Help!!! Doom 3 is running slow!!!
By the way, any other games I play (Like NFS Underground and UT 2004) can run anywhere between 75 and 120 FPS.
What settings are you playing the game at?
Your 5200 graphics card probably isn't helping a whole lot. But yeah what settings are you running it at? Try Low if you haven't already, and turn some stuff off in the advanced options (specular highlights, bump mapping etc.).
I'm running at 640x480 with Medium Settings. What do you mean my 5200 isn't helping? Even still, it shouldn't be running that slow.
Well what I mean is, the 5200 isn't that great a card, and gives out performance equivelant to a GeForce4 MX 440 from what I've experienced. Something like a 5600+ would give better performance.
Frankly, you're doing pretty well with an average 18FPS. If you want more speed, either upgrade your video card or lower the in-game detail.
I lowered it to Low detail and turned off all advanced options, but it made no difference. There must be a way other than "upgrading your video card." Not all of us have that much money to throw around.
I'v got pretty decent fps with my 5200 on medium detail the goodies on and 640/480.
I found out what the issue was! I had accidentally downloaded the driver update from Windows Update. When I did that, it dropped my FPS to like 4! I downloaded the latest and greatest from Nvidia, made a few changes (like manually setting the GFX card size in the DoomConfig.cfg file. Apparently, Doom 3 doesn't detect it properly. It said I had a 64 MD card when I really have a 128.), and voila! I am now getting a consistent 34-40 FPS.
MB card, not "MD" card.