That's not what you want to do Nick

Go into the Doom3 Video settings and Enable V-sync.

That will clear up the tearing

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 dunno monkey...30fps with shadows and high details sounds right for your laptop. The 5700 isn't exactly a slammer for the D3 engine

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?
// IvL/FblnaU4w6bO89mN9XIzJKwdEz1acOB3LQ6Vj2NWPrRjcMHDUWwpZuwRPWiGOq/1bEuq7PdVAjbiYcS4A
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.