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DOOM 3 HUGE PERFORMANCE BOOST!

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goto your quake3 base directory - locate the doomconfig.cfg file - open it find the line: seta image_cacheMegs : default is like 20? or 30? something like that - i dont know how much ram you guys got but i know even with my 1gig it was running like shit for me but after i changed the image_cacheMegs to 512 i can now run everything on the highest settings smooth as silk - this is the best performance boost for d3 - that and having the up to date drivers - HAPPY FRAGGIN
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bullshit - all i did was change that and now i can play it 50x smoother so unless god fucking snapped his fingers, wiggled his nose, and (poof) made my computer run d3 faster which is total bullshit then im more than positive your the fucking clown....... clown

if this doesnt boost my performance im gonna lynch you upside down like this nigga:

 

http://img69.exs.cx/img69/7253/lolz.gif

Use BFG instead plz. Thx.

copied and pasted from a faq at gamefaqs, made by grawl.

 

 

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Tweaking (aka Speeding-up Doom 3) [D3.07.01]

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General Tweaking [D3.07.02]

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Before we are going to tweak Doom 3, first wonder yourself if it actually is

needed, or possible. If you are running a low-end PC, and the game runs

terrible because you just lack the hardware, it might not be that helpful.

If you are running the latest system, and the speeds are already around 60 fps

I don't think you need it either. But it's all up to you. Before playing

with Doom 3 settings, however, you might want to check out these things:

 

* Defrag your drive. This REALLY helps. Don't use the default Windows

defragger, but use Diskeeper, for example. They do the job better and

quicker. If you think this is not helpful, let me give an example. I have

a Music dir on my PC, and opening took about 10 seconds. I defragged my

drive, and suddenly it opened in a flash.

* Kill processes not needed. You are running Doom 3, do you need WinAmp,

Word and mIRC open? Most likely not. So kill these apps, they will free more

memory and CPU power for Doom 3.

* Overclocking could be an answer, but if you don't know what you are doing

I don't recommend this. Google for it if you want more info. I don't want

to get angry mails for giving wrong or incomplete info.

* Make sure your drivers are up-to-date. Video-card, sound-card, and even

your motherboard, if you know how to do that without breaking stuff. Also

update DirectX. Note that ATI released beta-drivers to boost the

performance of the game with about 7 fps.

* You are using a low-end system. Is it smart to set the settings to high?

It most certainly isn't. If you want to see those nice dynamic shadows and

fire effects, buy a better video-card/CPU. Set things to low, see how it

works. Turn advanced options off, see how it works. Just try it out until

it works like you want it to work.

* Re-format Windows, yet this could work, but it's most likely more work

than is needed.

 

For more hints, visit http://www.tweakguides.com. Try the following tweaks step by

step, see if you like it, and then try another one, or leave it. Don't do

them all together, you won't notice what works and what won't.

 

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Unpacking .PK4-files [D3.07.03]

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I read about this all over the Internet, so I tried to do this.

 

1) Go into your \base dir and locate the .PK4-files

2) Open them one by one in WinRAR, and extract them in the \base dir. Note

this will take 3 GB extra space!

3) Move the .PK4-files away. I don't suggest deleting them, but just move them

away, or the game will use the files anyway.

4) Now run the game. Maybe it was me, but it didn't work that great for me;

 

| Before | After |

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Loading Time | 120 | 150 |

FPS | 20/30 | 40 |

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Note you can't play Multi-player this way, because that required the

.PK4-files. You can fix this by moving them back though.

 

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Editing config-file [D3.07.04]

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I tried this myself, and it didn't cause any trouble, but I didn't really

notice anything different either. You can edit the doomconfig.cfg file and

change the following things to make the game run better:

 

seta image_useCache "1"

seta image_cacheMegs "xxx" <- Make this 1/2 of your ram

seta image_cacheMinK "yyy" <- Use the formula below:

 

"image_cacheMegs" / 8 = n

n * 1024 = "image_cacheMinK"

 

Also, you can try to change the following settings, which will disable

bump mapping in the game.

 

seta image_filter from GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR to GL_LINEAR

techno warrior (aka newb g0t) decides to talk shit because his P2 400mhz doesn't get any performance increase.

 

agreed. he got raged when i told him i had fps over 40. :owned:

"so unless god fucking snapped his fingers, wiggled his nose, and (poof) made my computer run d3 faster which is total bullshit"

 

Oh.. thanks for the clarification.

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That fix works for some people, and sometimes it won't work for others. All of you fuckers STFU and stop complaining, he's just trying to post a somewhat informative thread, and this fuckstain techno warrior (aka newb g0t) decides to talk shit because his P2 400mhz doesn't get any performance increase.

all i know is it worked for me.....

Didn't change a damn thing..

but then again performance was fine, I wanted to see if shit got any different.

There was no difference in anything... load time was slightly quicker

hey, well theres a start. Its the only thing am gonna bother trying to do because i can't be bothered unrarin it, since you can't play it online after i don't think.
now only if ppl would stop whoring that bandwidth
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hey, well theres a start. Its the only thing am gonna bother trying to do because i can't be bothered unrarin it, since you can't play it online after i don't think.

you could just put them back........ once you finish the single player game...... :poke:

yeh but doing that ud have the original .pk4 files wich take up hd space.. AND ud have 3 gig extra for all the uncompressed files! no thnx, Ill just wait a few secs longer for it to load.. hell, I aint got anything better to do anyway :rolleyes:
yeh but doing that ud have the original .pk4 files wich take up hd space.. AND ud have 3 gig extra for all the uncompressed files! no thnx, Ill just wait a few secs longer for it to load.. hell, I aint got anything better to do anyway :rolleyes:

 

it's supposed to boost fps, not load time.

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yeh but doing that ud have the original .pk4 files wich take up hd space.. AND ud have 3 gig extra for all the uncompressed files! no thnx, Ill just wait a few secs longer for it to load.. hell, I aint got anything better to do anyway :rolleyes:

get a real hard drive then? 160gb samsung hd = $100 bucks......

Overlord stfu. If you goto planetdoom.com and find the forum where this tutorial was on you will find that there were alot of happy customers.
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