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Doom 3 Release Date Announced!
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| WPFossil 2004-07-15, 10:01 am |
| anyone know what the system requirements are? | |
| Teck Shark 2004-07-15, 10:19 am |
| I think we've all been waiting a while for this game!
Here are requirements posted on the Doom3 Portal:
Update 14th of July 2004 (still unconfirmed).
From September's PC Gamer issue, they have the system requirements as:
PC Gamer recommends:
2Ghz CPU
512 MB ram
Radeon 9800
5-channel audio
Lowest supported GPU is a Geforce 4 MX (worse than Geforce 3)
Supported cards:
GF 4 MX
GF 3
GF 4
GF FX (and higher)
ATI 8500s, 9000s and higher
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For historical purposes only:
From what John Carmack has said the minimum specification for running the basic DOOM 3 engine will be a:
1000Mhz Athlon/Pentium CPU.
256MB of RAM
GeForce 1 / Radeon 7xxx level of graphics card.
'Full impact' based on some estimates (not official):
1400Mhz Athlon / 1800Mhz Pentium 4 or higher speed CPU.
256MB of RAM + again quite dependant on how memory hungry your OS is.
GeForce 3 (original or Ti 500).
John Carmack long ago (QuakeCon 2001/2002?) said that the GF3/Xbox level of hardware would be full impact, in that dynamic lighting could be enabled and quality would be nearing the maximum, at 30fps and in relatively low resolution (we're talking 640x480).
Current (June/July 2003) high-end systems should be kicking XXX:
Athlon XP 3200+ 3.06Ghz Pentium 4
512MB of RAM
Radeon 9800 Pro or GeForce 5900 Ultra
We've got benchmarks showing the kind of performance and we're talking 'good' performance from these kinds of systems, so hi-end today can manage DOOM ok with full on detail and 1024x768 resolution and higher.
Most people today (June/July 2003) have systems in-between 'full impact' and 'kick XXX', as we don't have performance numbers you'll have to make a guess as to where your system would lie in-between what we have estimated 'full impact' to be and 'kick XXX' systems.
In March 2004 some new requirements coming from a German magazine PCGames Hardware popped up these were totally false and id have denounced them as bogus, they were:
A video card with at least 128MB RAM and Pixel Shader 1.1 support is required for DOOM 3.
A 2.5GHz CPU should be enough for the stencil shadows and physics calculations.
We've got a lot of discussion going on in the forums regarding system requirements, so might be interesting to see what other people are 'speculating' in regards to higher up then just the official minimum hardware specifications. | |
| freak 2004-07-15, 10:25 am |
| FragFest alert  | |
| Teck Shark 2004-07-15, 10:26 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by freak
FragFest alert
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| freak 2004-07-15, 10:32 am |
| glad to see we all think alike on the matter  | |
| Teck Shark 2004-07-15, 10:49 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by freak
glad to see we all think alike on the matter
Half-Life 2 looks like it's going to be a great game as well! | |
| PoorboyTech 2004-07-15, 10:49 am |
| Lovely,
If its 2 gig processor required..gotta toss my athlon 2000XP (1.6 ghz) to a song/movie server and build another one..but then again ..thats fun to do!..now whered I put my wallet at... | |
| freak 2004-07-15, 10:52 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by Teck Shark
Half-Life 2 looks like it's going to be a great game as well!
very cool Can't wait to see that. Halo is still my 1st person shooter game of choice... | |
| Teck Shark 2004-07-15, 10:53 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by PoorboyTech
Lovely,
If its 2 gig processor required..gotta toss my athlon 2000XP (1.6 ghz) to a song/movie server and build another one..but then again ..thats fun to do!..now whered I put my wallet at...
It sure is fun... Come to think of it, I haven't upgraded for nearly 6 months. I'm only running an Athlon XP 3200+. | |
| PoorboyTech 2004-07-15, 10:54 am |
| I'm half tempted to checkout alienware but don't have that much dosh to push out yet | |
| Teck Shark 2004-07-15, 10:56 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by freak
very cool Can't wait to see that. Halo is still my 1st person shooter game of choice...
Halo is definitely a sweet game. Do you like the Xbox version better than the PC?
I'm big on the Tom Clancy games.
Especially Ghost Recon & Splinter Cell... | |
| freak 2004-07-15, 10:59 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by PoorboyTech
I'm half tempted to checkout alienware but don't have that much dosh to push out yet
those boxes are bad mofos - and I mean that with respect in my voice | |
| Teck Shark 2004-07-15, 10:59 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by PoorboyTech
I'm half tempted to checkout alienware but don't have that much dosh to push out yet
They're nice, but you can build a much better PC cheaper than any Alienware PC. But again, Alienware PCs are sweet! | |
| freak 2004-07-15, 11:01 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by Teck Shark
Halo is definitely a sweet game. Do you like the Xbox version better than the PC?
I'm big on the Tom Clancy games.
