D3's playable on my old PC, no NEED for new video card

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:08 pm

Pred I must be fussier than you. Even at 800x600 on my 3200+ I can see occasional (albiet rare) burps when the action get's heavy. That ruins the game experience for me.

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:25 pm

High at 1280/1024 9800pro with A64 3200+ and 1g 2.5case memory. Runs pretty good...probably will run even better when I turn F@H off.

there is also this proformance boost: http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14874 I never do stuff liek this, but it might be worth a shot....probably will mess up future updates though or something.

Greg

PreDatoR · Post by **PreDatoR** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:38 pm

Originally posted by FlyingPenguin
Pred I must be fussier than you. Even at 800x600 on my 3200+ I can see occasional (albiet rare) burps when the action get's heavy. That ruins the game experience for me.

you must be uber fussy cause i just got done playing for about 2 hrs... and never had any spot act like it was slowing down. anyone know how to check FPS in the game?

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:55 pm

Originally posted by EvilHorace Yep, 32 meg card here, it's probably at least 3 yrs old? Ex, why not upgrade your PC to Win2K? That should be painless IMHO and say by to those Win98 error messages.

LOL I guess I should, but my win98 rig does not crash. It's hard to believe, but it's true. In a month, I might have one lockup, but I haven't had any since moving over to FireFox. Also, I'm also torn between installing Win2k or XP. I like Win2k, but I also like some features of xp like the rollback, and the ability to swap out mobo's with no problems like win2k.

I still can't believe that it works on your rig Evil. Maybe your dreaming?

BillyGoat · Post by **BillyGoat** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 9:39 pm

pred- use fraps

tunis5000 · Post by **tunis5000** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 3:15 pm

or use:

seta com_showFPS 1

Koo Koo Mouse · Post by **Koo Koo Mouse** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:30 pm

Havin a great time so far, but thought its time to take some time and check frames to add to the thread.
In a nut shell:
Loaded fraps and took note... Then did the console also. They compare real well! Turned off fraps trusting the console thing works fine.
Specs..Abit NF-7s, barton 2600.. 9800 pro. 512 on the ram and it shows.
Game: Playing at 1024x768 on high settings .. Advanced setting all yes but no aa and no vsync (but turned on on ATI control panel as always on)

Both stick at 60 tops and hit a low of 19 in worst case so far, and I will add that IS IF your HD aint churnin like a mofo opening a new room. Thats my biggest problem so far, and is my fault for not getting a gig beforehand.

But otherwise,

I'll addmit my biggest worry was running such a dark game on on a 19" 25ms LCD.. Yep smear is there, but not amything near as bad as I thought it would be running the colors that LCD's hate..
Very happy with that worry so far..

Cant complain at all and maybe a third thu? I think?

Game on guys.. Just wanted to do my 002

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 9:38 pm

I still can't believe that it works on your rig Evil. Maybe your dreaming?

..and NO, I'm not dreaming

It really does play OK AND doesn't look bad at 800x600 res (to me) either. I havent tryed it at higher res so far but I probably will. I havent spent time with that game in days now but hope to soon. I'm just glad that it's playable on my PC without me feeling that I have to run out and buy another video card (YET). I'm sure that it probably looks and plays better on a newer machine with the latest video cards and perhaps I'll find out this winter if I decide to then build a new PC.

I'll report back later with FPS too.......

Question: Anyone here care to explain exactly HOW I can check FPS in that game?