Doom 3 with ATI's 9500 PRO

[fibes]

I thinking of purchasing this game. I was just wondering if anyone has similar system specs. to what I have and if there are any issues. I have read that this game even looks quite decent at 640x480 resoultion, but I would like to see a min. of 800x600 or even 1024x768, med. quality with average FPS(40-55). I would hate to purchase this game @ $50 and find out that my system is not capable of delivering the performance that I'm expecting. Please give me your thoughts or advise. Thank you.

P.S. My specs are listed below.

 

[Xenon14]

Originally posted by: fibes
I thinking of purchasing this game. I was just wondering if anyone has similar system specs. to what I have and if there are any issues. I have read that this game even looks quite decent at 640x480 resoultion, but I would like to see a min. of 800x600 or even 1024x768, med. quality with average FPS(40-55). I would hate to purchase this game @ $50 and find out that my system is not capable of delivering the performance that I'm expecting. Please give me your thoughts or advise. Thank you.

P.S. My specs are listed below.

I have a 2500+ at 1.83ghz, 512 DDR 2700 ram, 9700 Pro - All at stock speeds. I'm using 4.9 Catalyst and in game vsync is turned on as was advised to gain performance. I have done absolutely no other tweaks with cache memory as I have not figured out how, but read that it would add a very good ~5-7 fps, which to me would be very crucial.

The game is a little bit jerky, just under 'smooth', at 800x600 @ medium settings, which can probably be mediated by further tweaks (and system overclocks which im beginning to contemplate). Nevertheless, the graphics are very forgiving at low resolutions... you'll still be impressed with the graphics.

Having said that, with your setup you'll at best be able to kick 40-50fps in 640x480 res. If you overclock your 9500Pro, you might be able to play at 800x600 like me, but that's the max.

 

[nanaki333]

see if you can softmod that 9500pro to a 9700. then you'll be able to hit 1024 res easy

 

[Keysplayr]

Check here

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: nanaki333
see if you can softmod that 9500pro to a 9700. then you'll be able to hit 1024 res easy

You can NOT mod a 9500 Pro into a 9700.

 

[clicknext]

I'm running a 9600Pro, 800x600 medium, at about 40 frames average, so your 9500 should do great.

 

[rackley]

Well I had a 9500 Pro 128 meg. I have an AMD 2600+. My frame rate was 34fps at medium quality 800x600. Low quality 1024x768 was better framerate but I didn't benchmark. The textures looked horrid though.

I uprgraded to a 9800 Pro 128 meg and rebenched and got 40.1fps. That kinda sucked so I OC'd both the memory and GPU by about 10%. My framerate was still exactly 40.1fps, so it turns out I'm now CPU limited. Ordered a Athlon 64 3000+ and MB, hopefully that will help. Total cost of doom 3 so far: $200 vid card, $300 mb and cpu, $50 game = $550.

Ray

 

[MidasKnight]

Running great on my sons Athlon XP 2400+ / 512PC3000 / Sapphire 9500Pro. 1024x768 med settings with shadows off. 128 cache meg in the config. Never checked the frame rates but no slowdowns to really speak of. Usually hesitates after loading a new level but only about 20 to 30 sec into the new level.

 

[fibes]

Total cost of doom 3 so far: $200 vid card, $300 mb and cpu, $50 game = $550.

Wow, you are one serious brand loyal Doom fan!:thumbsup:

 

[Kondik]

Yep like i see a big Doom fan i never spend any cent for ubrade my pc for a game

 

[acejj26]

i have a 9500 pro @360/270
athlon 64 3000+ @ 2400 MHz
1 GB PC2700 ram

640x480 medium, 46.4 fps in timedemo
800x600 medium, 36.1 fps in timedemo

anything over that is unplayable

its weird cuz i play farcry at 10x7 with all the eyecandy turned on and its real smooth...i think farcry is a better looking game, too

 

[MercenaryForHire]

XP2600+
512MB DDR333
9500Pro

800x600 HQ w/0xAF, 19/40/125 FPS in timedemo (min/avg/max) and works just great in actual gameplay.

acejj26 - what cooler do you have on your 9500P? I'm not sure how well the Zalman coolers handle OCing in the "passive only" state, but I've got good airflow so it's worth a shot.

