RE: [MLUG] Doom 3

["Brent Deterding" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I did and noticed the levels loaded faster 

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> [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason McIntosh
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 9:52 AM
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> Subject: Re: [MLUG] Doom 3
> 
> 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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