DOOM 3 help

Pc_Pimp · 01-27-2007, 10:49 PM

I tried to turn the settins on DOOM 3 to ultra quality and when i click apply settings a pop up comes up saying:

WARNING
Running DOOM 3 in ultra quality utilizes over 500 megabytes of texture memory. Running in this mode is not recommended. Are you sure you want to proceed?

What does this mean? What do they mean by 500 megabytes of texture memory?

J_D · 01-27-2007, 10:57 PM

The message is warning you that increasing the graphics setting to that level will result in high memory usage. you have a 256MB GPU so 500Mb would be over-kill for the poor thing.

p.s does the game work on ultra quality?

Pc_Pimp · 01-27-2007, 11:04 PM

I havent tried it cause i didnt know what the warning message meant.

J_D · 01-27-2007, 11:09 PM

well unless you have a 512Mb GPU i wouldn't cause it would have to use your RAM for texture storage which is not good (would slow the whole thing down)

Pc_Pimp · 01-28-2007, 01:02 AM

Yeah, i tried it and it lagged so i went back down to high settings.

Serious Chatter · 09-12-2007, 03:52 PM

It is clear dude !! this is simple ,when you try to run a high quality graphic game on your pc and your ram and graphic card memory can not afford such game requirement you are supposed to read such messages.
To solve it you have either to run it in recommended quality level or to upgrade your pc .

J_D · 09-12-2007, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Serious Chatter

It is clear dude !! this is simple ,when you try to run a high quality graphic game on your pc and your ram and graphic card memory can not afford such game requirement you are supposed to read such messages.
To solve it you have either to run it in recommended quality level or to upgrade your pc .

Why have you dugg up this old thread which was already resloved!

hermeslyre · 09-14-2007, 09:13 AM

Nevertheless, I played doom 3 on my 256Mb card on ultimate detail, And I saw no problem whatsoever. I'm sure my FPS were lowered alittle bit, which is what happens when textures and geometry are loaded on the mediocritely slower system RAM , but not necessarily a slow down. Of course it would mean a slow down if your FPS were just at the minimum at high, and it threw it over the edge, but it wasn't my case.

BTW 7600gt

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Pc_Pimp Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 651	DOOM 3 help I tried to turn the settins on DOOM 3 to ultra quality and when i click apply settings a pop up comes up saying: WARNING Running DOOM 3 in ultra quality utilizes over 500 megabytes of texture memory. Running in this mode is not recommended. Are you sure you want to proceed? What does this mean? What do they mean by 500 megabytes of texture memory? __________________ Custom Rig - Still to come: Razer diamondback, sound card, tv tuner, 4gb ram kit, 8800gt, vista & more HDD space E6400 @ 3.0GHz (1500MHz FSB) \| Zalman CNPS 9500 CPU fan Asus P5K Deluxe WiFi-AP edition \| (2x1GB) Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 Evga 8600GT 256MB \| Dell E228WFP 22" LCD Western Digital 320GB SATA HDD \| Nec 16x DVD Burner \| XP Home Thermaltake Armor VA8000BWS \| Antec SmartPower 2.0 450watt

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J_D Gold Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Sussex, England Age: 19 Posts: 281	The message is warning you that increasing the graphics setting to that level will result in high memory usage. you have a 256MB GPU so 500Mb would be over-kill for the poor thing. p.s does the game work on ultra quality? __________________ 4 Year old "Tiny" PC OS: Microsoft Windows Xp SP2 MoBo: MSI P4MAM-V/L (socket 478) CPU: Intel Celeron D 320 @ 2.4Ghz RAM: 2x512Mb DDR PC2700 GPU: Nvidia Geforce 7600GT 256Mb AGP PSU: 300 Watt "Generic" HDD: 200GB Optical 1: Sony DVD-ROM DDU1613 Optical 2: VOM-12E48X (DVD-RW)

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Pc_Pimp Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 651	I havent tried it cause i didnt know what the warning message meant. __________________ Custom Rig - Still to come: Razer diamondback, sound card, tv tuner, 4gb ram kit, 8800gt, vista & more HDD space E6400 @ 3.0GHz (1500MHz FSB) \| Zalman CNPS 9500 CPU fan Asus P5K Deluxe WiFi-AP edition \| (2x1GB) Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 Evga 8600GT 256MB \| Dell E228WFP 22" LCD Western Digital 320GB SATA HDD \| Nec 16x DVD Burner \| XP Home Thermaltake Armor VA8000BWS \| Antec SmartPower 2.0 450watt

01-27-2007, 11:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
J_D Gold Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Sussex, England Age: 19 Posts: 281	well unless you have a 512Mb GPU i wouldn't cause it would have to use your RAM for texture storage which is not good (would slow the whole thing down) __________________ 4 Year old "Tiny" PC OS: Microsoft Windows Xp SP2 MoBo: MSI P4MAM-V/L (socket 478) CPU: Intel Celeron D 320 @ 2.4Ghz RAM: 2x512Mb DDR PC2700 GPU: Nvidia Geforce 7600GT 256Mb AGP PSU: 300 Watt "Generic" HDD: 200GB Optical 1: Sony DVD-ROM DDU1613 Optical 2: VOM-12E48X (DVD-RW)

01-28-2007, 01:02 AM	#5 (permalink)
Pc_Pimp Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 651	Yeah, i tried it and it lagged so i went back down to high settings. __________________ Custom Rig - Still to come: Razer diamondback, sound card, tv tuner, 4gb ram kit, 8800gt, vista & more HDD space E6400 @ 3.0GHz (1500MHz FSB) \| Zalman CNPS 9500 CPU fan Asus P5K Deluxe WiFi-AP edition \| (2x1GB) Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 Evga 8600GT 256MB \| Dell E228WFP 22" LCD Western Digital 320GB SATA HDD \| Nec 16x DVD Burner \| XP Home Thermaltake Armor VA8000BWS \| Antec SmartPower 2.0 450watt

09-12-2007, 03:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
Serious Chatter banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 206	It is clear dude !! this is simple ,when you try to run a high quality graphic game on your pc and your ram and graphic card memory can not afford such game requirement you are supposed to read such messages. To solve it you have either to run it in recommended quality level or to upgrade your pc .

09-14-2007, 09:13 AM	#8 (permalink)
hermeslyre VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 18 Posts: 4,973	Nevertheless, I played doom 3 on my 256Mb card on ultimate detail, And I saw no problem whatsoever. I'm sure my FPS were lowered alittle bit, which is what happens when textures and geometry are loaded on the mediocritely slower system RAM , but not necessarily a slow down. Of course it would mean a slow down if your FPS were just at the minimum at high, and it threw it over the edge, but it wasn't my case. BTW 7600gt

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