DooM3 Ultra Mode

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HydrasunGQ

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How many of you guys out there are able to play in Ultra Mode?

I went into my motherboard BIOS and set AGP Aperture size to 512MB, clocked my 9800Pro 128MB to 400/355 and also did a few tweaks on the game and am able to play in Ultra mode at 800x600 with very few noticeable lags. I'm a little confused cause I thought this was only possible on the highest end hardware.
 
pbXassassinX1524 said:
you are still running it at 800x600 though. Thats not very impressive, heh.
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You're right but hey I still am running at Ultra mode.
 
ds- said:
I was doing ultra mode on 1280x1024 it was very playable
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same

i also did all the image quality tweaks i found also to make it more detailed
 
i've been playing on 1280x1024 on Ultra mode since i got my BFG 6800 GT OC without problems. Still running between 40-60 fps most times. woot :cool:
Only wish my monitor would do 1600x1200.
 
i noticed no difference in visual quality or performance in ultra quailty and high quality

only tried one level tho.
 
I can play it easily in 1600x1200, do not know what id was on about when they said 512meg GFX cards only.
 
the only difference between high and ultra mode is that nothing is compressed in ultra mode...thats why ive seen reviewers suggest a 256mb card for ultra mode..high and ultra mode are performance differences and not IQ differences
 
yeah theres such a small diff between ultra and high, its hard to even see it, but hey, if you can run ultra why not?
 
HRslammR said:
17" monitors make baby jesus cry. ;)
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No, no.
Cheap 17" monitors make baby Jesus cry :D


(I've got a heavy, big, old, ugly, definitely non-flat 17" Eizo F520. 1600x1200@75Hz is very doable. I like this piece of oldschool glass and electronics. :) )
 
If you feel like nitpicking visuals for ultra quality vs. high quality, look at the hands and fingers of stuff. The transition of the texture from one polygon to another on sharp angles (polygons wrapping around the fingers) looks a lot smoother in ultra quality. Ie. it gives the illusion of smoothness that you'd see with much higher polygon counts.

It's kind of hard to do when they're all trying to kill you, however.

The reason why it's only default for non-existent 512MB is because a 256MB card can't hold all the textures in one scene (there would be more than 256MB of textures), so there'll be some texture swapping across the AGP or PCI-E. If you have a good system it may not be a big problem, but much of the time there'll be a slight pause every once in a while as the textures that aren't needed at that moment are offloaded from the VRAM to the system RAM and the textures that are needed are loaded from the system RAM to the VRAM.
 
UltimateMan said:
i've been playing on 1280x1024 on Ultra mode since i got my BFG 6800 GT OC without problems. Still running between 40-60 fps most times. woot :cool:
Only wish my monitor would do 1600x1200.
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My monitor's native res is 1600x1200 :-D

Of course, my video appreciates 320x200 much more.

I've been playing D3 on High with everything on, 800x600, 50-60 constant fps.
 
This is my system I ordered a month ago from monarch... and yes I do run at 1600x1200 with aa/af enabled and get constant 60fps which is game limit.

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140735 512 MB DDR PC-4200 (533) OCZ Enhanced Latency $187.00 $374.00
220500 Thermaltake XaserIII Keyboard & Mouse, to match case model#V2000 $35.00 $35.00
250323 Logitech Z-680 5.1 Speakers $255.00 $255.00
800063 Monarch GT64 Custom PC/WS (Athlon 64/FX 939) $49.00 $49.00
Cases: 100031 - NO PS - Thermaltake Xaser III V2000A Alum $155.00 $155.00
Power Supply: 100766 - PS 600W - Enermax EG701P-VE SFMA Noisetak $138.00 $138.00
Case Fan: 130116 - 80mm - Thermaltake 80mm Ball Bearing DC C $25.00 $25.00
Monarch Logo Stickers: 270642 - Monarch GT 64 Logo
Motherboards: 110228 - MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum Audio/GB-LAN/USB/IE $179.00 $179.00
Processor: 120461 - AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 (939) $833.00 $833.00
Thermal Grease: 800018 - Shin-Etsu G675 Thermal Grease (Cools CPU $13.00 $13.00
Heat Sink Fan: 130124 - Thermaltake A1826 AMD Opteron Heatsink-w- $24.47 $24.47
Memory: 140145 - DDR (400) 3200 - 1 GB (2 pcs 512) Corsair $319.00 $319.00
2nd Memory: 140145 - DDR (400) 3200 - 1 GB (2 pcs 512) Corsair $319.00 $319.00
Hard Drive: 150239 - SATA - Western Digital (WD740GD) 74 GB/10 $199.00 $199.00
2nd Hard Drive: 150239 - SATA - Western Digital (WD740GD) 74 GB/10 $199.00 $199.00
RAID Setup: 80011 - RAID 0 (Zero) $25.00 $25.00
CD/DVD-ROM: None
CD-RW/DVD-RW: 160552 - DVD-RW - Plextor PX708A 4X2.4X-DVD+-RW/8X $190.00 $190.00
Floppy Drive: 170109 - Mitsumi 7-in-1 USB Card-Reader/Smart-Medi $40.00 $40.00
More Storage: None
Sound Card: 180329 - Creative Audigy 2 ZS 24BIT/5.1/IEEE/MIDI/ $96.00 $96.00
Video Card: 190362 - eVGA GeForce 6800 ULTRA 256MB DDR/AGP-8X/ $599.00 $599.00
TV Tuner: None
Modem: None
Operating System: 210111 - Microsoft Windows XP Professional $154.00 $154.00
Network Card: None
RAID Controller: None
Case Function Add-On: None
Noise Killer: None
Round Cables: 270152 - Round Cables Kit 2-24" IDE 1-18" FDD 1-18 $23.95 $23.95
Warranty: 800007 - 1 Year - Parts & Labor - Barebone (No Sof
Hot Rush: None - Standard Order ( ships within 8-13 business
Antivirus: None
Additional Software: None
Far Cry Promotion: 270846 - FREE Full DVD Version of Far Cry - $39.95
Subtotal for 800063 with your selected options: $3,580.42
Order Total: $4,719.42


This is hooked up to a 21' crt sony monitor
 
holy hell!! cha ching!

why don't you just crush everyone by your amazing mind blowing machine, only making our already very thin wallets left at home empty, WITH YOUR $833 PROCESSOR!

:p
 
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