How to boost your Doom3 performance by 40% on ATI hardware

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juancferrer · #1 Post by **juancferrer** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 9:14 pm

just thought a few people would like to know....

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14874

G-Man · #2 Post by **G-Man** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 5:59 pm

By the way guys, ATI has released Catalyst 4.8, claiming "Doom3 improves considerably more (as much as 12% on some product configurations)." So I guess the avarage improvement will be about 7%. Has anyone tried it with Patje's mobility modder?

Regards,
G-Man

Humpa · #3 Post by **Humpa** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 7:57 pm

G-Man, I have the ATI Catalyst 4.8 drivers installed. But I had the 4.9beta's installed before that.
Normal gameplay would cause a crash within one minute using the IBM drivers, so I never ran the timedemo with them.

With the 4.9beta's I had this:
Doom 3 timedemo (1024x768 Med qual): 18.1 fps
Doom 3 timedemo (800x600 Med qual): 28.5 fps
3DMark01: 9758
3DMark03: 2500

With the new 4.8 I get nearly identical results:
Doom 3 timedemo (1024x768 Med qual): 18.2 fps
Doom 3 timedemo (800x600 Med qual): 28.4 fps
3DMark01: 9770
3DMark03: 2506

... I have the 64MB Radeon 9600, 1GB RAM, 1.7GHz and 7200rpm hdd

Leon · #4 Post by **Leon** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:29 pm

which resolution is more playable.... did you do the mod?

Humpa · #5 Post by **Humpa** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:44 pm

I havent actually played the game much. I'm not much of a gamer.

(I just want to see doomhell, but that cheat doesnt actually work

)
But, I like 1024x768 @ 18 fps better than 800x600. 18fps, so far, has been very playable.

I have taken the mod out. I tested it before, and I was getting between 17.8 - 18.1 fps with the mod in and 18.0-18.4 with the original file. It doesnt seem to affect the timedemo much.

Leon · #6 Post by **Leon** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 10:36 am

Humpa, I'm the same as you. I actually don't own even one game! But, I keep hearing about Doom3 and how great it looks. Is it really worth the money for me to go out and buy so I can see it? Is it that amazing?

Humpa · #7 Post by **Humpa** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:27 pm

Well, all the gamers say how great it looks. So it must.

I am a tech guy. I'm more interested in the code than the gameplay itself - though it does look fantastic to me.
Doom 3 is $45 at Target (you in the US?), so it's not like it will break the bank. I bought it so I can play some deathmatch with friends online or on my LAN (though I haven't done this yet).
The only other game I've played is Crimson Skies - and, again, I would just dog fight online/LAN.
I thought Crimson Skies looked great, so what do I know!

G-Man · #8 Post by **G-Man** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 5:59 pm

I think I'll just wait for the xbox release of DOOM3.

Regards,
G-Man

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