FOUND THE BEST TWEAK EVER FOR DOOM 3!!! got 36% perf increase on 9800PRO!!!

[nanokooshball]

check out my rig.....i did some performance tweaks bfore and i was only getting 33.4 fps with the timedemo (best bunch out of 3 runs)....well i came accross this guide and made a mix of his and my own....well....and THERE WAS A HUGE PERFORMANCE INCREASE!!! and no noticible degrade in IQ @ ALL!!!

iused this to help me a little and changed some of my own stuff...I went from 33.4 fps TO 45.4 in the timedemo!!! that's Awsome...especially with my challenged cpu....36% increase and wow...i can even play multiplayer very nicely

http://ucguides.savagehelp.com/Doom3/FPSVisuals.htm

but you guys mite want to use mine...PERFECT i say! EVEN in multiplayer

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seta radiant_entityMode "0"
seta gui_mediumFontLimit "0.60"
seta gui_smallFontLimit "0.30"
seta net_socksPassword ""
seta net_socksUsername ""
seta net_socksPort "1080"
seta net_socksServer ""
seta net_socksEnabled "0"
seta win_ypos "22"
seta win_xpos "3"
seta sys_lang "english"
seta s_numberOfSpeakers "2"
seta s_doorDistanceAdd "150"
seta s_globalFraction "0.8"
seta s_subFraction "0.75"
seta s_playDefaultSound "1"
seta s_volume_dB "0"
seta s_meterTopTime "2000"
seta s_reverse "0"
seta s_spatializationDecay "2"
seta s_maxSoundsPerShader "0"
seta r_debugArrowStep "120"
seta r_debugLineWidth "1"
seta r_debugLineDepthTest "0"
seta r_cgFragmentProfile "best"
seta r_cgVertexProfile "best"
seta r_forceLoadImages "0"
seta r_shadows "0"
seta r_skipBump "0"
seta r_skipSpecular "0"
seta r_skipNewAmbient "0"
seta r_renderer "best"
seta r_brightness "1"
seta r_gamma "1"
seta r_swapInterval "0"
seta r_useIndexBuffers "0"
seta r_customHeight "486"
seta r_customWidth "720"
seta r_fullscreen "1"
seta r_mode "5"
seta r_multiSamples "0"
seta image_downSizeLimit "512"
seta image_ignoreHighQuality "1"
seta image_downSizeBumpLimit "512"
seta image_downSizeSpecularLimit "64"
seta image_downSizeBump "1"
seta image_downSizeSpecular "1"
seta image_useCache "1"
seta image_cacheMegs "128"
seta image_cacheMinK "20480"
seta image_usePrecompressedTextures "1"
seta image_useNormalCompression "0"
seta image_useAllFormats "1"
seta image_useCompression "1"
seta image_roundDown "1"
seta image_forceDownSize "1"
seta image_downSize "1"
seta image_lodbias "0"
seta image_anisotropy "4"
seta image_filter "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST"
seta gui_filter_gameType "0"
seta gui_filter_players "0"
seta gui_filter_password "2"
seta net_master4 ""
seta net_master3 ""
seta net_master2 ""
seta net_master1 ""
seta net_clientMaxRate "16000"
seta net_serverMaxClientRate "16000"
seta m_strafeSmooth "4"
seta m_smooth "1"
seta m_strafeScale "6.25"
seta m_yaw "0.022"
seta m_pitch "0.022"
seta sensitivity "5"
seta in_alwaysRun "1"
seta in_freeLook "1"
seta in_anglespeedkey "1.5"
seta in_pitchspeed "140"
seta in_yawspeed "140"
seta gui_configServerRate "0"
seta com_guid "hGja3ibX/uY"
seta com_showFPS "1"
seta com_purgeAll "0"
seta com_machineSpec "2"
seta g_decals "0"
seta g_projectileLights "1"
seta g_doubleVision "0"
seta g_muzzleFlash "0"
seta mod_validSkins "skins/characters/player/marine_mp;skins/characters/player/marine_mp_green;skins/characters/player/marine_mp_blue;skins/characters/player/marine_mp_red;skins/characters/player/marine_mp_yellow"
seta g_mapCycle "mapcycle"
seta g_voteFlags "0"
seta g_gameReviewPause "10"
seta g_countDown "10"
seta g_password ""
seta g_showBrass "0"
seta g_showProjectilePct "0"
seta g_showHud "1"
seta g_showPlayerShadow "0"
seta g_showcamerainfo "0"
seta g_healthTakeLimit "25"
seta g_healthTakeAmt "5"
seta g_healthTakeTime "5"
seta g_useDynamicProtection "1"
seta g_armorProtectionMP "0.6"
seta g_armorProtection "0.3"
seta g_damageScale "1"
seta g_nightmare "0"
seta g_bloodEffects "1"
seta ui_showGun "1"
seta ui_autoReload "1"
seta ui_autoSwitch "1"
seta ui_team "Blue"
seta ui_skin "skins/characters/player/marine_mp"
seta ui_name "NanoKooshball"
seta si_spectators "1"
seta si_usePass "0"
seta si_warmup "0"
seta si_teamDamage "0"
seta si_timeLimit "10"
seta si_fragLimit "10"
seta si_maxPlayers "4"
seta si_map "game/mp/d3dm1"
seta si_gameType "deathmatch"
seta si_name "DOOM Server"
seta g_spectatorChat "0"
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[mansionman]

