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« on: August 08, 2004, 09:57:06 PM »
First of all  , make sure  u have the latest drivers AND Winrar . To make Doom III load faster , extract the .Pak files using winrar [ rename as .zip or something] , Normally Doom III has to extract the individual files while u wait for it to load levels/sounds etc.  , now you will notice less stuttering in game and faster load times .
 Performance tweak for ATI cards : Radeon 9500,9600 etc. and above ONLY!  
 go to  http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.ph...der=asc&start=0   , and follow the instructions . This provides up to 40% increase in performance! albiet with
minor glitches   in some systems. Some systems go faster with Aniso on than without it, some get no performance boost at all .  But the benchmarks prove, ATi is doing the work that needs to be done to be done, i won't be surprised that by next year ati is within 5% or less of nvidias performance in DIII .
 Another ATi tweak would be to create a radlink of the DoomIII shortcut, right click on it and click 'Add custom settings' , then go to properties , openGL . Turn Vsync on , and triple buffering on....  you can also set any other things you like eg. anti aliasing here.



Go to the DIII folder , find the .config file ,open it with the notepad . Find 'Seta image_cacheMegs'  for those with less than 512 ram , experiment with the settings '32' '64' '96' '128' '256' etc.  For those with more than
512 ram ,'256 ' and '512" Turn   seta image_useCache  from 0 to 1 , seta image_cacheMinK "10240? or ?20480?.                    
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« on: August 08, 2004, 09:57:06 PM »

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« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2004, 01:38:21 PM »
thanx for the heads up. intersting stuff indeed.


btw
what do u mean by radlink shortcut?                    



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« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2004, 01:58:34 PM »
http://www.tweakguides.com/Doom3_1.html
is useful as well - very in-depth

i recommend setting in your shortcut properties,
"YOURPATH HEREDoom 3Doom3.exe" +set com_allowconsole 1 +disconnect +set r_displayRefresh 75

allowconsole lets the console be opened with ~ instead of CTRL+ALT+~
disconnect disable the 'beating heart' intro movie
display refresh locks the refresh rate so you dont get seasick, make sure your monitor supports the rate you want to use
i dont recommend vsync.
ATI owners may want to try the catalyst 4.9beta, but i'm going to wait on the final.                    

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« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2004, 03:46:42 PM »
you can only use a radlink if you have ATi drivers 4.2 +.... and of course a radeon card :P

it allows you to add your own  custom settings to games eg. instead of having to turn anti aliasing OFF every time  to play FAr CRy  after you finished playing HAlf Life , all you do is right click on FarCRys desktop shortcut , click 'Add Properties' , then go to properties and set the settings in there..... those settings will only affect the game you 'Added'                    
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« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2004, 06:25:52 PM »
yeah and i also believe rad can lock the refresh rate, so you can do it that way as well.                    

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« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2004, 10:26:55 PM »
first of all, don't bother with the pak file extracting, it wont make much of a difference and will take up a ton of space.  

secondly when using that ati 40% boost thingy, i experienced weird looking textures, and no boost in performance at all.

weak tweaks here bring.                    

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« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2004, 10:26:55 PM »

 


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