Re: [MLUG] Doom 3

[Herbert Wolverson <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 04:45:39PM -0500, 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...

This worked well for me; it was one of the first things I did, and it
pretty much eliminated the pause when I went into a new room with textures
that weren't in use. (I have a gig of RAM, and 256 worked fine for me).

-- Herbert.
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