lousyliar on 28/8/2006 at 12:41
Hi, I'm a newcomer on these boards, but I've known about them for a long time. OK, here's my question:
I have a GeForce 5200 with 64 MB of RAM, a P4 2600 with Hyperthreading and 512 MB of RAM. Is it normal to only get between 7 and 22 FPS at 640x480 (!) and with details at the lowest?
Not to mention my plenty of peeves with Thief 3, but maybe if I had a decent frame rate they could be overlooked.
Ziemanskye on 28/8/2006 at 12:58
In my experience, getting 7-25 fps is quite normal for the game no matter the system. Make sure the bloom and supersampling is off, and you can probably run it at 8x600 without much of a meaningful drop in framerate.
The engine isn't great, and the 5200 isn't so hot for the game either (I have one too)
june gloom on 28/8/2006 at 17:57
ew, running on a 5200 with ONLY 64mb RAM?
here's a nickel, kid, go buy yourself a better video card. even the 256mb 5500 that i have runs thief 3 SO MUCH BETTER.
more RAM would do nicely as well.
lousyliar on 28/8/2006 at 18:32
"Here's a nickel kid"? Just my luck to find the one ass on this forum it seems. Even if you're right, there's no need to be rude.
themetalian on 28/8/2006 at 19:24
Welcome to the forums Lousyliar.:thumb: Nevermind Dethtoll's comment. He is generally an ok guy. I am sure you two will become the best of chums in these forums. :cheeky:
june gloom on 28/8/2006 at 20:11
Quote Posted by lousyliar
"Here's a nickel kid"? Just my luck to find the one ass on this forum it seems. Even if you're right, there's no need to be rude.
the ONE ass? you haven't met zylonbane then.
nomad of the pacific on 29/8/2006 at 03:05
:joke:
lousyliar on 30/8/2006 at 14:09
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Welcome to the forums Lousyliar. Nevermind Dethtoll's comment. He is generally an ok guy. I am sure you two will become the best of chums in these forums.
Well, yeah, I know. But this comment is particularly painful because some people assume that just because they're living in a developed country where they can afford to pay 2000 dollars for a laptop every few years, everyone can. The minimum wage in my country is 100$, (Eastern Europe). And let's face it, Thief 3 is not exactly a new game. It's not like I was trying to play Doom 3. Anyway, I've overclocked my card using coolbits.reg and I can at least play with a somewhat constant rate, although in a stinking 640x480 resolution.
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In my experience, getting 7-25 fps is quite normal for the game no matter the system
LOL, I hope you mean, having the framerate fluctuate wildly, not fluctuating between those exact values even with a high-end video card. That would be just scary.
Vigil on 30/8/2006 at 14:14
For what it's worth Lousyliar, I had absolutely rubbish performance in Thief 3 on my overclocked GF5700. Ironically I now have *better* performance since I replaced it with a GF4200. There seems to be very little that the Geforce5 line was actually good at; by all accounts they have very poor DirectX9 performance and you will get better Thief III framerates by upgrading, downgrading or swapping for a Radeon - essentially, by having anything other than the card you currently have.
Ziemanskye on 30/8/2006 at 14:43
Can't fault that.
Anything that requires multi-pass-shader-nating, especially Normal Maps, seems to seriously cramp my card's performance.
