Poor performance on up-to-date pc?

[blueglasses]

I recently dug up this old gem from my games collection, so i'm running the original version, not the steam one. Shouldn't differ too much though i guess.

However, i get quite poor performance when looking at lights and marked objects (loot). At first i thought it might be caused by the Texture Pack, but in the end i had to admit that not a single setting changed this problem.

Does anyone experience the same or has clues as to what is causing it?


C2D E7400 @3.15GHz
HD5750 1GB
4GB Ram
WinXP Pro SP2

[Mats221]

I am running thief 3 on a up to date pc, didn't have any performance issues, I am running on Vista.
You might want to see on the official thief forums, they are a more active than the this one.
link:
http://forums.eidosgames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=73

[blueglasses]

Ah, thanks for the hint. I was looking at the Eidos forums but forgot to check out the technical forum.

[slayerking]

Here is the real Thief community http://www.ttlg.com/forums/forum.php also a lot of info here http://www.thief-thecircle.com/ (the previous link is on this page).
But without going there I can bet its the "Bloom" effect turn that off and it greatly improves performance.