T3 : How hard is it on your PC's resources..???

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I remember when Thief 2 came out, it was a little hard on many PC's
and slowed down a bit in huge open areas...

I am going to buy T3 but I want to know how hard it is on the average
PC...

I have...
XP3000+
Gigabyte 7N400 m/b
1 Gb PC3200 RAM
FX5700 std

Is there anyone who might be able to compare it to their system...???

I have been away from the internet and this PC for a few months now
and just learned the other day that T3 is available (I hope I heard
right) and I mean to get it as soon as possible...

 

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"Bruce Tyler" <top@bottom.au> schrieb:

> I remember when Thief 2 came out, it was a little hard on many PC's
> and slowed down a bit in huge open areas...
>
> I am going to buy T3 but I want to know how hard it is on the average
> PC...
>
> I have...
> XP3000+
> Gigabyte 7N400 m/b
> 1 Gb PC3200 RAM
> FX5700 std
>
> Is there anyone who might be able to compare it to their system...???
>
> I have been away from the internet and this PC for a few months now
> and just learned the other day that T3 is available (I hope I heard
> right) and I mean to get it as soon as possible...

Well, mine is a
Intel P4 3,0GHz HT,
800MHz FSB,
1 GIG Dual-Channel Ram,
ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
and I do have performance Issues (but haven't
investigated yet, because the game IS playabel of course). But it's not
running smoth on my PC. Well, I haven't tweaked down anything yet...

--
Leider wird man zum Usenet nicht erst nach einem ärtzlichen
Gutachten zugelassen. Und deshalb hat man beschlossen, die
Empfehlung für Realnamen auszusprechen. (Michael Neuhaus
am 13.3.1999)

 

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Martin Seibert left a note on my windscreen which said:

> Well, mine is a
> Intel P4 3,0GHz HT,
> 800MHz FSB,
> 1 GIG Dual-Channel Ram,
> ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
> and I do have performance Issues (but haven't
> investigated yet, because the game IS playabel of course). But it's not
> running smoth on my PC. Well, I haven't tweaked down anything yet...

That is precisely my system specs also.

The biggest thing seems to be to turn off VSync. Try that and report
back.
--
Stoneskin

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"Stoneskin" <no@thanks.com> schrieb:

> > Well, mine is a
> > Intel P4 3,0GHz HT,
> > 800MHz FSB,
> > 1 GIG Dual-Channel Ram,
> > ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
> > and I do have performance Issues (but haven't
> > investigated yet, because the game IS playabel of course). But it's not
> > running smoth on my PC. Well, I haven't tweaked down anything yet...
>
> That is precisely my system specs also.
>
> The biggest thing seems to be to turn off VSync. Try that and report
> back.

VSync is off, same with Blur (can't recall the name of that gfx filter).
Multisample is set to 2, because with I get artifacts on some objects.
I had it on 4 but set it back to 2. Can't tell now how are my FSAA and
Aniso settings. Think it's 2 for FSAA and 6 or 8 for Aniso. Like I said,
I haven't played around much with the settings. BTW, I'm playing in
1024x768 and all sound options turned on (on an Audigy 2).

--
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fragt man sich, was du mit deiner Affinität zur Sinnlosigkeit hast?
(*Tönnes in <3E88C692.2060905@uni.de>)

 

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Martin Seibert left a note on my windscreen which said:

> VSync is off, same with Blur (can't recall the name of that gfx filter).
> Multisample is set to 2, because with I get artifacts on some objects.
> I had it on 4 but set it back to 2. Can't tell now how are my FSAA and
> Aniso settings. Think it's 2 for FSAA and 6 or 8 for Aniso. Like I said,
> I haven't played around much with the settings. BTW, I'm playing in
> 1024x768 and all sound options turned on (on an Audigy 2).

Blur = Bloom I presume. I have that on. Multisampling = 1, No FSAA or
AF. Playing at 1280x1024.

It's probably the AA and AF hitting your system.
--
Stoneskin

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[rms]

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I suggest you put both AA and FSAA on Application Controlled in the driver.

I'm running at 1024x768 with bloom off and MS=2 in the game, full details,
and it is very playable, with only some slight hitching. This is on a
2.3ghz athlonxp + 9700pro + Cat4.6

I'm just on the first mission, but I'm finding it very enjoyable and
atmospheric! Good stuff so far.

rms

 

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"rms" <rsquires@flashREMOVE.net> schrieb:

> I suggest you put both AA and FSAA on Application Controlled in the
> driver.

Did that, boosted performance. Much more playable now.

 

[rms]

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> XP3000+
> Gigabyte 7N400 m/b
> 1 Gb PC3200 RAM
> FX5700 std

Well on my R9700pro system 1024x768 is very playable with everything on
high but with bloom/AA/FSAA turned off. With your videocard I'd say you
will be playing at 800x600, no higher.

rms