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sinisterdomestik
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 Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:56 am Post subject: doom3-demo funs slow as crap |
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i read the post here but it didnt help me and i didnt think it would help to revise an 3 month old thread, so imma ask here, maybe something new came up, but im having problems running my demo....its choppy as all hell and i dont know why. i tried that LD_PRELOAD with no affect. anyone have any new ideas??
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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Computer too slow?
Without more information, there isn't much we can do to help.
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sinisterdomestik
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 1:06 am Post subject: |
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oh....long day, heres emerge info
| Code: | root@BlackBeauty:~ emerge info
Portage 2.0.51.22-r1 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6.12-gentoo i686)
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System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz
Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12
dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.1-r1
sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.9
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7
sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5
sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1
sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18
virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig buildpkg ccache cvs distcc distlocks fixpackages keeptemp keepwork noauto noclean notitles sandbox sfperms strict userpriv usersandbox"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 3dnow X aalibs alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo cdr crypt cups curl directfb emboss encode esd fam flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imagemagick imlib ipv6 jpeg junit kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png ppds python qt quicktime readline samba sdl spell ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb vorbis xine xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc"
Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS |
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John5788
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 1:07 am Post subject: |
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what about graphics card and ram?
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sinisterdomestik
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 1:13 am Post subject: |
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sorry...another LONG day :-/
| Code: | | 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11DDR [GeForce2 MX 100 DDR/200 DDR] (rev b2) |
and 512MB ram....just tell me wha else im missing :-/
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russianpirate
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 1:57 am Post subject: |
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I have Geforce 2 Mx / 512mb ram as well, and i can only run doom 3 on the lowest settings with about 20fps max.. need better video card  |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:08 am Post subject: |
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| A geforce 2 mx isn't good enough to run the game, sorry. |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:11 am Post subject: |
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DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well that would explain it....looks like i gotta go buy a new video card. thanks for enlightening me...never woulda figured that one out
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russianpirate
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:22 am Post subject: |
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| i beat the game 1.5x (1 time on marine and half on nightmare) on geforce 2.. just set all low and run it in twm! |
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sinisterdomestik
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:26 am Post subject: |
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twm?!?!? imma have to try lowest settings...see what happens
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:43 am Post subject: |
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you werent playing on lowest settings?!  are you kidding me? .. with a 64mb card lowest settings is all you can dream of  (at least thats what i dream  )
also check this guide out and try to turn down the graphics a little more.. that can increase overall upto 7fps 
ps: sorry for so many emoticons |
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sinisterdomestik
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:55 am Post subject: |
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i had it on lowest...now that i re-looked at it...as far as im aware i did....640x480, not fullscreen, low quality
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What FPS do you get on that? What DE/WM do you run?
To find out FPS
Open console (`) and type com_showFPS 1
Open console (`) and run timedemo demo1 a couple of times to find average FPS
As I remember it I usually got 17-25fps, and average of 19 or something like that.. but I dont play doom 3 anymore.
Also here's my MyTweaks.cfg file (~/.doom3/base):
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seta cm_backFaceCull "1"
seta r_vertexBufferMegs "64"
seta r_orderIndexes "1"
seta r_usePortals "1"
seta r_useOptimizedShadows "1"
#seta r_skipParticles "1" - Makes everything black dont USE unless ur desperate for FPS :P
seta r_skipFogLights "1"
seta r_skipMegaTexture "1"
seta r_useShadowCulling "1"
seta r_useLightCulling "3"
seta r_useCulling "2"
seta r_znear "2"
seta r_useInfiniteFarZ "1"
seta r_useStateCaching "1"
seta r_useVertexBuffers "1"
seta r_useCachedDynamicModels "1"
seta r_useTwoSidedStencil "1"
seta r_useTurboShadow "1"
seta r_useShadowProjectedCull "1"
seta g_projectileLights "0"
seta g_skipParticles "1"
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Make that file readonly after you're done editing and add exec mytweaks.cfg to ~/.doom3/base/DoomConfig.cfg and make that readonly also (Doom3 overwrites it on run) |
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mnxAlpha
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:05 am Post subject: |
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| A GeForce 2 MX is just too slow to run Doom 3. A plain GeForce 2 is just about fast enough (at low resolution, all settings turned right down / off), but an MX is much slower (it's the low-end, crippled version). If you can, get a newer video card. Doesn't matter what - anything that you can buy will be a vast improvement over what you have now. |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:06 am Post subject: |
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ohhhhhhhh in game....bout 5....IF im lucky.....menu...bout 11
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| Obviously something huge is running in memory/cpu .. so run it in TWM/Failsafe terminal.. or just run X and launch the game from console, or you can use a script (run from console) that stops current X (safely).. launches new X with Doom 3 in root window. |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:40 am Post subject: |
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| mnxAlpha wrote: | | A GeForce 2 MX is just too slow to run Doom 3. A plain GeForce 2 is just about fast enough (at low resolution, all settings turned right down / off), but an MX is much slower (it's the low-end, crippled version). If you can, get a newer video card. Doesn't matter what - anything that you can buy will be a vast improvement over what you have now. |
Wow.. I was about to say you can still buy GeForce 2 MX, but I checked newegg and it turns out its off the "streets".. damn i'm so out of date. I wish I could get a job to save up for a new card. |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:44 am Post subject: |
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its sad...i work at an electronics store, fry's, and STILL cant afford a new card yet :'( gotta start saving
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| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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slow fun is indeed a problem.
sorry. i'm being useless today  |
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InsaneHamster
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| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:09 pm Post subject: ... |
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try typing in
r_skiprender 1
i hear that increses 20 + fps because it stops the dash from being renderd and screen flashes |
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John5788
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:59 am Post subject: |
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i remember a while back someone created low quality texture to run doom3 on two old voodoo cards. maybe you can find those textures and use them
http://www.3dfxzone.it/enboard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1462
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