Framerate Really Low?

[jwmcvety]

I recently picked up a BFG 6800 GT (AGP) for my system, replacing the ATI 9700 I had been using the past three or four years. I ran the demo1 test for Doom 3 and came up with substantially lower numbers than those found during Tom's testing (http://www20.graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20040809/doom3-02.html#enthusiast_high_quality)

The pc I'm running is similar if not a bit better than Tom's test system (2.6GHz P4HT w/ 800MHz FSB) and I'm getting 45-50 fps, vs. the 72 they were getting at 10x7.

I do have the latest Nvidia drivers, got them last night from their site. Any obvious I should be looking at? Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

 

[mofofosho]

excellent choice of agp silicon indeed for the price/perf/oc's...but you need to flush your system(pun NOT intended)using driver cleaner first...also, i did find the 71.25s to be magical with doom before i retired the old faithful.

 

[Rugger]

They optimize their systems before running those benchmarks. You probably have a lot of processes running, maybe some spyware/adware, etc...

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[mpasternak]

not to mention you may not be running it in the same graphics modes.

ensure you've got the exact same settings they do for simliar comparisons

 

[Rugger]

good point

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[addiarmadar]

Im basing logic here when you mentioned Doom 3 and you had a RADEON 9700pro. Im not certain if you have modded Doom 3 already to optimize it for the Radeon then it will run like crap on NVIDIA cards for they are not good at variables. A clean reinstall of DOOM 3 would resolve that.

Otherwise, you still need to dump your rig when changing out VGA cards.

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[jwmcvety]

*sigh* Well, I've wiped the OS, deleted the Doom 3 folder where it resided. Re-installed everything, including the latest Nvidia drivers and Doom 3 version and the fps is coming in at a whopping 51. I believe I'm running the same test as Tom's did (1024x768, high quality, no FSAA) and they're getting 72. I don't get it. Is the cpu making that much of a difference? They ran the test on a 3.2P4, I'm running a 2.6. Both systems have a 1 gig of RAM. Man...

 

[dhlucke]

I can't remember if Doom3 is CPU dependent. You might have answered your own question.

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[dhlucke]

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