| what I read from the gothic 3 readme file is, the minimum is 1GB and recommended is 2GB. I was cursing the developer when I red about that, as I only have 768MB back then. Even with 768MB, the game is unplayable at all low. frame rate at single digit.
Now with 1.2GB and the.INI tweak, the game is more playable, with medium, and even though I turned off shadow, there is still shadow showing when I am holding a torch...yet the frame rate still remain at 1x~2x fps. The game is only barely playable at low without the tweak at 1.2GB.
I applied the tweak, and the only effect it has on my system is, G3 is running at an acceptable frame rate (see above) with medium setting, with some eye candy enabled (I turned off vegetation, resource cache and shadow from the medium setting)
My spec: A64 3000+, 1.2GB DDR400, 2x 40GB MAxtor Diamond Max 9 7200rpm in RAID 0, R9600XT 128MB. The game still stutter badly in town, and occasionally in the wilderness. |