Especially Ghost Recon & Splinter Cell...
yup, I just about only play on my xbox. And I love those Clancy games as well | |
| Teck Shark 2004-07-15, 11:05 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by freak
I just about only play on my xbox.
Same here! Looking forward to Halo 2 as well. It's going to be a great Fall/Winter for gaming! | |
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| Teck Shark 2004-07-15, 11:21 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by freak
no kidding... bad for business
Very bad... | |
| PoorboyTech 2004-07-15, 12:00 pm |
| Anyone know the Asus url to check whats the optimum processor you can put in your mobo?
I got an Asus A7v333..I think I can go beyong my athlon 2000xp but cant find where to look for it | |
| Teck Shark 2004-07-15, 12:49 pm |
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Originally posted by PoorboyTech
Anyone know the Asus url to check whats the optimum processor you can put in your mobo?
I got an Asus A7v333..I think I can go beyong my athlon 2000xp but cant find where to look for it
Here ya go:
http://www.asus.com/support/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx
Looks like you can go much higher, it just may require a BIOS update. | |
| bradleym 2004-07-18, 10:44 am |
| Does anyone know if there is a Linux port?
(I know HL 2 will -not- have one...bummer)
I'd hate to use wine to play a game that would already tax my system, heh. | |
| Forsaken 2004-07-20, 10:12 am |
| Anyone have any info or link about these 64 bit proce$$ors? I'm trying to decide which AMD chip to go with on my new system. Dont wanna pay too much overhead so i am thinking to take a step down or two off the latest one and start from there (Thanking Spid for the idea)
(editted to take out the shtinkin hyperlinks) | |
| bradleym 2004-07-27, 12:58 pm |
| Well, Doom 3 doesn't do anything special for 64Bit people (according to an article about the game). I think the absolute best upgrade for Doom 3 would be a Geforce 6800 256 Mb card, and 512 Mb system ram. If you have a 1.5Ghz CPU, you should be just fine.
-Brad | |
| PoorboyTech 2004-08-10, 3:34 pm |
| Ok, its been a few days since the release.
Who bought it, who likes it, whos PC crapped out on it? | |
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| WPFossil 2004-08-11, 6:00 am |
| I've read that it runs fine on the minimum system. Of course, it has to look and run a lot better on a pumped-up system. | |
| onoski 2004-08-11, 10:30 am |
| I can't wait to actually get my hands on half life two especially as I now have a PS 2 best games console to date. Roll on HL2 multi platform. Is this thread about the game itself or the cpu power, speed and graphics pixels of the PC or what? | |
| PoorboyTech 2004-08-11, 2:01 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by onoski
Is this thread about the game itself or the cpu power, speed and graphics pixels of the PC or what?
Yes.
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| darthfeces 2004-08-11, 2:29 pm |
| i'm sick of the flashlight ......
super turbo turkey smasher 3 !!!! | |
| enforcer 2004-08-11, 3:28 pm |
| The torch is great when you run out of ammo | |
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| yeah, welcome to the fragfest, baby | |
| darthfeces 2004-08-12, 10:42 am |
| so where's the bfg ????? | |
| enforcer 2004-08-12, 2:35 pm |
| for some reason I have stopped being able to see internet servers  | |
| Forsaken 2004-08-16, 9:25 am |
| Ok..bought the game..ended up having to Dl the latest NVidia drivers...this game is just wicked scary two thumbs up.
JFTR I am running wth
Athlon 2000XP
1 Gig PC2700 DDR RAM
Asus A7V333 motherboard
Asus NVidia Geforce IV Ti4200 128 Mb
Didnt notice any slowness | |
| Deja-vue 2004-08-16, 9:32 am |
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Originally posted by Forsaken
Ok..bought the game..ended up having to Dl the latest NVidia drivers...this game is just wicked scary two thumbs up.
JFTR I am running wth
Athlon 2000XP
1 Gig PC2700 DDR RAM
Asus A7V333 motherboard
Asus NVidia Geforce IV Ti4200 128 Mb
Didnt notice any slowness
get yourself another videocard.
It will help.
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| Forsaken 2004-08-16, 9:39 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by Deja-vue
get yourself another videocard.
It will help.
Actually I'm 95% close to buying an alienware PC...been saving up hehe | |
| freak 2004-08-16, 12:59 pm |
| those are sweet boxes... picture me slightly jealous | |
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Originally posted by Forsaken
Actually I'm 95% close to buying an alienware PC...been saving up hehe
At least you could thank me for pushing through your promotion | |
| enforcer 2004-08-16, 3:13 pm |
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Originally posted by Spid
At least you could thank me for pushing through your promotion
You mean you got someone else to clean the floors now? | |
| Forsaken 2004-08-16, 3:38 pm |
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Originally posted by enforcer
You mean you got someone else to clean the floors now?
No, he just gave me a bigger toothbrush to do it | |
| enforcer 2004-08-16, 6:04 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by Forsaken
No, he just gave me a bigger toothbrush to do it
You mean the latest Harry Potter one ? |
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