:eh: i went from something like 1.5 GB to over 3.5GB after uncompressing and deleting the .pk4 files.

now to see if it makes any difference..

edit > hmm, didn't notice anything really.

i would try the other suggestion as posted above, but i think i might need another stick of 512MB first. in game, mem usage got up to ~800MB! :eek4:

 

apparently something was chewing up ~200MB of mem :ugh:, seeing as, after a reboot, in game i was at ~600MB. still, i need more mem.

game runs nice so far at 800x600, high detail. i don't know if this uncompression did anything though, seeing as whatever was eating my mem. :dunno: i'm going to try that other tweak next.

 

I bumped the ram in my P4 1.8GHz to 1GB...

:rick:

now i need me a copy of doom3 for umm testing purposes h:

 

rick, might i direct you to this thread: https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...d.php?t=151365 :rick:

anywho, just a few more comments before i go to bed..

i tried the seta image_cacheMegs tweak.. set it to 128. didn't see any increase in framerate. i think uncompressing the pk4's may have helped load times, but i really can't tell if it affected anything else as i was running "crippled" before.

actually, i'm pretty surprised at how well the game runs for me. at 800x600, high detail, with most advanced options turned on. vsync is off, and the option below it, i think, is off (i don't remember what it is). i'm getting 30-40+ fps, 60+ if i look at walls. 20s and (rarely) high teens during combat. however, i'm sure when there are more than 2 monsters on the screen, i'll be griding down even further. we shall see.

so far i like the game, but i imagine the constant darkness may start to get annoying.

oh, my machine:
CPU: P4 2.4CGHz
Vid: ATI Radeon 9500 Pro
Mem: 512MB DDR400
OS: WinXP Home

 

HA HA HA :a: i now look in for a keyboard to hit "F" in a dark room
my girlfriend told me to lay off doom 3 or she was going to cut me off :eek3:

 

haahh 60+ for walls

I can stare at walls all day :rick:

my video card probably can't handle it. 440mx with 64MB

 

Who needs ridiculously good graphics that no one can run?
Focus on the gameplay, it doesn't matter how good the graphics are if the gameplay sucks.

 

wait are you saying doom 3 sucks..... :a:

 

No, I am saying who gives a shit how good the graphics are if the game is constantly lagging.

I'd rather play something in 256 colors with 640x480 resolution if it runs faster.

 

you have no idea on how the gaming market works do you?

people will upgrade just to play a game with great super state of the art graphics and great game play

aka Doom3