Decisions, Decisions

Cheimison · 08-19-04, 04:14 AM

Should I run Doom 3 at 1280x1024 at Ultra Quality or 1600x1200 at High?

Skrot · 08-19-04, 04:52 AM

1600 at high.

LiquidX · 08-19-04, 09:48 AM

It can be very playable at 1600X1200 Ultra, 4X AA, 8AF. It did stutter at first but after this tweak I came by I had no problems at all also which also helped some others. At 1280X1200 you can even raise AA and AF with tweak but 1600x1200 looks about the same.

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=34082

**Ninjaman09** · 08-19-04, 09:51 AM

16x12 high, and turn off AA, there's no point in it at that resolution anyway. Ultra mode doesn't look any different from High, so that's an easy one. Runs awesome and looks incredible at this setting on my system.

Riptide · 08-19-04, 10:10 AM

1600x1200, HQ. And I agree with Ninja, turn off AA. It saps performance and IMO is not worth it in this game. Aliasing isn't as noticeable for some reason with this program.

Arioch · 08-19-04, 10:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Riptide

1600x1200, HQ. And I agree with Ninja, turn off AA. It saps performance and IMO is not worth it in this game. Aliasing isn't as noticeable for some reason with this program.

It's because all the jaggies are in the dark!

I found the best compromise to be 1600x1200 Ultra Quality, 8xAF/2xAA. The 2xAA is just enough to deal with jaggies when the flashlight is on them and more than compensates for the performance loss at 4xAA.

Edge · 08-19-04, 12:39 PM

Actually, it seems that there's virtually no performance hit for running in ultra high rather than high with a 256meg card, in fact some people have noted IMPROVED performance in ultrahigh. All it does is uncompress all the textures, which might eat up texture memory but doesn't really impact performance. Run a few timedemos and see if running in ultrahigh really makes a difference, if not you might as well run it at 1600x1200 with ultrahigh.

Sazar · 08-19-04, 12:49 PM

16x12 @ high...

no brainer there...

08-19-04, 04:14 AM	#1
Cheimison Not Even Trying Anymore Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 230	Decisions, Decisions Should I run Doom 3 at 1280x1024 at Ultra Quality or 1600x1200 at High? __________________ Keep Your People Armed It's for the Children

08-19-04, 04:52 AM	#2
Skrot The 5900XT that could. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 402	Re: Decisions, Decisions 1600 at high.

08-19-04, 09:48 AM	#3
LiquidX xxxxxxx Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: xxxxxxxx Posts: 2,113	Re: Decisions, Decisions It can be very playable at 1600X1200 Ultra, 4X AA, 8AF. It did stutter at first but after this tweak I came by I had no problems at all also which also helped some others. At 1280X1200 you can even raise AA and AF with tweak but 1600x1200 looks about the same. http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=34082

08-19-04, 09:51 AM	#4
Ninjaman09 Takin 'er easy Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Jowjah Posts: 6,687	Re: Decisions, Decisions 16x12 high, and turn off AA, there's no point in it at that resolution anyway. Ultra mode doesn't look any different from High, so that's an easy one. Runs awesome and looks incredible at this setting on my system. __________________ Core i7 920 @ 3.2 \| ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 6GB Mushkin DDR3-1600 RAM eVGA GTX 570 SC \| Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX Dell U2410

08-19-04, 10:10 AM	#5
Riptide Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Billings, MT Posts: 8,303	Re: Decisions, Decisions 1600x1200, HQ. And I agree with Ninja, turn off AA. It saps performance and IMO is not worth it in this game. Aliasing isn't as noticeable for some reason with this program.

08-19-04, 12:39 PM	#7
Edge 3d animator for hire! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Minnesota, USA Posts: 3,564	Re: Decisions, Decisions Actually, it seems that there's virtually no performance hit for running in ultra high rather than high with a 256meg card, in fact some people have noted IMPROVED performance in ultrahigh. All it does is uncompress all the textures, which might eat up texture memory but doesn't really impact performance. Run a few timedemos and see if running in ultrahigh really makes a difference, if not you might as well run it at 1600x1200 with ultrahigh.

08-19-04, 12:49 PM	#8
Sazar Sayonara !!! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 9,297	Re: Decisions, Decisions 16x12 @ high... no brainer there... __________________ Help to find cures for Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Folding@Home - Is it in you?

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