Doom 3 multiplayer extremely choppy?

ynnek · 08-14-04, 07:27 PM

Hey, I just tried a multiplayer game for the first time.. ping of 60, 3 other players.. and it was extremely choppy...

in single player mode, this game is smooooth on my 6800GT, 2.6HT, 1.5 gigs of PC3200 ram.. but i swear, I was getting like 10 or 15 fps in multiplayer mode.....

anyone else seeing this?

Mathesar · 08-14-04, 07:49 PM

Yea I see the same thing , I even tried dropping the res to 640x480 just to test but this didnt help ..hopefully ID improves on this with a patch, they need to fix the in game browser as well..its a buggy mess

Kamel · 08-14-04, 07:54 PM

hmm, i don't notice any performance difference between single player and multiplayer (as far as FPS goes).

Edge · 08-14-04, 10:49 PM

To be honest, I wasn't overly impressed by the performance in general with my XP2000 (and I could definatly tell that I was CPU limited), the shadows seem to eat up a lot of CPU resources. Since multiplayer seems to have even more lighting and shadowing effects to keep track of, I think it bogs down the CPU even more than the single-player does. I guess you could try turning off the shadows in multiplayer (at least it appeared you can when I hosted a LAN game), even though it's EXTREMELY unfair to other players.

ynnek · 08-15-04, 08:15 PM

okay I spent some time and I reached this conclusion:
Well, at least over the internet, multiplayer sucks.

1) Browser is buggy.. sorting is kinda funky, and every server that I picked that was liike 1/4 returned server full.. even after I refreshed the list

2) Huge FPS drop.. I played iwth the FPS counter on and with one or two guys, it dropped down to 15 fps.. in single player, with a few enemies, it never dropps below 25ish.. Anyways multiplayer feels EXTREMELY choppy.

3) Lag was horrible! I played on a server that reported pings of 70ish.. I shot the shotgun, and literally you can hear and feel the timedelay.. like a couple hundredths of a second

I'm disappointed... D3 was a great single player game, but I'll go back to UT2k4 for my fast twitch FPS action.

08-14-04, 07:27 PM	#1
ynnek Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,364	Doom 3 multiplayer extremely choppy? Hey, I just tried a multiplayer game for the first time.. ping of 60, 3 other players.. and it was extremely choppy... in single player mode, this game is smooooth on my 6800GT, 2.6HT, 1.5 gigs of PC3200 ram.. but i swear, I was getting like 10 or 15 fps in multiplayer mode..... anyone else seeing this?

08-14-04, 07:49 PM	#2
Mathesar Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 347	Re: Doom 3 multiplayer extremely choppy? Yea I see the same thing , I even tried dropping the res to 640x480 just to test but this didnt help ..hopefully ID improves on this with a patch, they need to fix the in game browser as well..its a buggy mess __________________ Antec TX 1050B Case w/ Corsair CMPSU-750TX 750W PSU Intel i7 920 @ 3.36ghz (Stock Intel cooler, for now) Gigabyte EX58-UD3R (rev 1.6) 6 GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 (3 x 2GB / Triple channel) EVGA GTX 480 + EVGA GTX 260 Superclocked (PhysX) Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic / Logitech Z5500's Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro headphones + Go-Vibe V4 amp 2.4TB Total HDD / Win 7 64bit Ultimate Samsung PX2370 LED TN & Samsung 2333T PVA Pioneer Kuro 5080HD Plasma.

08-14-04, 07:54 PM	#3
Kamel Hardware Mass Murderer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 1,035	Re: Doom 3 multiplayer extremely choppy? hmm, i don't notice any performance difference between single player and multiplayer (as far as FPS goes). __________________ hardware murdered so far: geforce 5900u, deceised: sat on it. geforce 6600gt deceised: improperly mounted heatsink. 3 asus a7n8x-e deluxe motherboards, deceised: unsure. mobile amd xp2600 processor, deceised: chipped core due to compusa heatsink. dfi lanparty ultra b, deceised: unsure, third memory bank went out. samsung cd burner 48x40x48, deceised: unsure, will only read pressed cd's very slowly. samsung TH552C dvd burner (dual layer), deceised: same as other samsung . 10gb seagate 5200rpm drive, deceised: tried fixing a pin that was pushed into the drive by inserting an ide cable upside down. 40gb maxtor drive, deceised: maxtor manufacturer. 80gb western digital, deceised: unnatural causes. swan xt10, deceised: brutal pre-meditated murder, even video taped (it wasn't y2k compliant). logitech mx510, deceised: death by electricution. ati remote wonder, deceised: death by electricution.

08-14-04, 10:49 PM	#4
Edge 3d animator for hire! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Minnesota, USA Posts: 3,564	Re: Doom 3 multiplayer extremely choppy? To be honest, I wasn't overly impressed by the performance in general with my XP2000 (and I could definatly tell that I was CPU limited), the shadows seem to eat up a lot of CPU resources. Since multiplayer seems to have even more lighting and shadowing effects to keep track of, I think it bogs down the CPU even more than the single-player does. I guess you could try turning off the shadows in multiplayer (at least it appeared you can when I hosted a LAN game), even though it's EXTREMELY unfair to other players.

08-15-04, 08:15 PM	#5
ynnek Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,364	Re: Doom 3 multiplayer extremely choppy? okay I spent some time and I reached this conclusion: Well, at least over the internet, multiplayer sucks. 1) Browser is buggy.. sorting is kinda funky, and every server that I picked that was liike 1/4 returned server full.. even after I refreshed the list 2) Huge FPS drop.. I played iwth the FPS counter on and with one or two guys, it dropped down to 15 fps.. in single player, with a few enemies, it never dropps below 25ish.. Anyways multiplayer feels EXTREMELY choppy. 3) Lag was horrible! I played on a server that reported pings of 70ish.. I shot the shotgun, and literally you can hear and feel the timedelay.. like a couple hundredths of a second I'm disappointed... D3 was a great single player game, but I'll go back to UT2k4 for my fast twitch FPS action.

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