What do you need to play doom 3

[saulin]

Well just so you know

 

I got a 3ghz P4 and a Geforce FX 5900 oc to 547/970 and it is not enough for high quality settings at 1024x768

 

Medium quality settings perhaps...

 

and this is not using AA/AF

[Wizard]

Strange, I'm playing it on High on 1024x768 with a AMD64 3200+, 1GB RAM, 9800Pro 128MB @ 405.05/371.05

 

http://img61.exs.cx/img61/7653/shot00013.jpg

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(OT: Pimping specs own)

[Gryph]

K'dash, what kind of frame rates are you getting. From what I am reading about people and their specs, I'll be able to run at High Detail and 1024x768 at some very decent frame rate.

[Wizard]

Their isn't any noticable lag in general, but when those monsters start coming and start going over 10, be prepared, you might lag depending on the effects being thrown at you.

 

But, during the game, their will be some parts where it feels like your FPS drops to like 3. This of course could be a driver issue, but I'd like to avoid Betas of ATi's drivers.

 

Expect a D3 patch soon.

[Agozer]

I just watched my friend play Doom 3. His comp runs it great at medium detail and no special effects.

[Gryph]

No special effects? You mean he turned off all those advanced things like shadows and bump mapping?

[Wizard]

That removes almost all exepreneciececece.

[Agozer]

That removes almost all exepreneciececece.

No, heaven's no. The game looks awesome even without those. He didn't remove all the lighting effects.

Edited August 7, 2004 by Agozer

[Gryph]

I see... I remember Robert Duffy saying that removing those will severely diminish the environment and experience. I'd rather play on low and keep those special things instead turning off any special effects to play on medium.

 

I also wondered this...why does it matter if a card is DX9 compatible to have the heat haze thing when the game is OpenGL?