Doom III and Graphics

by **Evan** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 11:42 am

Radeon 9600 Pro. 1024x768. High Quality. No stutttering.

by **Harry Canyon** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 12:12 pm

Originally posted by Evan
Radeon 9600 Pro. 1024x768. High Quality. No stutttering.

....other than when a 'real live girl' asks you a question...

by **Tommy Boy** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 12:14 pm

Originally posted by MMmmGood
I run mine at 800x600 on high. Although I could run it at 1024x768 with no problems

I run the same and have no problems.

by **Edogg** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 12:22 pm

I run 1024 x 768 at Ultra high

by **Mighty Mazz** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 12:49 pm

I have a 9600xt and was just wondering if the Overdrive feature makes a diffrence. I'm very cautious in turning it on as I don't want to kill my card. But for Doom 3 I think it might be good to turn it on.

Does anyone use it here? Is it safe?

by **JimmyTango** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 12:52 pm

Turn on overdrive. it will throttle itself back if it overheats.

by **shockwave203** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:02 pm

overdrive is a useless feature. it increases the clocks of the core/ram so little that you won't be able to tell whether it's on or off. if your card does get hot, it just sets the clocks to default. the increase isn't noticeable.

you'd be better off to flash the bios and overclock the card so you actually notice a difference.

by **Jackal** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 6:53 pm

this is the card that im planning on getting:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-286&depa=1

will a 300 WPS be enough for this card?

by **(SEETHER)** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 7:07 pm

I got Radeon 9800xt for $275.

I run Doom 3 on Ultra High with no problems.

by **shockwave203** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 7:17 pm

Originally posted by Jackal
this is the card that im planning on getting:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-286&depa=1

will a 300 WPS be enough for this card?

yeah, as long as you don't have 20 hardrives hooked up and running off the same PSU

by **Jackal** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 6:00 pm

do i need to uninstall my current nvidia drivers or get some cleaning program that gets rid of them, or can i just install the card and download the latest ATI drivers?

by **shockwave203** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 6:54 pm

you have to uninstall the nvidia drivers, and then use a driver cleaning program. you can get one called 'driver cleaner' here http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/

then install the ATI catalyst drivers

by **Jackal** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 7:14 pm

ok thanks for the help everyone... I have one more question:) . I just went to the ATI website and they have a trade-up program where if you send them your old video card they take off $50 from 9800 so it will cost me $199. It doesnt say anywhere whether the card should be this generation or not. Can i just send them my TNT 64 that i have lying around:rotflmao: ??? Or should i just stick with newegg?

by **Mighty Mazz** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 9:58 am

How do you get 6.1 surround speakers to work with this game? It says to go into control panel and set it up. But when I do among the various options there is only 5.1 and 7.1 to select. Did they leave out 6.1 or something?! So I end up losing my rear channel in Doom 3 cuz win xp pro doesnt have a 6.1 speaker option.

Is there any way past this?

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