Is Thief 3 really that much of a system hog?

[RobFDB]

After hearing alot of good things about T3 i decided to give the game a go and went and bought it. However upon starting the game i was confronted with something ive not seen for a while, stuttery game play. I went to the AV section and saw the resolution was set to 1280, so i turned it down to 1024, but still the same. Tried 800 and still no luck. Exited the game and turned down FSAA from 4x to 2x and AF from 8x to 4x (performance mode) and stayed at 800, but still i get low FPS. So is T3 really that much of a system hog and my system cant cope with 2xFSAA, 4xAF @ 800x600 or is this a known issue with ATI cards? System below,

Cheers.

http://www.anandtech.com/mysystemrig.html?rigid=10623

 

[RobFDB]

Never mind, it really is just a system hog. Played around with some of the games settings i missed first time round.

 

[warcrow]

Yup, its a BIG hog. Looks like you figured that out.

 

[JellyBaby]

It's actually not that much more slow than Splinter Cell. My Ti4400 can handle it (the demo) OK at 1024 with medium to low settings. Will wait for a video upgrade to buy the real deal, though.

 

[RobFDB]

Its just a shame now ive got the game running at a decent speed it isnt stable. I cant go more than 10 minutes without is quiting to the desktop. Oh well i'll just wait for another patch.

 

[stnicralisk]

I was having stability issues with it but found that my installation was messed up reinstalled and havent had any crashes since.

 

[apoppin]

Your system rigs doesn't link. What is your system?

I have ZERO trouble playing Thief III at either 1024x768 OR 1152x864 with ALL details MAX, everything HIGH and EITHER "Bloom" or multisampling, and "medium/high" AA/AF (DOES ANYone know how to enable them BOTH simultaneously - at this point Bloom looks "better").

I am running with a P4@3.31Ghz, 1GB PC3500 and a Radeon 9800XT.,

OTOH, DeuSexII - even with the PATCH - IS a resurce HOG and i can ONLY play at 1024x768 with everything HIGH and MAX and medium/minimum AA/AF.

Thief III game IS (very) stable . . . perhaps YOUR system isn't

(what about your audio? - unless you have an Audigy2, DISable EAX)

 

[RobFDB]

Hmm i cant login to My Anandtech. Anyway, Barton 2800+, Asus A7N8X Deluxe (im using Soundstorm), 1024mb ram (corsair) and a Radeon 9700 Pro. Im using the latest drivers for all of the hardware. My system is stable in any other game i play.

 

[warcrow]

I was having stability issues throughout the game until I turned off Fast write and VPU recovery in the ATI control panel.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: RobFDB
Hmm i cant login to My Anandtech. Anyway, Barton 2800+, Asus A7N8X Deluxe (im using Soundstorm), 1024mb ram (corsair) and a Radeon 9700 Pro. Im using the latest drivers for all of the hardware. My system is stable in any other game i play.

eax IS off?

anything o/c'd?

edit: isn't vpu recovery pretty meaningless - like when the screen blanks out and everything resets just short of a system crash . . . when that (rarely) happens, i reboot anyway.

what does "fast writes" do anyway - and isn't this enabled in bios?

2nd edit: a quick search shows fast writes should probably be DISabled. . . . unless you are absolutely certain your system will benefit from the generally small performance gain.

 

[RobFDB]

Not sure why it didnt work before. However now it should. Anyway i'll try turning off Fast Writes and VPU recover cheers, and no everything is stock at the moment. Oh and i dont think i can even enable EAX.