doom 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i just got the game imported from singapore and i had high expectations for it and its topped nething id dreamed of!!!!!!! neways i have a 9800pro and its running the game like poo; i get low fps all the time with high at 8*6; the hardocp article sed that i shud play at 10*7 high but it its unplayable most of the t ...
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i just got the game imported from singapore and i had high expectations for it and its topped nething id dreamed of!!!!!!!
neways i have a 9800pro and its running the game like poo; i get low fps all the time with high at 8*6; the hardocp article sed that i shud play at 10*7 high but it its unplayable most of the time; i close all programs and this doesnt help
ne ideas?
thanks for your help
neways i have a 9800pro and its running the game like poo; i get low fps all the time with high at 8*6; the hardocp article sed that i shud play at 10*7 high but it its unplayable most of the time; i close all programs and this doesnt help
ne ideas?
thanks for your help
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what quality setting have you chosen ??
do NOT choose ultra quality
high gives you the same quality but must run smooth
and you may revert any settings done to the driver ... goto control panel and set everything to default !
also you may think of reinstalling the driver or directly go for 4.9 beta ... th game must run smooth on your PC ... an btw
kick AA and AF !!!! its NOT needed within this game (and all others, too )
do NOT choose ultra quality
high gives you the same quality but must run smooth
and you may revert any settings done to the driver ... goto control panel and set everything to default !
also you may think of reinstalling the driver or directly go for 4.9 beta ... th game must run smooth on your PC ... an btw
kick AA and AF !!!! its NOT needed within this game (and all others, too )
Well Goliath, you must have something wrong with your Setup yo.
I play it at Ultra settings and 1280x1024 with my setup and it runs 25-35 fps just fine. I use the cat 4.7s. (just bought it today )
Another 512 Stick of Ram might help you out alot also. Cause my processor is slower and I am owning your setup.
Service Pack 2 was just released also, you might wanna install that to correct any driver errors you might have then reinstall all your VIA chipset drivers from www.viaarena.com and vid drivers.
I play it at Ultra settings and 1280x1024 with my setup and it runs 25-35 fps just fine. I use the cat 4.7s. (just bought it today )
Another 512 Stick of Ram might help you out alot also. Cause my processor is slower and I am owning your setup.
Service Pack 2 was just released also, you might wanna install that to correct any driver errors you might have then reinstall all your VIA chipset drivers from www.viaarena.com and vid drivers.
I'm also set to play at Ultra Settings and haven't seen a single hicup and you can see what my signature says my specs are...
I also play at 1024x768 32bit - Ultra Settings...
I also play at 1024x768 32bit - Ultra Settings...
ive just won an auction for a brand new 9800xt and sold my radeon 9800pro for £3 less!!
i know that theres is little in the way of speed increase but will the larger frame buffer be able to compensate my lack of ram (i cant afford another dimm stick just yet)
i was getting really into this game but its getting a bit boring and predictable (yay im dying less); the gfx are without doubt brilliant but to be very honest they arent head and shoulders above the other new games around...
i ran the timedemo 2x and in the 1st 1 i got 22.8fps; i ran it again and this increased to 31fps... my conclusion is that the data isnt loading into the ram until it is required hence the slowdown... but if i die or have to restart the gameplay is smooth as silk; is there any way to overcome this??
i know that theres is little in the way of speed increase but will the larger frame buffer be able to compensate my lack of ram (i cant afford another dimm stick just yet)
i was getting really into this game but its getting a bit boring and predictable (yay im dying less); the gfx are without doubt brilliant but to be very honest they arent head and shoulders above the other new games around...
i ran the timedemo 2x and in the 1st 1 i got 22.8fps; i ran it again and this increased to 31fps... my conclusion is that the data isnt loading into the ram until it is required hence the slowdown... but if i die or have to restart the gameplay is smooth as silk; is there any way to overcome this??
im getting more confused; i just ran 3dmark 2001 and got 18167 which is in line for what my pc should get; 3dmark 2003 is 5900, which is fairly respectable
in pcmark 2002 i get 6900 in the cpu test, again in line for my pc
all scores that are fine for my system
im thinking that it may well be overheating as i saw it was on 62c but i thought that if the temp tops 70 my pc would switch off; is there an option to enable this? if i get a vantec copper cooler thing how much would my temps go down??
in pcmark 2002 i get 6900 in the cpu test, again in line for my pc
all scores that are fine for my system
im thinking that it may well be overheating as i saw it was on 62c but i thought that if the temp tops 70 my pc would switch off; is there an option to enable this? if i get a vantec copper cooler thing how much would my temps go down??
