The "Tweaking Doom3" Thread - Page 5

The Sager's website just updated a new ATI drivers in August 11th. You could get it there. I have that and running Doom3 with Aliendude's tweak really well. I get about 36FPS in Ultra setting.

I Just got this game today, i loaded it up and was ready to play but i could nopt because of my cd emulation software running. Finaly found the source and fired up Doom 3, when i looked at the automatic vid settings its 640x440 at medium. Do tyou guys think i can run at 800x6000 medium with 'good' frame rates? Also if anyone else has the 5600go how does it run in the game?

perform the tweaks in this thread and i think you'll be ok

cool, thanks

I applied the tweaks that aliendude posted. So far so good. I did the timedemo thing rincewind spoke of.

1024x768 Ultra Settings, V-sync on
33.4fps

i changed image_cacheMegs to 256 and only got 31.x hmm maybe its just my computer, or error, as most of you said it increase performance?

Overclocked the 9700 to 480/255 core/mem and got

41.7fps

Am I in the ballpark of what you guys are getting?

computer specs below

Keep in mind that the cacheMegs tweak doesn't really effect the timedemo, and that it doesn't do anything in Ultra High settings as everything is uncompressed(cacheMegs caches compressed images). Your results look ballpark for your specs, but I would disable V-Sync in the timedemo as there is no screen tearing with it off, and it almost always boosts your frames when you turn it off(just turn it back on when you want to actually play the game).

No Performance hit For enabling V-Sync

I have been searching for a way to get rid of the (minor) performance hit you take when you enable v-sync and I believe I have found it. You'll need Powerstrip to do this. First, create a performance profile for Doom 3. If the box that says 'Disable Support for Driver Options' is checked, uncheck it. Then, under the 'Driver Options' window in Performance Profiles, check the box that says 'Use Triple Buffering(OpenGL)'. Save the perfomance profile as anything you like. Then make an application profile for Doom 3 and choose the performance profile you just created to load whenever you boot Doom 3. This should eliminate any performance hit you would recieve from enabling v-sync!

Time for a stupid question

I have never sucessfully run Doom 3 for more than 10 or so minutes. I called Alienware and they said load the newest ATI and audio drivers. So I loaded the latest ati driver for the mobility 9700; it still froze. I downloaded the audio driver and it froze in less than 30 seconds. So I went and downloaded 1.05beta doom patch and was almost able to make it through to the second section. Any ideas? merci beaucoups.

Maybe a cooling issue?

could someone tell me how to get to the config file?

hey im a noob and i have noticed some tearing on Doom 3 i read everything in this thread but could someone tell me how to access the config file so i can change the setting to 256?

why not that seems to be what everyone else did to make it go away?

I'm currently running the setup in my sig. I can't pull the same FPS you guys can with what was supposed to be the better video card for doom 3. The best solid 30 fps I can pull is 800x600 on high detail, shadows and everything on but no AA of Vsync. What seems to be the problem? What do you think I should be pulling, if anyone has experience with systems similar to mine. I know my system just got sent back to depot because there is a problem with the ram, it seemed like it was only using 512 megs too me, do you think that would cause a major problem? Specifically, the ram port on the right hand side wasn't allowing the ram the function correctly, causing Blue screen errors.

I'm hoping that I get the laptop back and it is stupidly fast because the other ram slot wasn't working right....DON'T KILL MY DREAMS CRAIG!

