On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 07:30:58 +1000, "Fred At Home"
<fredlly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>"Dave" <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> My system: P4 2.8c, 800FSB, 1GB PC3200, Leadtek 6800.
>> I needed a new PC a while ago, but I held off an extra year waiting
>> for Doom3, and I got the 6800 card especially for it. It plays great
>> in 800x600 with High Quality set. My questions:
>>
>> 1) In the video options, when I click on the box that lets Doom3 scan
>> my hardware and recommend a setting, it goes to 640x480 and Low
>> Quality. Why would it do that, when the timedemo shows 65fps on much
>> higher settings?
>>
>> 2) When I set it to Ultra Quality and 1028x764, the timedemo shows 59
>> fps, but in actual play, it's jerky. I thought anything over 30 or
>> 40 fps should play fine. What's the deal?
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>
>You definitely have a problem. My AMD XP3200, ATI 9800XT system runs
>1024x768 @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
in the timedemo and plays silk smooth.
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XP3200... what does that run at, 2GHz?? And has hyperthreading no
doubt...
Maybe you are mistaking sackcloth for silk...
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