Cathedral i've been working on...

[Dunedain]

Well, I'm glad it helped it run more smoothly. When making big levels, we can use all the help we can get. As a really huge building with lots of complex architecture in Doom III can slow down even a fast PC. It will look great, but it's nice if it runs decently, too. On the other hand, one of the nice things about TDM being refined and polished and getting better all the time and FM authors trying out all the new features, is that it can take advantage of all the newer hardware coming out over the last couple years that's far beyond what was available when the game first came out. So now the Doom III engine can really show what it can do with it's great lighting and shadows in a stealthy, moody mod that's like Thief.

 

Hopefully you can get an nvidia graphics card soon and try that out on the cathedral, their Open GL drivers work great. Personally, I only get nvidia cards, just because their drivers tend to have less issues in games.

[AluminumHaste]

I would love to get Nvidia cards, but since this is a laptop my only 2 choices were, Nvidia 260m, 280m, 285m, or Radeon 5870. The ATI cards are technically way more powerful then even the Nvidia 285m however because of lackluster OpenGL drivers, the Nvidia cards end up being faster in the real world.

[Dunedain]

Ah, well, maybe one day you can get a desktop computer put together. Those are nice because you can get any card you want, and you can find good deals on older used nvidia cards that will blow away the laptop ones.