Geforce 3 running Doom 3!

Omni · Nov 13, 2004

Hi, reading through the Doom 3 benchmark article I'm a litte confused, I have been running the Doom 3 demo on my Asus Geforce 3 V8200, and on high quality setting at 1024x768, its actually running ok! I wasn't even expecting to even be able to play it.
So, whats going on here, why does this older geforce 3 card seem to be so much better than a lot of newer cards? In the Doom 3 benchmark, it mentions that some newer cards hardly run even at the lowest settings. I'm sure there's something I'm missing here?

sweatlaserxp · Nov 13, 2004

What is your definition of "running ok"?

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Unolocogringo · Nov 14, 2004

Your card is running the DirectX 8.0 or maybe even DX 7.0 path or version of the game. Newer cards will run DX9.0b or DX9.0c version of the game.
You are missing a lot of effects and eye candy running it on an older card.

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GeneticWeapon · Nov 14, 2004

Ti4600's get around 15 fps with normal settings.

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Vapor · Nov 14, 2004

Maybe he considers that ok? (however pathetic that would be...)

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Fusan · Nov 14, 2004

"Ti4600's get around 15 fps with normal settings."

Not true. I was getting 30-40 fps on normal and 1024x768

GeneticWeapon · Nov 14, 2004

Not true. I was getting 30-40 fps on normal and 1024x768

Go fucck yourself.

Those are the framerates I'm getting with a 9800 overclocked heavilly, @1024x768, medium detail settings, and 2x antialaising.

Maybe if you have all of your quality sliders dumbed down, and turned shadows off, you'd get 40fps.

<A HREF="http://img31.exs.cx/img31/9145/proof8.jpg" target="_new">Here</A> is a Ti4600 being benchmarked in Doom 3 by Firingsquad, on a machine that is way faster than yours n00b.

Welcome to my shitlist liar.

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GeneticWeapon · Nov 14, 2004

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Fusan · Nov 14, 2004

I am not lying :\

Dont have to blow up on me so much... I really wish I had that screenshot from my time demo... But alas western digital cant make hdd right and I lost all my data...

But I assure you I was getting at least 30 fps in Doom 3 on those settings. I checked a couple of times when I realized my card was not matching the benches some sites were running. And how can you trust a benchmark site so much? Did you see it with your own eyes...?

And the reason why your 9800 ran like that was because its an ATI and its known that ATI's area of strength is in direct-x not opengl. My friend has a 9800 and we took forever to fix that 'snowing' graphical corruption.

Im sorry if you think im lying but again, dont blow up over such a simple arguement.

GeneticWeapon · Nov 14, 2004

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coylter · Nov 14, 2004

Omg that guy is obviously a moron!

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eden · Nov 14, 2004

I can get 60FPS with my Ti200 in DOOM III on low. The trick? I'm using the FPS screen when moving in rather empty dark spaces.

Did you do a TimeDemo test?

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Fusan · Nov 14, 2004

:\ you guys are absolute cocks.

you do realize that benchmarks dont use tweaks?

Why would I not bother to tweak my system...

coylter · Nov 14, 2004

Wow that guy is obviously a moron++ !

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priyajeet · Nov 14, 2004

you forgot to mention
"pants on fire"

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Fusan · Nov 15, 2004

"Did you do a TimeDemo test?"

Yes, I would get 28 point something fps in Time Demo 1. But with the tweak image_useCache, image_cacheMegs, image_cacheMinK I was able to play with an avg about 30-35 fps in the game (by looking at the fps counter while walking normally). In a battle it would dip to around 20-25 (looking at counter when two imps were attacking). And then I would be able to hit 40 in darker, smaller rooms while I was hitting objects and shooting my gun.

coylter · Nov 15, 2004

Wow that guy is obviously a moron++++ !

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addiarmadar · Nov 15, 2004

Good point there. DOOM 3 has that fancy heat vison graphic that the Game will only do if it detects a NATIVE DX9 card that can drop FPS by 10. Also he is using a PS1 and not 2.1 which will give more FPS capacity.

DOOM 3 has a lot of eye-candy features with a great deal will only show up if the AGP card is NATIVE DX9 card.

Only an overclocker can make a computer into a convectional oven.

addiarmadar · Nov 15, 2004

My 9800pro-xt 128mb card does 49-50fps in doom3 and the OC is only 405/750 since any higher on the core I get snow. Have you done the performance tweaks?

Only an overclocker can make a computer into a convectional oven.

sweatlaserxp · Nov 15, 2004

Your card is running the DirectX 8.0 or maybe even DX 7.0 path or version of the game. Newer cards will run DX9.0b or DX9.0c version of the game.
You are missing a lot of effects and eye candy running it on an older card

That's incorrect. The 3D API for Doom 3 is OpenGL. However, id Software does use DirectX as a reference for supported cards, so a DX9-class graphics card can render "Advanced Effects". Not surprising since a lot of the graphics functions are the same in D3D.

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mrface · Nov 15, 2004

youre so mean. :tongue:

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coylter · Nov 15, 2004

He said he was using 2x anti-aliasing.

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eden · Nov 16, 2004

How much did you get with the tweak IN the TimeDemo though?

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mrface · Nov 16, 2004

i think GW scared him away...

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GeneticWeapon · Nov 16, 2004

That wasnt my intention.

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