PeterStone

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Hi

Still tweaking my settings to get Doom3 running ok.One thing puzzles me though - when i run the time demo sequence to measure performance i typically get quite different results without actually changing anything.Is this normal?Usually the first time i run it i will get say 25-30 fps then i run it again without changing anything and it jumps to say 35-40 fps!If i run it a third time it seems to level out performance-wise.Does it "learn" the level and retain some of it in fast memory?

Any ideas?

Machine spec-

XP2500 @ 2.43 ghz
512mb Hyper-X ram @440mhz
Radeon 9800 @ 400/390

PeteS

jfrf

think you are right about it retaining in the memory after the first go

i normally type
timedemo demo1 usecache

this helps make the first attempt close to the 2nd go

bigsinky

that is correct. if you check your HD light on the first pass of the demo then you will see it go into meltdown. second pass as has been said is now cached. that is wht 2nd and third runs produce significantly higher fps than 1st run.

cheers

big sinky

PeterStone

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Thanks for the replies

So presumabely the first run would be the most realistic result to use unless you keep playing the same part of the game?

PeteS

PeterStone

iTrader: (1)

Anyone?

PS

bigsinky

no not the first run. doom3 benchmarks are taken from the second or third runs of the demos

bigsinky

if you stripped your main drive with raid 0 would the increase in frame rate be worth it?

DrEvil

If you only have two drives, you'd be better off installing Windows on one drive and your applications/games on the other.

bigsinky

@drEvil

nah m8 the 2x80gig in my machine are the smallest drives i have. i have another 4x160gig in my case so losing 80gig to a stripped drive wouldn't be that detrimental. i only have downloaded stuff on my D: drive, so backup what i want and strip the drive to raid 0. just asking incase anyone has done it to see if it is worth the hassle, not just for doom3 but in general as well.

cheers

big sinky

Sheepsplitter

Striping the filesystem won't "loose" 80GB, not unless you mirror as well.
Remember though that if you have a problem with either drive and you don't mirror or have very good backups, then it's curtains and a re-install :-(

Striping isn't going to help you with Doom3 though, your better off with a single very fast drive for the app (Doom3) and boot/swap on a primary (different) drive.
There are a few tweeks you can do to make it run a LOT better though.
For example, in your Doomconfig.cfg file make the following change:-
seta image_cacheMegs "256"


You might have to make it smaller than 256 (MB) if you don't have say a GB of memory. Do the above and make sure you have the latest drivers for your graphics card and I bet you will see a 20-40% increase in frame rates.

If your interested in my other settings for Doomconfig.cfg and autoexec.cfg I've pasted them below, but note I am playing with the ultra graphics settings and you might want to crank it down a bit depending on your card.

Doomconfig.cfg:-
// IvL/FblnaU4w6bPCJz3a0GRMUjEAjSFnwaiR09nULCCq2CkZZchnC6 jXOlZsDCXZwaAYIgM8/WpJCngsuAI=
unbindall
bind "TAB" "_impulse19"
bind "ENTER" "_button2"
bind "ESCAPE" "togglemenu"
bind "SPACE" "_moveup"
bind "/" "_impulse14"
bind "0" "_impulse10"
bind "1" "_impulse0"
bind "2" "_impulse1"
bind "3" "_impulse2"
bind "4" "_impulse3"
bind "5" "_impulse4"
bind "6" "_impulse5"
bind "7" "_impulse6"
bind "8" "_impulse7"
bind "9" "_impulse8"
bind "[" "_impulse15"
bind "\\" "_impulse9"
bind "]" "_impulse14"
bind "a" "_forward"
bind "c" "_movedown"
bind "d" "_moveright"
bind "e" "_left"
bind "f" "_impulse11"
bind "q" "_moveLeft"
bind "r" "_impulse13"
bind "s" "_lookUp"
bind "t" "clientMessageMode"
bind "w" "_moveRight"
bind "x" "_lookDown"
bind "y" "clientMessageMode 1"
bind "z" "_back"
bind "BACKSPACE" "clientDropWeapon"
bind "PAUSE" "pause"
bind "LEFTARROW" "_left"
bind "RIGHTARROW" "_right"
bind "ALT" "_strafe"
bind "CTRL" "_attack"
bind "SHIFT" "_speed"
bind "DEL" "_lookdown"
bind "PGDN" "_lookup"
bind "END" "_impulse18"
bind "F1" "_impulse28"
bind "F2" "_impulse29"
bind "F3" "_impulse17"
bind "F5" "savegame quick"
bind "F6" "_impulse20"
bind "F7" "_impulse22"
bind "F9" "loadgame quick"
bind "F12" "screenshot"
bind "MOUSE1" "_attack"
bind "MOUSE2" "_forward"
bind "MOUSE3" "_zoom"
bind "MWHEELDOWN" "_impulse14"
bind "MWHEELUP" "_impulse15"
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 "6"
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_renderer "best"
seta r_brightness "1"
seta r_gamma "1"
seta r_swapInterval "1"
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 "1024"
seta image_ignoreHighQuality "0"
seta image_downSizeBumpLimit "1024"
seta image_downSizeSpecularLimit "256"
seta image_downSizeBump "1"
seta image_downSizeSpecular "1"
seta image_useCache "0"
seta image_cacheMegs "256"
seta image_cacheMinK "200"
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 "0"
seta image_filter "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST"
seta gui_filter_idle "0"
seta gui_filter_gameType "0"
seta gui_filter_players "0"
seta gui_filter_password "0"
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_toggleZoom "0"
seta in_toggleCrouch "0"
seta in_toggleRun "0"
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 "lLRATJrrLqw"
seta com_videoRam "256"
seta com_showFPS "0"
seta com_purgeAll "0"
seta com_machineSpec "3"
seta g_decals "0"
seta g_projectileLights "0"
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 "255"
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 "0.2"
seta g_damageScale "1"
seta g_nightmare "0"
seta g_bloodEffects "0"
seta ui_showGun "1"
seta ui_autoReload "1"
seta ui_autoSwitch "1"
seta ui_team "Red"
seta ui_skin "skins/characters/player/marine_mp_blue"
seta ui_name "Sheepsplitter"
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 "Last Man"
seta si_name "DOOM Server"
seta g_spectatorChat "0"
seta r_aspectRatio "0"

autoexec.cfg:-
seta image_usePrecompressedTextures "1"
seta image_useCompression "1"
seta image_downSizeLimit "1024"
seta image_ignoreHighQuality "0"
seta image_downSizeBumpLimit "1024"
seta image_downSizeSpecularLimit "256"
seta image_downSizeBump "1"
seta image_downSizeSpecular "1"
seta image_downSize "1"
seta image_forceDownSize "1"
seta image_roundDown "1"
seta image_lodbias "0"
seta r_preload "1"
seta r_useCachedDynamicModels "1"
seta r_skipBump "0"
seta r_skipPostProcess "1"
seta r_skipParticles "0"
seta r_skipSpecular "0"
seta r_multiSamples "0"
seta r_shadows "1"
seta r_useOptimizedShadows "1"
seta r_useTurboShadow "1"
seta g_projectilelights "0"
seta g_skipParticles "0"
seta g_bloodEffects "0"
seta g_decals "0"
seta g_showBrass "0"
seta g_muzzleFlash "0"
seta g_doublevision "0"
seta g_showPlayerShadow "0"
seta image_anisotropy "0"
seta image_filter "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEARES

bigsinky

thanks for the advice SS

I am happy with my 51.9 FPS but was just wondering if the RAID option would speed things up a wee bit more. Like you said i have doom3 on a SATA drive with very little else on it.

cheers

sinky