Re: [MLUG] Doom 3

[Jason McIntosh <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Did you try this trick out?  Get a performance boost out of it?  Also, 
found this article on how to improve performance for ATI based boards:
http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=33774907
Jason

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On Aug 10, 2004, at 4:45 PM, Pottinger, Hardy J. wrote:

> Thought you folks might be interested in this:
>
> (from http://www.timehazard.com/link.asp?TOPIC_ID=138)
>
> Here is a Doom 3 tweak you can do to increase the performance in the
> game by opening up the Doom3config.cfg file with notepad in the Doom3
> Folder.
>
> Default is:
> seta image_cacheMegs "32"
>
> If you have 512megs of ram set it to seta image_cacheMegs "64"
> If you have 640megs of ram set it to seta image_cacheMegs "96"
> If you have 768megs of ram set it to seta image_cacheMegs "128"
> If you have 1 GiG of Ram set it to seta image_cacheMegs "256"
>
> You will notice a significant difference in your performance because it
> caches all your textures in your ram instead of the processor and the
> hard drive...
>
>
>
> Dunno if it's true, but Googling for image_cacheMegs+doom+3 gets a lot
> of hits... Will try tonight.
>
> --Hardy
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