Who else is running in Ultra High?

[dream431ca]

I have My doom 3 at Ultra High settings and 1280X1024 resolution and I get no less than 30 fps (no antialising). Anyone else experiencing this??

 

[Shuzer]

I could run in ultra high above 30 FPS, but in larger open areas, it dipped to 20

And it wasn't as nearly as smooth as high. Besides, there's very little discernable difference between high and ultra high. What's the point?

What are your specs?

 

[dream431ca]

Specs:

3.5 Ghz pentium 4
9800 Pro (256MB)
1Gb of ram

 

[Shuzer]

Hm. Honestly, if I were in your position, I'd just run it in high, for better performance. You probably won't even notice a difference..

 

[TMPer Tantrum]

Yah, I think I'd rather go for a higher resolution than higher quality. Of course it's academic since I don't have the game yet.

 

[Letters]

Changing either resolution or quality settings barely effects anything. Upping the resolution removes some jaggies. Ooooooh. Upping the quality setting puts a weeny bit more detail into some textures that you will only notice if you're really looking hard for it. Ahhhhh.

 

[Shuzer]

Changing either resolution or quality settings barely effects anything. Upping the resolution removes some jaggies. Ooooooh. Upping the quality setting puts a weeny bit more detail into some textures that you will only notice if you're really looking hard for it. Ahhhhh.

Actually, the difference between 800x600 @ High on a Radeon 9700-9800 series card compared to 1024x768 @ High is pretty staggering (5-10 FPS difference).

I tested this with 3 people today, we were all in the same game (I have a 9700 at pro, and the other two had 9800 pros) on the reactor level, and we were messing around with FPS and resolutions.

 

[Letters]

You made me curious, Shuzer... So here's the difference between some settings (high and medium, 640 res - 1024 res).



640 Medium

640 High

800 Medium

800 High

1024 Medium

1024 High

Looking at these, I would choose a higher quality over a higher resolution... it's really noticeable in the lighting... 1024 is QUITE a bit sharper though. 800 and 640 look pretty similar, but 1024 seems to provide a big jump. Soooo I guess it's 640 high quality or 1024 medium for me then, eh?

 

[Shuzer]

/me runs in 800x600 on high for multiplayer

I run 1024x768 for SP, as it's not as necessary to get a buttery smooth framerate in SP

 

[Prince of China]

I want to see someone run the game on 1600x1200 and ultra details and have everything turned to 'on' on the advanced options menu and have FSAA and AA and etc... tuned up to the max and get 60 framerates per second.

Hmm... I guess everybody is too chicken to try this challenge.

Someone would probably need a BFG GF 6800 Ultra 512 DDR MB ram card and an
AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 3800+
1GB Kingston DDR MB Ram

 

[DarkStar]

I run it on high details at 1280x1024 with no AA. Get a pretty consistent 60 FPS.

My rig:
Pentium 3.2+
1 GB Kingston DDR Ram
Geforce 6800 GT OC (sweeeeet......)

 

[Roland Deschain]

I want to see someone run the game on 1600x1200 and ultra details and have everything turned to 'on' on the advanced options menu and have FSAA and AA and etc... tuned up to the max and get 60 framerates per second.

Hmm... I guess everybody is too chicken to try this challenge.

Someone would probably need a BFG GF 6800 Ultra 512 DDR MB ram card and an
AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 3800+
1GB Kingston DDR MB Ram

You'll have to wait for the 512MB cards to pull that off for every area of the game, although if your ram is high enough (and you have a top NVidia g-card, of course) you could pull it off with reasonable framerates (framerat a ATI 9700-9800 at high settings).

 

[Shuzer]

Even that system can't run D3 maxed out and get high framerates, Tredoslop.

 

[Prince of China]

Yes...you're right.
;(



You'll need one of those NASA Super Computers.

 

[Roland Deschain]

That's what I don't like about Doom 3, why spend time creating graphical modes that nobody can play (two years from now I'll be playing Unreal 3 with my new graphics card rather than D3 on ultra); instead they should have spend that time on better A.I. and other shortfalls.

 

[DarkStar]

That's what I don't like about Doom 3, why spend time creating graphical modes that nobody can play (two years from now I'll be playing Unreal 3 with my new graphics card rather than D3 on ultra); instead they should have spend that time on better A.I. and other shortfalls.

Except that the dude programming (Carmack) doesn't really get into game design. He writes rendering engines. That's his job.

 

[ShinRa]

I run on ultra, everything maxed, aa and af maxed as well, @ 1024x768. Doesn't take a dip below 40fps.

