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6805 doom 3 review.

post #1 of 8
8/2/04 at 11:43pm
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just got my copy. its awesome. the best i can run is 1024x968 on low. if i O/C it runs perfect at those settings.
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post #2 of 8
8/3/04 at 1:39am
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*update* somehow with O/c to 360/220 i can run it on 1024x768 with high settings. this is a stock 6805, it plays at those settings with minor hiccups.
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post #3 of 8
8/3/04 at 2:13am
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the game isnt allowing me to take screenshots, when i figure out how i will post pics. im absolutely satisfied with my 6805, its handling the game far better than i expected. * i was able to play on ultra*
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post #4 of 8
8/3/04 at 2:28am
What speed hard drive do you have? I have been playing Doom 3 at 640x480 on low settings and it has good framerates but slows right down whenever it reads from the hard drive. Do you think more ram would fix this, or would it be better to get a new hard drive? I am planning to upgrade the ram with a 1gb chip and would like to be able to keep the current hard drive.

Jordan
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post #5 of 8
8/3/04 at 10:14am
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everything is out-of-the box. im gettin ready to upgrade to 1.25 gb of ram.
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post #6 of 8
8/13/04 at 12:15pm
Just curious, what do you consider "good" framerates? I'm currently running Doom 3 on my 6809 at 1280x800 at ultra high quality with an average of 24 fps, which in my opinion is very playable. The lowest I've ever had it drop so far is down to 12 for a couple seconds when loading huge spaces and I have the flashlight out. Other than that, it generally stays above 19 and occasionally jumps to 35 in smaller areas. And yes, you can run doom 3 widescreen if you didn't know. You have to manually set it in the DoomConfig.cfg file. If anyone's interested on how, let me know and i'll post the info.
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post #7 of 8
8/13/04 at 12:31pm
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Originally Posted by Matrix25250801
manually set it in the DoomConfig.cfg file. If anyone's interested on how, let me know and i'll post the info.
yes, please post the info!
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post #8 of 8
8/13/04 at 1:07pm
Alright then. It's actually pretty simple to set custom resolutions. Open the DoomConfig.cfg file in Notepad. Then scroll down until you get to a section with "seta r_*" commands. Find and change the values as I have listed them below:
seta r_customHeight "800"
seta r_customWidth "1280"
seta r_mode "-1"

setting the r_mode to -1 tells doom 3 to get the resolution from teh r_customHeight and r_customWidth settings. So, put in the values you want and then save the file. The only other thing is that, when starting up Doom 3, these changes might get erased. To fix that, copy the DoomConfig.cfg file into the same directory "Doom3\base\" and rename the copied file to "AutoExec.cfg". That way, your configuration data will always load from this file when you start up Doom 3. I got this information from a very good Doom 3 tweaking guide. You can find it off of www.tweakguides.com, and it also contains many more custom tweaks and settings for the game. Have fun!
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