dang, no configs for 256mb cards.

[Kamakazie]

Originally posted by mansionman
dang, no configs for 256mb cards.

You dont see the little plus next to 128MB?

[knuckles644]

Can someone post before/after screenies? I suspect a degredation in image quality. : /

2000 Posts! Wooooooo!

[mansionman]

Originally posted by Kamakazie
You dont see the little plus next to 128MB?

I see that now. Although, I read another guide that recommends setting downsizelimit and downsizebumplimit to 1024 on 256mb cards.

[Scolecite]

THERE WAS A HUGE PERFORMANCE INCREASE!!! and no noticible degrade in IQ @ ALL!!!



Dude the seta image_filter "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST" Makes a HUGE difference in IQ.

Seriously if you cant see that, Im scared.

[Kamakazie]

Yaaaay, that tweak gave me a 1FPS increase in the timedemo and made the game look like total crap!

[PointlesS]

seta s_maxSoundsPerShader "0"
seta r_shadows "0"
seta r_skipBump "0"
seta r_skipSpecular "0"
seta image_downSizeLimit "512"

well there's where you get your performance increase...you're disabling everything that makes the engine good and forcing lower quality textures

[PowerofCheese]

hl2 isent going to be this lame where it only works well with nvidia cards is it...

[Kamakazie]

Originally posted by PowerofCheese
hl2 isent going to be this lame where it only works well with nvidia cards is it...

Like every other game?

nVidia 4 life! BWA HA HA!

[nanokooshball]

uh...sry i guys....i guess i was so tired last nite....i was trying to do this @ 130AM last nite....guess i dont know what i was doing

....anyone know how i can speed up multiplayer without doing these tweaks?

[Sunday Ironfoot]

I'm not changing any more settings in Doom 3, last time I did that I changed the values for:

image_useCache
image_cacheMegs
image_cacheMinK

Which is suppose to give to performance boost according to some people. Well for me it caused severe pauses and stuttering throughout the game (especially when you open doors to enter new areas for the first time), and artifacting in the outside sections. I had to reinstall Doom 3 coz I couldn't remember what the previous settings were, seemed to fix the problem.

Well IMHO John Carmack is a 3D engine programming genuise who has already set all the optimal settings that can't be set in the game nenu, so leave them alone. Any changes you do make will come at a price, just maybe you won't notice them straight away.