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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.

Link


I just tried it.

(MY new system specs)
AMD 64 XP 3400+
1024MB DDR 400
Nvidia geforce fx 5800U at 450/850 (I water cooled this baby)

Before i tweeked i was getting 30 to 40 FPS at 1024X768 and med settings , After I tweeked i was getting 44 to 55 fps. :)

Anyone elce try it?
 
Set it higher than 96. Put it at 768 or something.

Plus I think the line above it needs to be set to 1 in order to use it? Dunno I was just reading that link.
 
marty905 said:
would my 9200 run doom 3 in 640x480
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wrong place, but depending on if you meet the min requirements for cpu and ram; yes
 
FictiousWill said:
Set it higher than 96. Put it at 768 or something.

Plus I think the line above it needs to be set to 1 in order to use it? Dunno I was just reading that link.
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There are some people having trouble when they set it to 1. I havnt tried yet. Im changing it 512 to see is its better. and ill chang the line obove to 1 and see if it crashes
 
I did it (mine was 20 originally instead of 32 and I tried different numbers) and I got no difference whatsoever. Oh well.
 
when I set the upper line to 1 it crashes but when I change it back to 0 it doesnt crash . I set the image_cacheMegs "32" to 512 and i can play on on high settings. at 1024x768.
 
I've noticed a really nice performance increase. Now I can run at 1280x1024 medium with 45+ FPS. Whatever this does it works really well. :)
 
Yep. I saw a good performance increase as well. About 10FPS in one area I kept checking.. sweet :) Thanks nerdguy :cheers:
 
Does jack shat. Try the timedemo, you will notice no increase. I gained a measly frame at best.
 
Im not sure but I think it has something to do with how much ram doom 3 uses. Or how much data can be precatched.

All I know is that it works on some system but not on others.
 
ShadowFox said:
Does jack shat. Try the timedemo, you will notice no increase. I gained a measly frame at best.
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But have you played the actual game?

And like I said before. It only works on some systems. Not all.
 
does this all depend on the amount of RAM in thesystem? how high will this go?
 
I will say increasing the cache megs in UT2k4 had a noticable impact. But it has done nothing for me in Doom 3 and changing the first setting causes it to crash.
 
The game crashes at the "Initializing Menus" screen when I change that 0 to 1. Didn't get any noticable better performance when it was set to 0 though. I guess this is not for me :(

Edit: But it does seem to load the maps faster & I can now play on a resolution of 1024*768 but at same fps as usual. But it helps tremendously if I turn the resolution down etc. Great find.
 
ShadowFox said:
I will say increasing the cache megs in UT2k4 had a noticable impact. But it has done nothing for me in Doom 3 and changing the first setting causes it to crash.
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Whats your system specs?

One thing ive noticed is that semi older hardware systems are the ones that are getting the most boost.
 
Athlon XP 2500+
512 MB 2700 DDR
Radeon 9500 Pro OCed to 9700
 
Hmmmm I dont know. Have you set it to 256?

I sent an email to ID asking about it but so have severial other people. Im hoping that ill get a reply soon.
 
Before the tweak I noticed quite a bit of jitteriness running Doom at Medium 1024x768.
I upped the cache megs to 512 and now I'm able to run the game smoothly at High 1024x768.

Here are my specs:

Athlon XP 3000+ 333fsb
1gig Kinston pc2700
Sapphire 9800pro 128 w/ Omega Drivers and VGA Silencer
 
Just to make sure, I cranked it up to high to see if it would affect it in that setting. I actually had lower fps with the higher cache.

On the surprisingly good side, I only lost 2 fps with high mode! So I am gonna stick with that. It looks so sexy. :)
 
I got an FPS boost, I think, maby. Cool thanks
 
Wow...I noticed it takes way longer to load, but my performance is amazing!!!!

I'm running a:

Athlon 2800+ Barton (2.1)
512 DDR 3200
TI 4200

And I'm running it near flawlessly at 800x600 with high quality.

You are my HERO.

SPREAD THE WORD BOYS
 
I like my average 50 fps, although I am annoyed that the tweak does absolutly nothing form me (PS: getting near the end and it's finally getting scary :) ).
 
Made no difference for me whatsoever
my fps is high enough already anyway :)
 
aww pooor kitty is having trouble? awww sad.


but im running great!!!

when i get my gig of ram, should i change the number to 1024, and then overclock my 9800pro mem too?
 
I have a small increase (put '256'). I'm able to play it fine on:

P4 2.96Ghz
1GB RAM
9800 Pro
2xAA/16xAF
1024x768
High Quality

Yay for me :D :bounce:

God this game is scary, I won't play until my bro comes home so I can show him :D
 
Not much diff for me. Maybe a couple frames...
P4 2.53GHz, 1GB RAM, GF4 Ti 4200 128MB
 
You have the same video card as me, do you love yours as much as me?

I bought mine for $330 over two years ago and it still runs games like Doom 3 and Far Cry very well.
 
FarCry runs amazing compared to Doom 3 (off topic), but i do prefer Doom 3 over FarCry a lot (although not as much as I would have liked)
 
Baal said:
You have the same video card as me, do you love yours as much as me?

I bought mine for $330 over two years ago and it still runs games like Doom 3 and Far Cry very well.
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Except now that I just discovered I have to underclock it down to half the default memory speed to remove D3 artifacts. :(
Time to call my comp manufacturer! ~

BTW, I'm running pretty well @ 800x600 high-quality (with it underclocked). What are you using?
 
lazicsavo said:
FarCry runs amazing compared to Doom 3 (off topic), but i do prefer Doom 3 over FarCry a lot (although not as much as I would have liked)
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..FC runs a thousand times worse than D3 for me. It's the same for most people, too.
 
Except now that I just discovered I have to underclock it down to half the default memory speed to remove D3 artifacts
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i heard that if you turn vertical sync on in the doom options it stops the artifacts. dunno if it works, but it might be worth a shot, cos it's default is on.
 
Shuzer said:
..FC runs a thousand times worse than D3 for me. It's the same for most people, too.
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Far Cry runs better for me as well.. although both can get choppy. But that is probably because of ATi's lackluster OpenGL.

I expect HL2 to run better than both.
 
ShadowFox said:
Far Cry runs better for me as well.. although both can get choppy. But that is probably because of ATi's lackluster OpenGL.

I expect HL2 to run better than both.
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FC is primarily DX9.. you can turn on OpenGL, but it's experimental
 
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