 

[Shuzer]

/me sneezes

Oh, sorry, I'm allergic to bullshit.

http://www2.hardocp.com/image.html?image=MTA5MDc4NzE0M1RPNjJBTU9FV1hfMTdfNV9sLmdpZg==
http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=30548&page=2

I'm having a hard time believing you. Benchmarks show otherwise. Granted, the one shown on the second page is 63FPS average with 4x, but you can go to 8x, plus 16xAF, and upping it to ultra is yet another framerate hit.

I'd believe you that it doesn't dip below THIRTY (and I'm willing to bet it even dips below that), but not forty.

 

[ShinRa]

ooo one thing...are they running an fx-53?

edit - ah they are. well idk what their problem is, if u want ill demo my game in ultra with everything maxed

edit - btw theyre fps was 52....sooo i dont see where im bsing. aa doesnt give u that much of a hit, if at all, this is the xt pe if u recall.

 

[Shuzer]

This link is.

And, that's not even with FSAA on. Granted, it's at a higher res.. the min is 25

Edit: For the sake of the argument, sure, why not.

 

[ShinRa]

your point is moot. they have higher res and no aa, i have aa and lower res, and they maintained 52 on average, mine gets to about 35-40.

 

[Shuzer]

You said it doesn't dip below 40.

Yet, in those tests, even without AA (granted, higher res, but FSAA is a larger hit than higher res.. especially 4x @ 1024 compared to 0x @ 1600x1200). The tests show it dips to 25..

 

[Sedako]

ooo one thing...are they running an fx-53?

edit - ah they are. well idk what their problem is, if u want ill demo my game in ultra with everything maxed

edit - btw theyre fps was 52....sooo i dont see where im bsing. aa doesnt give u that much of a hit, if at all, this is the xt pe if u recall.

Please do, i'd like to see how pretty it is.

 

[Shuzer]

guinny, by all means, I'd love for you to prove me wrong. Show us some figures, time demos, heck, even a FRAPS benchmark would make me happy (it'd actually make me happiest). And, if you kindly would, attach some screenshots for physical proof that you're running it with all that crap on. Thanks

 

[Sedako]

Is there any way you can take a pic of your system? I'd love to see what it looks like.

 

[ShinRa]

To shuzer- fraps is probably all i CAN give u lol, idk how to demo with ingame shit or any benchmarking or anything like that.

sedako - picture the xaser iii thermaltake case, and just picture the components inside it lol. but if u want ill hook up my camera.

 

[ShinRa]

While i cant do a demo tonite, basically because im just not in the mood, here's a pic for starters just so u guys dont think im lying about the comp.

 

[Sedako]

While i cant do a demo tonite, basically because im just not in the mood, here's a pic for starters just so u guys dont think im lying about the comp.

I didn't think you were lying, I just wanted to see how cool Doom 3 looks with shit maxed.

EDIT: Emulators rock, although I wish I could use a traditional N64 controller for mine.

EDIT 2: did you ever find the sound patch for FF7? Midis = teh suckage

 

[Shuzer]

lol, I R UR PAL! <3
/me hugs guinny in a friendly way

 

[ShinRa]

you dont love me too?

 

[Sedako]

you dont love me too?

Of course I love you!

/me hugs Guinny too, and then hugs chris for good measure.

 

[ShinRa]

woot!!

but yea i wish i could somehow get an n64 controller for the games, the arrow keys aint bad though i haveta say theyre better than i thought. just games like perfect dark and goldeneye i wont even attempt to play them.

 

[Shuzer]

http://www.adaptoid.com/

 

[Sedako]

woot!!

but yea i wish i could somehow get an n64 controller for the games, the arrow keys aint bad though i haveta say theyre better than i thought. just games like perfect dark and goldeneye i wont even attempt to play them.

Do you have Blast Corps!? If you say yes, I will love you forever, and not in a gay sorta way.

 

[Shuzer]

Do you have Blast Corps!? If you say yes, I will love you forever, and not in a gay sorta way.

Just thought I'd let you know, I own Blast Corps.

 

[ShinRa]

Yes...yes i have blast corps. one of my favorites.

 

[Letters]

Blast Corps was hot, dude. I liked the guy that was metal and blue and red and had a big arm and hit things with it there weren't many levels with him but he was the sweetest.

 

[Sedako]

Yes...yes i have blast corps. one of my favorites.

If you have the rom, could I please get it from you? I've been looking for it forever!

 

[ShinRa]

yea no problem, got aim? yes u do.

 

[Roland Deschain]

Blast Corps is a bitch of a hard game if you want to get it perfect. Rare and its hard games. Damn, I suddenly feel like some good old N64, screw Doom 3, I'll dust of my N64 and play some Blast Corps and Ocarina.