMaster MONITER AND TV TUNER
Included Devices Built-in TV Tuner, Remote Control
Aspect Ratio 4:3 (Standard)
Brightness 270 cd/m2
Color Depth 16.7 Million Colors (24-bit)
Contrast Ratio 400:1
Diagonal Size 15 in
Interface Analog
Interface Type Video - 15 pin High-Density D-shell (VGA), Video - 4 pin mini-DIN (S-Video), Video - RCA Composite Video
Monitor Color Silver
Mounting Desktop
Pitch 0.3 mm
Refresh Rate at Max Resolution 75 Hz
Resolution 1024 x 768 (XGA)
Response Time 25 ms
System Type Apple Macintosh, PC
Video Standards NTSC (Full)
Viewable Size 15 in
I dont know what it is, all i know is that I cant play on the highest setting of this gameand i have a great system. I try to save the settings of the game to high res, ultra quality graphics and 16x antialiasing and then save. Nothing happens. It doesnt take affect. I tried every other setting underneath, but all that the game plays on is 1024 x 760 or whatever that res is. Even if it isnt my moniter and its my system, why cant this system handle it, and what can i do to fix it, even if it means i have to buy another piece of hardware. Please help me out..... I think its my moniter but maybe i need an update for my video card. Thanks
If its a 15" monitor I doubt it will go higher than 1024x768. When you have doom 3 in the settings click on ultra and then apply and ok. I think theres a button around there that will default to what the game thinks your system should be at but doesnt say anything.
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I've read somewhere (PC Gamer perhaps???...) that in order to run the game at Ultra setting, one would need a 512MB video card.
(From Gamespot.com: "Ultra Quality: According to id's Robert Duffy, the Ultra Quality setting requires a 512MB graphics card to run without a hitch since this setting uses uncompressed data that can take up a lot of memory space. Shuffling all this data around can cause some slowdown" )
Your right about the whole 15' inch monitor thing. It'sjust a temporary monitor until i get my bonus at the end of the month. I stopped playing the game until then lol
This is for everyone who wants to play on ultra graphics:
My system did it on 1024 x 760 and 16x AA. It was only slightly laggy due to fps. Although I am a little satisfied with Ultra, the best experience is on high graphics. There really isnt much difference at all anyway. I just wanted to know why my system couldnt run, but now i do. I would like to know everyone elses systems if possible. Oh yea and if you find a graphics card out there that is 512mb .... i would like to see it
Oh yea and if you find a graphics card out there that is 512mb .... i would like to see it
Thats the point...there are no 512MB Gaming cards available right now. IIRC, there are some workstation and professional cards that carry that much RAM, but they aren't built for games.
Intel P4 2.4B MSI 645E Max-U Mobo 1GB DDR333 ATI R9600XT 128MB SB Live 5.1 Samsung 120GB
Maxtor 120GB LG DVD+-R/RW WIN2K PRO SP4
Ah, but are we talking Double Density or High Density?
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