Ok goliath since you and me have the same mobo you need to update your bios by using the MSI liveUpdate and going up to version 1.8. The high temps you were complaining about are fixed in the bios update, the sensor is actually giving the wrong temps until you update it.
The loading slow down you get is just not enough ram plain and simple. You could possibly turn off a lot of uneeded services in the background before playing. Things like your printer spooler, Printer drivers, viruscaners, firewalls etc ... are not needed for the game and will free up some system resources for you. (Also make sure you setup your virtual swap file to a constant file size typically 1.5x your amount of ram, so set the min and max to same size.)
The tearing you seem to be getting is because you turned Vsync off. With Vsync off the vid card is running a dif refreash rate than your monitor and can cause the tearing if the differences are big enough. YOu might wanna turn on Triple Buffer and turn on Vsync and see what you can do. Another tip is the try that 40% increase story on the warp2search webpage .. and I believe the 4.9s are faster at it, but I still use to 4.7s.
The loading slow down you get is just not enough ram plain and simple. You could possibly turn off a lot of uneeded services in the background before playing. Things like your printer spooler, Printer drivers, viruscaners, firewalls etc ... are not needed for the game and will free up some system resources for you. (Also make sure you setup your virtual swap file to a constant file size typically 1.5x your amount of ram, so set the min and max to same size.)
The tearing you seem to be getting is because you turned Vsync off. With Vsync off the vid card is running a dif refreash rate than your monitor and can cause the tearing if the differences are big enough. YOu might wanna turn on Triple Buffer and turn on Vsync and see what you can do. Another tip is the try that 40% increase story on the warp2search webpage .. and I believe the 4.9s are faster at it, but I still use to 4.7s.
i have bios 1.81 on the mobo; i emailed msi tech and thats the 1 they sent me; before the update the temperatures were in the 80s; now i have idle temp of 54 and load is 62
im buying another 512ram and the 9800xt is now here, but yet to be installed...
ive kept vsync on but now frames are locked at either 30 or 60, but this seems to be a fairly common problem and hopefully will get fixed with an update
ive got catalyst 4.4s as the 4.9s i d/ld didnt work at all; as for the 40% thing i havent had any change and now get artifacts
im seriously thinking of selling the 9800xt and go back to nvidia and get the 6800 even tho its only 10% faster and display quality is lower on nvidia it seems
i really with i had got another nvidia/intel at this point...
im buying another 512ram and the 9800xt is now here, but yet to be installed...
ive kept vsync on but now frames are locked at either 30 or 60, but this seems to be a fairly common problem and hopefully will get fixed with an update
ive got catalyst 4.4s as the 4.9s i d/ld didnt work at all; as for the 40% thing i havent had any change and now get artifacts
im seriously thinking of selling the 9800xt and go back to nvidia and get the 6800 even tho its only 10% faster and display quality is lower on nvidia it seems
i really with i had got another nvidia/intel at this point...
Hey all,
I know this must get asked a LOT, but if anyone gets the time, lemme knnow. My specs are below, and I have limited funds, so have decided based on a lot of reading to upgrade the Gr. Card to a Radeon 9800 Pro (128MB), hopefully cooled by a Arctic Colling device if I can see a good deal on Ebay.
Will it play ok?
1. Would a 256MB version make any REAl differnce?
2. Is this gonna make much differnce anyway without a CPU upgrade?
3. Is ATI the way to go here?
Thanks,
Mark.
Dell Dimension 8200
Intel P4 1.9Ghz
768MB RDRAM
60G HDD (7200rpm)
19" P991 Trinitron
I know this must get asked a LOT, but if anyone gets the time, lemme knnow. My specs are below, and I have limited funds, so have decided based on a lot of reading to upgrade the Gr. Card to a Radeon 9800 Pro (128MB), hopefully cooled by a Arctic Colling device if I can see a good deal on Ebay.
Will it play ok?
1. Would a 256MB version make any REAl differnce?
2. Is this gonna make much differnce anyway without a CPU upgrade?
3. Is ATI the way to go here?
Thanks,
Mark.
Dell Dimension 8200
Intel P4 1.9Ghz
768MB RDRAM
60G HDD (7200rpm)
19" P991 Trinitron
