Doom 3 Issue on Emachine M6809

[amdforever2]

Well, Doom 3 crashes.

Crashes a lot with high quality, crashes a little less frequently on medium.

As I understand it, the M6809 has no RAM expandability without removing a chip. I suppose I could overclock the ATI graphics.

Any other way to fix this?

I also have a problem where the system refuses to stay clocked at 2.0oghz despite being plugged into the wall socket.



Hmmm......

 

[Flashram]

Ultra Quality is for 512 MB cards. High quality is meant for 256 MB video cards. Medium is for 128 MB cards. Try the low setting since you only have a 64 MB card.

http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20040727_052008.html

 

[imported_haris]

You can upgrade one slot of memory without voiding the warranty, but it is possible to upgrade both. You should search in the "official emachines" thread for more info.

Flashram is probably correct, the best setting for the laptop is probably low. BTW, overclocking is probably going to cause more problems. Some of the reviews I checked out mention that overclocked cards will not run D3 well. I still haven't found out why an overclocked card wouldn't, but the quotes are coming from Carmack.

 

[amdforever2]

....and about my 800mhz, 1.6ghz, 2ghz problem?

It should always be at 2ghz when on power....

 

[ChuaChua]

try setting the power management to "Always On" in the power management control panel.

 

[ChuaChua]

try setting the power management to "Always On" in the power management control panel.

 

[jlarsson]

I also am having problems running Doom 3 on my m6809. It crashes before the main menu appears. I've got a stock m6809, nothing overclocked at the moment. I've changed the power management to "always on", but that didn't fix it. As far as the drivers, I'm running the omega drivers (v2.5.51).

amdforever2: about Windows reporting 1.6ghz, its just being reported incorrectly, i'll try to dig up the information that microsoft has on it, i can't seem to find it right now. If you use the default power management settings, i think the processor throttles back to 800mhz when the processor isn't under heavy load, but once it needs it, it will run at 2ghz.

Any ideas about Doom 3? I wanted to run a few benchmarks for the Official eMachines thread here but that won't happen if I can't run it.

 

[imported_haris]

If the power management setting isn't working you can download and install speedswitch. You can get it from here: www.diefer.de/speedswitchxp/

 

[jlarsson]

Originally posted by: haris
If the power management setting isn't working you can download and install speedswitch. You can get it from here: www.diefer.de/speedswitchxp/

Thanks, this worked for me.

 

[ChuaChua]

I shall be waiting for the DoomIII demo then. heh.

 

[Connoisseur]

i think ram is the main bottleneck on m680x systems as far as low/medium quality settings. Try upgrading to 1 gig. I know I am.

 

[ShellGuy]

woudln't hurt 2 throw in a 7200 rpm drive either....




Will

 

[Connoisseur]

yeah but i'd much rather have the ram. at that point the hard drive isn't really a concern as far as in game performance. Besides, mine came with a 5400 rpm .

 

[animekenji]

My M6811 crashed to the desktop all the time until I downloaded the Omega drivers. Now it works fine. Try this. www.omegadrivers.net and click where it says ATI Radeon then again where it says Win2k/XP. These are different from the drivers that you get from ATI, because they have been modded to run on all Radeons including Mobility Radeons. ATIs drivers do not work on Mobility parts. You can even play around with overclocking using the included Radlinker tool.

 

[andyman7]

i also agree about the drivers
i dont have an emachines laptop but i have a laptop with a radeon 9700 in it and doom 3 would crash to the desktop a lot while running the ati drivers that came with it
i installed the desktop 4.7 cats and it never crashed again