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Old 08-15-2004, 01:01 PM
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Default Doom 3 Performance boost

Found this on Bittorrent.

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I dunno if it's just me, but I noticed this trick beefed up my DOOM3 performance by a lot.

Anyhoo:

In your DOOM 3 directory, find "DoomConfig.cfg" (x:\Program Files\Doom 3\base). Open DoomConfig.cfg in Notepad.

Find the line:

seta image_cacheMegs "32"

I changed 32 to 96.

I got a nice boost in performance. I dunno if the tweak worked or not (maybe my machine did something wierd, have no clue), so I'm just seeing if this works for others as well, or if a different setting works better than others.

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anyone get this working?
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Old 08-16-2004, 10:36 AM
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Ill try it tonight (I only play doom 3 during the night )
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Old 08-16-2004, 10:40 AM
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looks like that tweak takes more ram.. i'd beware if you only have 512 (stinky)
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Old 08-16-2004, 11:22 PM
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looks like that tweak takes more ram.. i'd beware if you only have 512 (stinky)


well i posted my RAM on ebay to make the 1 gig jump.. hopefully that will go smoothly :/
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Old 08-17-2004, 12:36 AM
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bah.. 4x256 = leet...
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Old 08-22-2004, 08:06 PM
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Hey, i tried that and first of all mine was set at "24" not "32", which may be because of the different performance levels in our cards.. But also, I changed it to 96 and didnt really notice any difference.. but thats just me and my system... I think it depends on the amount of RAM on the mobo and on the VGA card.
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Old 08-22-2004, 08:08 PM
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mine slowed down and got choppy a bit at certain intervals.....
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whoh napster.. 6800 + powmax psu =
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Old 08-28-2004, 12:01 PM
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whoh napster.. 6800 + powmax psu =
w00t w00t for antec ppl.
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Old 08-28-2004, 02:38 PM
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*grumbles*

I have to spend 300 euro on

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