just wanted to FYI anyone else interested in tweaking thier D3 setup to get better perf. I looked through most of the guide (linked from the front page) and after I was done adding and editing lines in an autoexec.cfg file that I ran the game for about 2 hours and there is a very noticeable difference.
before the tweaks (yes, including the latest Humos "hack" since I have an ATI card) I was only able to run 800x600 MQ/1024x768 LQ, after the tweaks I'm able to run 1024x768 HQ w/8x AF at around 40fps. It spikes at 60 (the supposed limit put on by ID), and dips to 17 in some parts though. But at least I can play at 1024x768 HQ now. I may change it to MQ when I get into hell though.
Obviously YMMV, but I'd say that getting an average of 40fps from a 9600xt isn't too bad for about 20 minutes worth of .cfg editing.
oh, btw, the lousy 8 shots in the shotgun pissed me off....so I increased it to 12. I could have gone as high as I wanted, but didn't want to get TOO unrealistic. It's pretty simple to do, just edit the "weapon_shotgun.def" in the \base\defs folder. edit the line :
"clipSize" and change the number to whatever you want. Same works for all other weapons. I think you can also make the shotgun bullets explode like grenades...wouldn't that be interesting??? have to play with that....
before the tweaks (yes, including the latest Humos "hack" since I have an ATI card) I was only able to run 800x600 MQ/1024x768 LQ, after the tweaks I'm able to run 1024x768 HQ w/8x AF at around 40fps. It spikes at 60 (the supposed limit put on by ID), and dips to 17 in some parts though. But at least I can play at 1024x768 HQ now. I may change it to MQ when I get into hell though.
Obviously YMMV, but I'd say that getting an average of 40fps from a 9600xt isn't too bad for about 20 minutes worth of .cfg editing.
oh, btw, the lousy 8 shots in the shotgun pissed me off....so I increased it to 12. I could have gone as high as I wanted, but didn't want to get TOO unrealistic. It's pretty simple to do, just edit the "weapon_shotgun.def" in the \base\defs folder. edit the line :
"clipSize" and change the number to whatever you want. Same works for all other weapons. I think you can also make the shotgun bullets explode like grenades...wouldn't that be interesting??? have to play with that....