Lolol

This what I'm using for my config: anything need tuning?
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unbindall
bind "TAB" "_impulse19"
bind "ENTER" "_button2"
bind "ESCAPE" "togglemenu"
bind "SPACE" "_moveUp"
bind "/" "_impulse14"
bind "0" "_impulse10"
bind "1" "_impulse0"
bind "2" "_impulse1"
bind "3" "_impulse2"
bind "4" "_impulse3"
bind "5" "_impulse4"
bind "6" "_impulse5"
bind "7" "_impulse6"
bind "8" "_impulse7"
bind "9" "_impulse8"
bind "[" "_impulse15"
bind "]" "_impulse14"
bind "a" "_moveleft"
bind "c" "_movedown"
bind "d" "_moveright"
bind "f" "_impulse11"
bind "q" "_impulse9"
bind "r" "_impulse13"
bind "t" "clientMessageMode"
bind "y" "clientMessageMode 1"
bind "z" "_back"
bind "BACKSPACE" "clientDropWeapon"
bind "PAUSE" "pause"
bind "LEFTARROW" "_left"
bind "RIGHTARROW" "_right"
bind "ALT" "_strafe"
bind "CTRL" "_attack"
bind "SHIFT" "_speed"
bind "DEL" "_lookdown"
bind "PGDN" "_lookup"
bind "END" "_impulse18"
bind "F1" "_impulse28"
bind "F2" "_impulse29"
bind "F3" "_impulse17"
bind "F5" "savegame quick"
bind "F6" "_impulse20"
bind "F7" "_impulse22"
bind "F9" "loadgame quick"
bind "F12" "screenshot"
bind "MOUSE1" "_attack"
bind "MOUSE2" "_forward"
bind "MOUSE3" "_zoom"
bind "MOUSE4" "_impulse13"
bind "MWHEELDOWN" "_impulse14"
bind "MWHEELUP" "_impulse15"
seta radiant_entityMode "0"
seta gui_mediumFontLimit "0.60"
seta gui_smallFontLimit "0.30"
seta net_socksPassword ""
seta net_socksUsername ""
seta net_socksPort "1080"
seta net_socksServer ""
seta net_socksEnabled "0"
seta win_ypos "22"
seta win_xpos "3"
seta sys_lang "english"
seta s_numberOfSpeakers "2"
seta s_doorDistanceAdd "150"
seta s_globalFraction "0.8"
seta s_subFraction "0.75"
seta s_playDefaultSound "1"
seta s_volume_dB "0"
seta s_meterTopTime "2000"
seta s_reverse "0"
seta s_spatializationDecay "2"
seta s_maxSoundsPerShader "0"
seta r_debugArrowStep "120"
seta r_debugLineWidth "1"
seta r_debugLineDepthTest "0"
seta r_cgFragmentProfile "best"
seta r_cgVertexProfile "best"
seta r_forceLoadImages "0"
seta r_shadows "1"
seta r_skipBump "0"
seta r_skipSpecular "0"
seta r_skipNewAmbient "0"
seta r_renderer "best"
seta r_brightness "1.333333"
seta r_gamma "1"
seta r_swapInterval "1"
seta r_useIndexBuffers "0"
seta r_customHeight "486"
seta r_customWidth "720"
seta r_fullscreen "1"
seta r_mode "8"
seta r_multiSamples "4"
seta image_downSizeLimit "256"
seta image_ignoreHighQuality "0"
seta image_downSizeBumpLimit "256"
seta image_downSizeSpecularLimit "64"
seta image_downSizeBump "0"
seta image_downSizeSpecular "0"
seta image_useCache "1"
seta image_cacheMegs "512"
seta image_cacheMinK "20480"
seta image_usePrecompressedTextures "0"
seta image_useNormalCompression "0"
seta image_useAllFormats "1"
seta image_useCompression "0"
seta image_roundDown "1"
seta image_forceDownSize "0"
seta image_downSize "0"
seta image_lodbias "0"
seta image_anisotropy "8"
seta image_filter "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR"
seta gui_filter_gameType "0"
seta gui_filter_players "0"
seta gui_filter_password "0"
seta net_master4 ""
seta net_master3 ""
seta net_master2 ""
seta net_master1 ""
seta net_clientMaxRate "16000"
seta net_serverMaxClientRate "16000"
seta m_strafeSmooth "4"
seta m_smooth "5"
seta m_strafeScale "6.25"
seta m_yaw "0.022"
seta m_pitch "0.022"
seta sensitivity "4.222222"
seta in_alwaysRun "0"
seta in_freeLook "1"
seta in_anglespeedkey "1.5"
seta in_pitchspeed "140"
seta in_yawspeed "140"
seta gui_configServerRate "0"
seta com_guid ""
seta com_showFPS "0"
seta com_purgeAll "0"
seta com_machineSpec "3"
seta g_decals "1"
seta g_projectileLights "1"
seta g_doubleVision "1"
seta g_muzzleFlash "1"
seta mod_validSkins "skins/characters/player/marine_mp;skins/characters/player/marine_mp_green;skins/characters/player/marine_mp_blue;skins/characters/player/marine_mp_red;skins/characters/player/marine_mp_yellow"
seta g_mapCycle "mapcycle"
seta g_voteFlags "0"
seta g_gameReviewPause "10"
seta g_countDown "10"
seta g_password ""
seta g_showBrass "1"
seta g_showProjectilePct "0"
seta g_showHud "1"
seta g_showPlayerShadow "1"
seta g_showcamerainfo "0"
seta g_healthTakeLimit "25"
seta g_healthTakeAmt "5"
seta g_healthTakeTime "5"
seta g_useDynamicProtection "1"
seta g_armorProtectionMP "0.7"
seta g_armorProtection "0.4"
seta g_damageScale "1"
seta g_nightmare "0"
seta g_bloodEffects "1"
seta ui_showGun "1"
seta ui_autoReload "1"
seta ui_autoSwitch "1"
seta ui_team "Red"
seta ui_skin "skins/characters/player/marine_mp"
seta ui_name "mjdart"
seta si_spectators "1"
seta si_usePass "0"
seta si_warmup "0"
seta si_teamDamage "0"
seta si_timeLimit "10"
seta si_fragLimit "10"
seta si_maxPlayers "4"
seta si_map "game/mp/d3dm1"
seta si_gameType "singleplayer"
seta si_name "DOOM Server"
seta g_spectatorChat "0"

you need to turn seta I_have_too_much_time_on_my_hands to "0"

I have not upgraded from the original video driver on my 7700 yet and every time I try to enable V-sync in Doom 3 my system freezes as soon as I click on that particular item. All the other settings in the Doom 3 video setup work as advertised. I am going to get round to the driver update soon but my personal "seta I_have_too_much_time_on_my_hands " is currently configured at -1.

Has anyone else come across this problem or have a solution?

Right now my problem with the video quality in Doom 3 is that when I move the mouse from side to side to look around the top 1/3 of the screen and the bottom 2/3 seem to be slightly out of sync - ie one section is moving faster than the other - again does anyone have any ideas apart from the driver upgrade?

Hopefully this weekend I'll get around to installing one of the newer the drivers from laptopvideo2go.

No, but seriously, the reason I asked what mine should be at is because I notice alot of guys on here with similar load outs as mine getting 1024x768 on high with decent frame rates and stuff like that using a 9600 pro. They could be full of it, given, but I'd like to think they ain't that full of shit. So, I figured since the 5700 was supposed to be a little bit better, I should be able to atleast pull comparable fps and I can't. I was curious to hear what anyone else might say who uses a similar setup as mine.