Doom III is out there! W00T!

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William Wallace

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5900XT is fine, I think its compareable to the 9800XT.

I have a 9800xt but my old GeforceTi 4600 knackered up my motherboard and screwed it for life, it seems, becauses no ATI cards work properly on it. Even after I ran Drivercleaner and all.

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I have a 9800xt but my old GeforceTi 4600 knackered up my motherboard and screwed it for life, it seems, becauses no ATI cards work properly on it. Even after I ran Drivercleaner and all.

That sucks. Yeah, if your motherboard won't work with the videocard you have, you're better off just getting a new computer than putting in a new motherboard, since then you're going to have to change the RAM and everything else.

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i'm amazed at how well this game performs.

xp 2500+

512mb

9800 pro

i have it set at 1024*768/high quality/2x AA/16x AF

it runs flawlessly and looks great! it seems to be more cpu dependant than anything else.

reallly? thats great coz i have a similar config as you. Waiting for my copy is unbearable :blush: .

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That sucks. Yeah, if your motherboard won't work with the videocard you have, you're better off just getting a new computer than putting in a new motherboard, since then you're going to have to change the RAM and everything else.

I blame Nvidia for a lot of my problems with my computer. Mainly the overheating problem(had to install 3 fans when once I needed no fans at all), then there was the constant crashing, not THIS. I bought an 9800xt and now I can't use it. :cry: The pinnacle of graphics cards wasted on me! All because of Nvidia.

As for putting in a new motherboard....that sounds like a process to me. :wacko: Especially since I suppose I would have to replace the CPU.

There is hope for me though, since Doom 3 is configured to work with Nvidia.

:shifty: My 3dmark score: 5698 marks. :cry:

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I blame Nvidia for a lot of my problems with my computer. Mainly the overheating problem(had to install 3 fans when once I needed no fans at all), then there was the constant crashing, not THIS. I bought an 9800xt and now I can't use it. :cry: The pinnacle of graphics cards wasted on me! All because of Nvidia.

As for putting in a new motherboard....that sounds like a process to me. :wacko: Especially since I suppose I would have to replace the CPU.

There is hope for me though, since Doom 3 is configured to work with Nvidia.

Everyone is so worried about not being able to run Doom 3, don't worry. The thing about the engine in this game is that it looks fantastic even at 800x600, and with low detail settings. Trust me. The only difference between the settings are just sharper graphics, but you probably wont care too much in the heat of battle..

Your system is fine, ive got a similar setup and I ran the Alpha demo at 1600x1260 (or whatever) and it ran very nicely, around 30fps I think (which is fine, thats the speed that movies go at).

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Everyone is so worried about not being able to run Doom 3, don't worry. The thing about the engine in this game is that it looks fantastic even at 800x600, and with low detail settings. Trust me. The only difference between the settings are just sharper graphics, but you probably wont care too much in the heat of battle..

Your system is fine, ive got a similar setup and I ran the Alpha demo at 1600x1260 (or whatever) and it ran very nicely, around 30fps I think (which is fine, thats the speed that movies go at).

:woot: Yeah, the engine is optimized to run even with terrible cards, but no one wants another FAR CRY debacle. :pinch:

Although my 3dmark score is terrible. :wacko:

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:woot: Yeah, the engine is optimized to run even with terrible cards, but no one wants another FAR CRY debacle. :pinch:

Although my 3dmark score is terrible. :wacko:

Speaking of Far Cry. I recently played it and set everything to the utmost maximum, and I have to say the human characters look much better than the Doom 3 human beings do. Ill post some screens to compare in a bit.

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Hell-In-A-Handbasket

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ok.. when i checked this thread this morning it was at 23 pages... how in the hell did it get to 81 already!?

because it got leaked, and now the whole world is playing it.

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My plan tomorrow is to get up at around 9, go to the dentist and pick up some chinese food on the way out, go home, and by then it should be around 10:30 or 11:00. I then call EB to check if they got it in, if not, I go insane and wait it out another day, if they do have it, I immediatley drive over there and CLAIM IT. :devil:

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