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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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Grr, I pre-ordered from special reserve weeks ago, most people who ordered elsewhere got it today. Mine hasn't even been dispatched yet! Not impressed.
Currently running...
Pentium 4 1MB Cache 3.4GHZ (clocked at 3.55GHZ)
Radeon Sapphire X800 XT PE 256mb
1GB DDR400 Dual Dragon Geil gaming RAM
2 X 36.6GB Western Digital 10,000 RPM 8mb Cache in Raid 0
Ran it on top settings with 4X AA and 4X AF in 1280 X 1024 and ran it with a compeltely smooth frame rate. Picking up the retail version on Friday.
Pentium 4 1MB Cache 3.4GHZ (clocked at 3.55GHZ)
Radeon Sapphire X800 XT PE 256mb
1GB DDR400 Dual Dragon Geil gaming RAM
2 X 36.6GB Western Digital 10,000 RPM 8mb Cache in Raid 0
Ran it on top settings with 4X AA and 4X AF in 1280 X 1024 and ran it with a compeltely smooth frame rate. Picking up the retail version on Friday.
Stranger In Paradise wrote:
> So how do I turn AF on then? (please) :D
Enable High Quality which sets it to 8x, or by editing the variable image_anisotropy in the file DoomConfig.cfg.
> So how do I turn AF on then? (please) :D
Enable High Quality which sets it to 8x, or by editing the variable image_anisotropy in the file DoomConfig.cfg.
Nah, the Evil Empire is gone now, we just need the Chinese and North Korean's to realise the year is 2004 instead of 1904.
And communism, don't forget that.
*hides*
I do hope you haven't downloading an illegal copy, it's illegal and harms developers.
And piracy funds terrorism.
And piracy funds terrorism.
So how do I turn AF on then? (please) :D
I'm pleased (and slightly surprised) it runs on mine at all, got a 9800pro but only a 1.5ghz cpu, and I have better things to spend money on now than cpu upgrades, but performance is really no different between 800x600 and 1280x1024 - totally processor limited. There's a fair bit of slowdown when an imp pops up to take a few swipes at me, but it's very playable, and a damn fine game :)
AF = Anisotropic Filtering.
Filters the image of the game alot better. In any game, especially games with corridoors and metal type grates you may see a line in front of you that moves. You can see the nice textures just in front of you and then just in the distance you can not make out what the texture is. AF is pretty much essential in Doom 3, without it it looks horrid. 4x AF is what I have on at the moment, but on some sections it is better with 8x AF. Of course the performance is decreased as the computer has more work to do, but the picture looks alot better.
Filters the image of the game alot better. In any game, especially games with corridoors and metal type grates you may see a line in front of you that moves. You can see the nice textures just in front of you and then just in the distance you can not make out what the texture is. AF is pretty much essential in Doom 3, without it it looks horrid. 4x AF is what I have on at the moment, but on some sections it is better with 8x AF. Of course the performance is decreased as the computer has more work to do, but the picture looks alot better.
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