Do you play Doom3/RoE on Quality or High Quality ?

SH64 · 04-12-05, 10:23 PM

Before anyone get confused .. i'm talking about the image settings in the CP that either disable or enable the Tri/Aniso optimizations.
do you pick quality or high quality ??

for those who have no idea about the difference i made some comparsions showing the IQ & performance differences as i was playing RoE tonight.
in some places its hard to be spotted , well maybe only for sharp eyes (screenshots 1,2 for ex.) & in others it become obvious (4,5 shots)

screenshot 3 .. shows performance difference between SLI & single GPU which is rather huge !
all shots are taken @1600x1200,4xAA,8xAF, High Detail.

http://img88.echo.cx/img88/6206/shot000304ch.jpg
http://img84.echo.cx/img84/4084/shot000325bp.jpg
http://img15.echo.cx/img15/7045/shot000102oi.jpg
http://img197.echo.cx/img197/8226/shot000340po.jpg
http://img197.echo.cx/img197/6476/shot000352my.jpg

after seeing these differences i'm playing only on HQ ! .. afterall thats what the SLI for.

RealLifePixelShader · 04-13-05, 03:49 AM

single cards just just make is

I'm running 1280x1024 AFx16 AAx4 on ULTRA with AAx8 or 16 it shocks to 15fps

getting 30 to 60 frames per second

Nutty · 04-13-05, 04:51 AM

I use High Quality for everything.

Vagrant Zero · 04-13-05, 06:11 AM

Don't some of the forceware's have a problem with the high quality setting?

HowlingPhoenix · 04-13-05, 12:30 PM

High Quality
1280x960
no AA or AF
High Settings

I get about 42 fps in the timedemo

OWA · 04-13-05, 06:52 PM

Quality. I usually only use HQ for less taxing games.

Hey, why don't you do one of those mouse-over comparisons to make it easier on us?

SH64 · 04-13-05, 08:18 PM

Vagrant Zero : what problems ?? i experianed none when it comes to HQ image settings .

HowlingPhoenix : high detail settings enables 8xAF by default .. so you are actually playing @1280x960,8xAF.

OWA : i would like to do that , but don't know how

one more thing i'd like to add about RoE is that its more taxing than the original game .. sometimes my framerate dips into 20s & in some cutscenes it diped into teens!

HowlingPhoenix · 04-13-05, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SH64

HowlingPhoenix : high detail settings enables 8xAF by default .. so you are actually playing @1280x960,8xAF.

I went into the config file and set the AA and AF to 0...

Vagrant Zero · 04-13-05, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SH64

Vagrant Zero : what problems ?? i experianed none when it comes to HQ image settings .

I remember hearing that the HQ was providing LOWER quality than Q with all opts disabled [even though they should be the same thing].

SH64 · 04-13-05, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vagrant Zero

I remember hearing that the HQ was providing LOWER quality than Q with all opts disabled [even though they should be the same thing].

Ah that was in the 66.93 drivers .. i had that issue on CMR'05. its not happening in Doom3 anyways & as you can see from the shots above its working well with the 71.84 too.

OWA · 04-14-05, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SH64

one more thing i'd like to add about RoE is that its more taxing than the original game .. sometimes my framerate dips into 20s & in some cutscenes it diped into teens!

Yeah, I'm noticing that as well.

carkis · 04-14-05, 12:32 PM

I've noticed the fire haze effects are more polished. In the original, you'd easily be able to find the shader effect boundaries. Now it looks awesome everywhere.

04-12-05, 10:23 PM	#1
SH64 MAXIMUM TECH Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 12,202	Do you play Doom3/RoE on Quality or High Quality ? Before anyone get confused .. i'm talking about the image settings in the CP that either disable or enable the Tri/Aniso optimizations. do you pick quality or high quality ?? for those who have no idea about the difference i made some comparsions showing the IQ & performance differences as i was playing RoE tonight. in some places its hard to be spotted , well maybe only for sharp eyes (screenshots 1,2 for ex.) & in others it become obvious (4,5 shots) screenshot 3 .. shows performance difference between SLI & single GPU which is rather huge ! all shots are taken @1600x1200,4xAA,8xAF, High Detail. http://img88.echo.cx/img88/6206/shot000304ch.jpg http://img84.echo.cx/img84/4084/shot000325bp.jpg http://img15.echo.cx/img15/7045/shot000102oi.jpg http://img197.echo.cx/img197/8226/shot000340po.jpg http://img197.echo.cx/img197/6476/shot000352my.jpg after seeing these differences i'm playing only on HQ ! .. afterall thats what the SLI for. __________________ - "My name is RAM and my tank is full" http://warhawk64nv.mybrute.com/ <-- pupils go thaarrr! Or, http://silenthunter64.mybrute.com

04-13-05, 03:49 AM	#2
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04-13-05, 04:51 AM	#3
Nutty Sittin in the Sun Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,835	Re: Do you play Doom3/RoE on Quality or High Quality ? I use High Quality for everything.

04-13-05, 06:11 AM	#4
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04-13-05, 12:30 PM	#5
HowlingPhoenix Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 62	Re: Do you play Doom3/RoE on Quality or High Quality ? High Quality 1280x960 no AA or AF High Settings I get about 42 fps in the timedemo

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04-13-05, 06:52 PM	#6
OWA ... Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 9,481	Re: Do you play Doom3/RoE on Quality or High Quality ? Quality. I usually only use HQ for less taxing games. Hey, why don't you do one of those mouse-over comparisons to make it easier on us?

04-13-05, 08:18 PM	#7
SH64 MAXIMUM TECH Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 12,202	Re: Do you play Doom3/RoE on Quality or High Quality ? Vagrant Zero : what problems ?? i experianed none when it comes to HQ image settings . HowlingPhoenix : high detail settings enables 8xAF by default .. so you are actually playing @1280x960,8xAF. OWA : i would like to do that , but don't know how one more thing i'd like to add about RoE is that its more taxing than the original game .. sometimes my framerate dips into 20s & in some cutscenes it diped into teens! __________________ - "My name is RAM and my tank is full" http://warhawk64nv.mybrute.com/ <-- pupils go thaarrr! Or, http://silenthunter64.mybrute.com

04-14-05, 12:32 PM	#12
carkis Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 141	Re: Do you play Doom3/RoE on Quality or High Quality ? I've noticed the fire haze effects are more polished. In the original, you'd easily be able to find the shader effect boundaries. Now it looks awesome everywhere.

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