radeon 9800 pro

[mikeald]

hi there, i recently bought doom3, and i have a rasdeon 9800 pro graphicds card 128mb.

Can somebody please tell me the best way to set up the card to get optimum performance for games like this, as i am currently running doom 3 on medium resolution, as when i adjust it to high i lose gameplay.

many thanks

mike

[kram 2.0]

I guess it mostly depends on the rest of your system...like amount of RAM and CPU. But for the most part, you should be able to run medium resolution High Quality Settings with 2X AA - I'm running it around there and with minimal lag.

kram

[CaptTuna]

You should check to see that you have the latest drivers. I noticed a big increase in gameplay after upgrading the drivers.

[mikeald]

i am running an athlon 3000+ with 1ghz ram, i have the latest drivers installed i think!

[CaptTuna]

Look here (http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/winxp/radeonwdm-xp.html?type=xp&prodType=graphic&prod=productsXPdriver&submit.x=5&submit.y=9) for latest drivers

[kram 2.0]

Look here (http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/winxp/radeonwdm-xp.html?type=xp&prodType=graphic&prod=productsXPdriver&submit.x=5&submit.y=9) for latest drivers
Yes, the newer ATI Catalyst 4.9 drivers were optimized just for Doom 3 so that should be a major boost as for performance.

kram

[mikeald]

shouldnt these new drivers have been given to me ion the box when i bought the card?

[kram 2.0]

shouldnt these new drivers have been given to me ion the box when i bought the card?
Nope - often times, they're pretty outdated - mine came as Catalyst 4.2 when I bought it a few months ago. Install those drivers, then get the ones from ATI's website.

kram

[mikeald]

ok will let u know wot happens. thanx 4 ur help

[mikeald]

all sorted - cheers!

[kram 2.0]

all sorted - cheers!
Wonderful - congrats :D

kram