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I heard somewhere that NVIDIA cards handle OpenGL slightly faster than ATI (haven't seen figures to back this up)

I think Id favours OpenGL because it isn't as Windows specific as DirectX, meaning that it would be a simple matter to port the game to Linux, Mac, etc.

The official release back about July last year puts the requirements as:

Minimum:

CPU: 800 MHZ - 1 GHZ

GeForce 3 TI/ATi 9600 Pro

RAM: 256 MB RAM

Standard:

CPU: 1,7GHZ-2GHZ

GeForce 4 TI 4400/4600/ATi 9700/Pro

RAM: 512 MB RAM

Optimal:

CPU: 2.5 GHZ - 2.8 GHZ

GeForce 5800FX/5900FX/ATi 9800 Pro

RAM: 786-1024 MB RAM .

My system fits into the Standard category: An Athlon XP 1700+, 512MB RAM, a GeForce 4 Ti4800 :D Woot.

These may have been updated though, as these were released a while back now.

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:o me want better graphics card, me want 1 to be optimal, :wacko: but i need another fan and case first :( price hike, but i can get card for free hopefuly

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:o me want better graphics card, me want 1 to be optimal, :wacko: but i need another fan and case first  :( price hike,  but i can get card for free hopefuly

Remember, not many game engines hit their optimal speed for a couple of years.

Doom I always made me motion sick until I saw it running smick on a pentium 90. I sometimes wonder how it would run on my computer now.....but realise I'd become frustrated without the ability to jump/crouch.

I wonder if in ten years time me or some other gamer will be going....."What, there is no way I could ever play Doom 3...what it has no support for 3D monitors, and the patch to convert the controls over to neural interfaces is buggy as hell....heck, do they even support that old OpenGL anymore?"

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I wonder if in ten years time me or some other gamer will be going....."What, there is no way I could ever play Doom 3...what it has no support for 3D monitors, and the patch to convert the controls over to neural interfaces is buggy as hell....heck, do they even support that old OpenGL anymore?"

:laugh: I can't wait for those days!

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I heard somewhere that NVIDIA cards handle OpenGL slightly faster than ATI (haven't seen figures to back this up)

I think Id favours OpenGL because it isn't as Windows specific as DirectX, meaning that it would be a simple matter to port the game to Linux, Mac, etc.

The official release back about July last year puts the requirements as:

Minimum:

CPU: 800 MHZ - 1 GHZ

GeForce 3 TI/ATi 9600 Pro

RAM: 256 MB RAM

Standard:

CPU: 1,7GHZ-2GHZ

GeForce 4 TI 4400/4600/ATi 9700/Pro

RAM: 512 MB RAM

Optimal:

CPU: 2.5 GHZ - 2.8 GHZ

GeForce 5800FX/5900FX/ATi 9800 Pro

RAM: 786-1024 MB RAM .

My system fits into the Standard category: An Athlon XP 1700+, 512MB RAM, a GeForce 4 Ti4800 :D Woot.

These may have been updated though, as these were released a while back now.

Thats what I heard to. I dont think that the requirements should kill us that bad. But yea, a 9600 pro should handle the game fine imop. But then again, who knows. :unsure:

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damn, i juz saw my temp for my card after playin unreal 2 on full acelleration for a couple of hours, nearly 95 :s realy neeeeeeed a 2 fans now before doom 3 comes out

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damn, i juz saw my temp for my card after playin unreal 2 on full acelleration for a couple of hours, nearly 95 :s realy neeeeeeed a 2 fans now before doom 3 comes out

Farenheit or Celsius?

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how well do you think my system specs will run doom 3 from what we know so far...

Corsair 512 MB DDR

AMD barton 2500+ (overclocked to 3200+ level)

ATI 9600xt

(ALL OVERCLOCKED)

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how well do you think my system specs will run doom 3 from what we know so far...

Corsair 512 MB DDR

AMD barton 2500+ (overclocked to 3200+ level)

ATI 9600xt

(ALL OVERCLOCKED)

It'll be able to run it, playably, I'd expect... but just HOW well, or at what quality is really impossible to say at this point.

I can say that my system (about the same as yours) can play the alpha at 800x600 averaging about 30 FPS... but that really doesn't mean anything, considering the extremely outdated nature of the alpha.

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I dont think this will qualify but want to know for certain. my config, I copy form device manager:

mobil amd athlon xp 1700+

Device adapters: Ati radeon IGP 320M

:yes: :no: :rolleyes:

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