Correct settings ?

[gold1]

I'm playing the mission Patently Dangerous at the moment . I've been experiencing a sluggish rate of play with this mission , for example , when I try to run as opposed to walking the game freezes and I have to turn off the computer to exit . The graphics also freeze for a few seconds when say drawing an arrow ready to shoot etc.

Don't know whether this helps but my Doom 3 setting are :-

Video medium quality ( although I can set this to high without problems )

640-680 screen size

Full screen yes

Doom itself runs perfectly o.k

 

Dark Mod settings :-

aspect ratio 16.9

screen 1920 x 1080

full screen yes

vertical sync no

antializing off

texture 2 x

ambient standard

interaction shade standard

bloom off

 

my computer is 1996 mhz

with 1536 mb ram

Radeon 9550

 

Can some kind person please let me know how I can ( if indeed I can ) tweak the above settings to ensure a less sluggish game. As I say, Doom itself seems to run o.k so it may be one of the settings. Thanks in anticipation !

[New Horizon]

Well, there really isn't any 'correct' setting, it's what works best for you. You could try a lower screen resolution, or perhaps first try setting 'ambient' to 'fast'.

[Mortem Desino]

My old system had a Radeon 9600. The thing that really choked it was screen resolution. I'd recommend running the screen resolution much lower.

 

On my monitor (LCD native 1920x1080), 1280x720 still looks very good. That's a difference of 763200 pixels that have to be calculated!

[digaphobia]

Agreed, the Radeon 9550 was a budget card five plus years ago. There is no way it could be expected to run TDM (or any modern-ish game) at 1920x1080. Try 1280x720, if not that try 852x480 (if you can).

[gold1]

Thanks for the quick replies folks , will try out your suggestions. I accept that the Radeon is a ( very ) budget card. It's been o.k for me though up until now and can't be bothered to revamp my system at the moment so will juggle with the resolution as you say.