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I've just played it and it is superb.
I have an AMD 2.4, 512 ram and a 9600 and I can run the game at 1280 x 1024 on medium specs with very little framerate drops. And even on these settings the graphics are the best you'll have ever seen.
Gameplay wise the game is s**t scary. Playing in a dark room, all alone, at half 12 in the morning doesn't help matters. At one stage it made me jump 3 times in about 2 minutes.
One of the features I like most is that you have a PDA that stores all your emails, facts, videos and everything on. You can hook it up to machines to download more emails and data etc. The interactivity is also brilliant. When you look at a control panel your crosshair turns into a mouse pointer making it great to select the functions.
Lighting is another thing I love about this game. You need to play the game to appreciate how good it is. The flashlight is also superb, and in a dark game like Doom 3, proves very useful.
[S]P.S. I shall be purchasing the legit copy on Friday :P I just couldn't wait.
I have an AMD 2.4, 512 ram and a 9600 and I can run the game at 1280 x 1024 on medium specs with very little framerate drops. And even on these settings the graphics are the best you'll have ever seen.
Gameplay wise the game is s**t scary. Playing in a dark room, all alone, at half 12 in the morning doesn't help matters. At one stage it made me jump 3 times in about 2 minutes.
One of the features I like most is that you have a PDA that stores all your emails, facts, videos and everything on. You can hook it up to machines to download more emails and data etc. The interactivity is also brilliant. When you look at a control panel your crosshair turns into a mouse pointer making it great to select the functions.
Lighting is another thing I love about this game. You need to play the game to appreciate how good it is. The flashlight is also superb, and in a dark game like Doom 3, proves very useful.
[S]P.S. I shall be purchasing the legit copy on Friday :P I just couldn't wait.
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What onboard graphics have you got? Even the best onboard graphics will struggle to run Doom 3, so chances are pretty low.
Not 100% sure,I think the main problem is that it doesnt support transform and lighting. I read on Intels web site that there is a way of putting this onto the main processor. Any now how to do this?
2G2 wrote:
> Is there a web site I can go to where I can find out if doom3 will run
> on my pc? I read the the specs on the back of the box but it doesnt
> mention onboard graphics.
Actually there is, go to this site [URL]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/games/gameadvisor/default.mspx[/URL] and download Microsoft's Game Advisor - it'll look at what you have in the PC and compare it to the games - it has most current stuff including Doom 3 so should be fine for your purposes.
> Is there a web site I can go to where I can find out if doom3 will run
> on my pc? I read the the specs on the back of the box but it doesnt
> mention onboard graphics.
Actually there is, go to this site [URL]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/games/gameadvisor/default.mspx[/URL] and download Microsoft's Game Advisor - it'll look at what you have in the PC and compare it to the games - it has most current stuff including Doom 3 so should be fine for your purposes.
Belldandy wrote:
> Anyone with an ATI Radeon based card needs to get the beta 4.9 drivers
> for it, they are optimised for Doom 3 - get them at Fileplanet.com
> and ATI [URL]http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4547.html[/URL].
4.9 drivers are unstable and people have reported crashes. Best to get the 4.7 or 4.8 and put in the new OpenGL file from 4.9 as this is the only thing that has changed in the drivers.
> Anyone with an ATI Radeon based card needs to get the beta 4.9 drivers
> for it, they are optimised for Doom 3 - get them at Fileplanet.com
> and ATI [URL]http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4547.html[/URL].
4.9 drivers are unstable and people have reported crashes. Best to get the 4.7 or 4.8 and put in the new OpenGL file from 4.9 as this is the only thing that has changed in the drivers.
Thanks for the help, I just had a go but it did not recognise something in the computer. Is there any other way?
i am angry i ordered the game and it has not been despatched yet
You can get a chainsaw, crikey, it's amazing at turning zombies into heaps of bloody meat chunks.
join the club m8, my copy of doom 3 has not despatched
adrian wrote:
> 4.9 drivers are unstable and people have reported crashes. Best to
> get the 4.7 or 4.8 and put in the new OpenGL file from 4.9 as this is
> the only thing that has changed in the drivers.
Well the 4.9's are fine here, survived Doom 3 and a marathon 6 hours of Joint Operations yesterday.
> 4.9 drivers are unstable and people have reported crashes. Best to
> get the 4.7 or 4.8 and put in the new OpenGL file from 4.9 as this is
> the only thing that has changed in the drivers.
Well the 4.9's are fine here, survived Doom 3 and a marathon 6 hours of Joint Operations yesterday.
Well thats ok then. I will install the proper ones in time. Got the update OpenGL file which was updated and I got the modified shader file which gives a big performance increase.
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