- M4H

 

[fibes]

Originally posted by: acejj26
i have a 9500 pro @360/270
athlon 64 3000+ @ 2400 MHz
1 GB PC2700 ram

640x480 medium, 46.4 fps in timedemo
800x600 medium, 36.1 fps in timedemo

anything over that is unplayable

its weird cuz i play farcry at 10x7 with all the eyecandy turned on and its real smooth...i think farcry is a better looking game, too

Those aren't bad numbers, and you are definately are not CPU limited, but I'm sure you would probably get 40 FPS, if you had a 9800 PRO @ 10x7. I think I'll hold off on DOOM3 until my next computer. Just from reading all the forums, I think the best bet would be a Nvidia 6800 combined with a 64bit Athlon 2800,3000 or 3200. Thanks for everyone's input. :beer:

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: fibes

Originally posted by: acejj26
i have a 9500 pro @360/270
athlon 64 3000+ @ 2400 MHz
1 GB PC2700 ram

640x480 medium, 46.4 fps in timedemo
800x600 medium, 36.1 fps in timedemo

anything over that is unplayable

its weird cuz i play farcry at 10x7 with all the eyecandy turned on and its real smooth...i think farcry is a better looking game, too

Those aren't bad numbers, and you are definately are not CPU limited, but I'm sure you would probably get 40 FPS, if you had a 9800 PRO @ 10x7. I think I'll hold off on DOOM3 until my next computer. Just from reading all the forums, I think the best bet would be a Nvidia 6800 combined with a 64bit Athlon 2800,3000 or 3200. Thanks for everyone's input. :beer:

You just described the "Value Doom3 System" from the front-page article. A64 2800+ with a vanilla 6800.

- M4H

 

[fibes]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: fibes

Originally posted by: acejj26
i have a 9500 pro @360/270
athlon 64 3000+ @ 2400 MHz
1 GB PC2700 ram

640x480 medium, 46.4 fps in timedemo
800x600 medium, 36.1 fps in timedemo

anything over that is unplayable

its weird cuz i play farcry at 10x7 with all the eyecandy turned on and its real smooth...i think farcry is a better looking game, too

Those aren't bad numbers, and you are definately are not CPU limited, but I'm sure you would probably get 40 FPS, if you had a 9800 PRO @ 10x7. I think I'll hold off on DOOM3 until my next computer. Just from reading all the forums, I think the best bet would be a Nvidia 6800 combined with a 64bit Athlon 2800,3000 or 3200. Thanks for everyone's input. :beer:

You just described the "Value Doom3 System" from the front-page article. A64 2800+ with a vanilla 6800.

- M4H

I really wish I could afford more. I'm actually stretching my budget a bit with the 6800. I think when I build my next machine(sometime in December or January), hopefully the price of a vanilla 6800 will be below $200.00? Or is this just wishful thinking?

 

[Draco]

I've been running Doom 3 on my 9500 Pro. 2ghz Northwood P4 w/1gb pc2100 ram. 800x600 medium detail. Runs pretty smooth most of the time, except when there is a lot of baddies on the screen or there is a lot going on in a room. Still very enjoyable though.

Got a new system coming though

 

[fibes]

Originally posted by: Draco


Got a new system coming though

Are you building it or is it being built for you?

 

[peonyu]

Im playing the game on a 9500 PRO [clocked at 330core/290mem] and its running very well considering its Doom 3.

Using timedemo demo1 to benchmark i get :

31.5 fps @ 1024x768 High quality

And the game is very playable at that setting and speed, the only slowdown or stuttering i get is when loading up a new area. So yea its playable.

Also dont forget to apply the shader-optimization for doom 3 found here to get a few extra fps's.

 

[MegaWorks]

I'm happy with my results!

DoomIII timedemo demo1

AMD Athlon XP T-Bred B DLT3C 1700+ @ 2.3GHZ (1.775v)
Abit NF7-S V.2 (nForce2-U400)
Corsair TwinX XMS 3200LL 512MB @ 2-3-2-6 (2.6v)
Sapphire Radeon 9500 Pro 128MB
Catalyst 4.6 drivers

Stock speed

1024x768 @

Low - 30.6 FPS
Medium - 30 FPS
High - 28 FPS
Ultra High - 15.8 FPS


OC speed 380/600

1024x768 @

Low - 35.3 FPS
Medium - 34.7 FPS
High - 32.7 FPS
Ultra High - 17.9 FPS

I'm happy with my results!

 

[Draco]

Originally posted by: fibes

Originally posted by: Draco


Got a new system coming though

Are you building it or is it being built for you?

I'm building it.

Lian-LI PC65 case
Antec "NEO Power Supply"
MSI K8N Neo
Athlon 64 3200+
1gb Corsair 3200LL
Leadtek 6800 GT
WD 74gb raptor
Lite-On DVD/R/RW+-!@#$%^&*

Video card arrives tomorrow. Then it's game on! I'll continue to use my old box too though.