D00M 3 prob
 

I got Doom 3 as a sort of belated birthday prsent. Its pretty good, but my framerate killed The pope! Seriously, even with all the vid and sound qualty turned down to minimum, I still get a worse FPS than I got in HL2 with maximum vid settings. How can I improve the framerate?

turn pc off then do nothing

did u even care to check the system requirements??? u need the almost the best stuff

I had doom 3 before I upgraded my PC and was unplayable due to lag. I was able to play HL2 though.

Chances are you'll have to upgrade your graphics card.

Okay, update. I killed all the advanced stuff, like bumpmapping and shadows, turned antialiasing off, etc. It plays much better now, tho still comparably slow. My system meets the requirements, but barely. Its still quite jumpy in places, like when I dare shoot/get shot at, but is at least playable. This game is pretty scary, I thought it was all hype.There have been a few times when I've had to pause, turn the lights on, and take a few deep breaths. The random voices, with surround sound, are very effective. I liked the martian buddy website touch, very interesting idea. However, the chain gun sucks. Waiting for it to charge up is a killer.

fucking genius ed:

ive never played D3 or HL2, is there something wrong with me? btw you prolly need to upgrade, just read what everyone here has said already.

Gerv posted a load of tweaks for it ages ago. Have a search.

Meh, you'll get bored of it soon enough.

unlike tribes huh? rolleyes:

Tribes is #1.

What are your specs? I had to get "modded" drivers for my Radeon 9500 video card that made it equivalent to a 9700. That alone made a world of a difference. The game was quite playable and only lagged for a sec during a hellish battle with alot of bad guys. Keep tweaking and testing it using 3D Mark 03 or something equivalent to that to see if you're getting any improvements after every tweak.

Funny someone should mention not playing either game....i have HL2 installed and only played about 2 hrs worth....i just don't care to log onto steam everytime i want to play. Also, i think the game sucks. Not worth the trouble. Hey, anyone wanna buy HL2 from me?

lol its wierd for me too, i can play hl2 fine on medium settings, but d3 i have to go with low.

It's simple... Doom 3 is incredible stressing on your system... HL2 isn't...

The end.

[quote="Jin-Roh":5bce2]fucking genius ed:[/quote:5bce2]

happy:

+1

Shoot yourself. Unreal is better imho.

ark, you just didnt play long enough. steam is pretty cool, once you get used to it.

My first online game. ed:

I was leet. biggrin:

I play doom 3 just fine on my old pos,

-512mb pc 133 ram
-1800 + Athlon (Pally Core)
-40gb 5400 rpm HD
-GeForce 3 Ti 200 64mb Video Card
I got on medium settings 50 to 20 fps, and 65 to 25 fps on low. I have a light OC, on my video card and CPU.

New prob. Im lost at the part after the guy with the lantern leads you through the dark, and then you get into the airduct, and you get out. the emergency ladder doesnt work, and all these spider things keep respawning. where do I go?

To hell.

I think thats a little later in the game, I meant in a "what way?" sense

oOo:

There is a switch for the ladder near it. But it takes a little time for it to lower.

You have to kill off all the spiders first. Easy.

Okay, Im a good ways past that now. I think I went the worng way, when the sarge tells you you have a choice, I went down the ladder rather than across the bridge..

That "They Took My BABY!!!" part was fuckin scary...