Hive - I'm right with you there with FEAR. I think the game is just badly optimised, since I can play at 1024x768 with everything maxed (except soft shadows which is a killer) and get a decent FPS. As soon as I start upping the resolution though the framerate just drops dramatically! I think to play above say 1280x960 we'd need SLI or something.
Bakrus - Doom 3 on ultra detail uses something like 500MB of textures, so with a 128MB card it's mostly going to be using system memory via the AGP aperture which will slow things down significantly. To play smoothly on Ultra you need a card with at least 256MB onboard memory to minisise the hit. Having said that, I can't really tell the difference between high and ultra.
I'm about to give GT Legends a go soon though and I bet that'll be quite taxing - especially now I have to pretty much run all my games in 1680x1050
[ 12-07-2005, 10:17 AM: Message edited by: Zink Whistlefly ]