Doom 3 is GOLD

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2004-07-15 10:32am

What allready?!?

about time

If they dont releasy before HL2 they get screwed

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2004-07-15 10:37am

Long ago, Carmack said something along the lines of a 1ghz chip, 256mb ram, geforce or higher. Some details follow which may have come from the Doom3 review issue of PCGamer:

Low-End:
1.5Ghz P4 or equivalent
512MB Ram
Geforce4 Ti 4800 or Radeon 9500

Mid-Range:
2.4Ghz P4 or equivalent
512MB RAM
Geforce5950 or Radeon 9800 Pro/XT

High-End:
3.4Ghz P4 or equivalent
1GB RAM
GeForce 6800 Ultra or Radeon X800 XT PE

You can find the above info at [H]ardforums, nvnews, etc.

Know that the high-end machine is not recommended for the highest detail settings. Save up for that 512 meg card

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-07-15 11:20am

So when's the demo out? Or do they consider the alpha leak a demo?

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-07-15 12:01pm

so then long story short my 2.7 celeron with half a gig of RAM will run it okay if i drop a hundred bucks on a FX 5800 128 MB....

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2004-07-15 02:45pm

phongn wrote:
2000AD wrote:This has been bugging me for ages. Just what does "going gold" mean?
Many years ago, blank CD-Rs had a golden appearence. Going gold meant that the final build has been burned on said CD-R and sent off to manufacturing.

I wonder if gold CD's are made anymore, I feel nostalgic for the gold ole days.

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2004-07-15 02:49pm

Hamel wrote:Low-End:
1.5Ghz P4 or equivalent
512MB Ram
Geforce4 Ti 4800 or Radeon 9500

I'm below low-end

1.2Ghz Athlon
512MB Ram
Radeon 9600 Pro

DaveJB · Post by **DaveJB** » 2004-07-15 03:50pm

His Divine Shadow wrote:
Hamel wrote:Low-End:
1.5Ghz P4 or equivalent
512MB Ram
Geforce4 Ti 4800 or Radeon 9500
I'm below low-end

1.2Ghz Athlon
512MB Ram
Radeon 9600 Pro

No you're not! A 1.2Ghz Athlon is roughly the equivalent of a 1.7Ghz P4! (Assuming they're talking about the Willamette model; they probably are, since the slowest Northwood was 1.6GHz)

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2004-07-15 04:09pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:So when's the demo out? Or do they consider the alpha leak a demo?

The demo comes after the release

HDS wrote:1.2Ghz Athlon
512MB Ram
Radeon 9600 Pro

Mine is worse than that~ far worse to be honest

Arthur_Tuxedo · Post by **Arthur_Tuxedo** » 2004-07-15 04:11pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:so then long story short my 2.7 celeron with half a gig of RAM will run it okay if i drop a hundred bucks on a FX 5800 128 MB....

EEK! Avoid the 5800 at all costs!

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2004-07-15 08:51pm

DaveJB wrote:No you're not! A 1.2Ghz Athlon is roughly the equivalent of a 1.7Ghz P4! (Assuming they're talking about the Willamette model; they probably are, since the slowest Northwood was 1.6GHz)

Uhh, wouldn't a 1.2GHz Athlon be a T-bird and not an Athlon XP chip?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-07-15 09:00pm

His Divine Shadow wrote:I wonder if gold CD's are made anymore, I feel nostalgic for the gold ole days.

Yes, but they're usually about $1 each.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2004-07-15 11:30pm

I heard over at SA that Doom3 will ship with an "Ultra Mode" that will require a 512mb vid card.

I suspect that we might be seeing this engine in various incarnations for a very long time.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-07-15 11:35pm

Uraniun235 wrote:I heard over at SA that Doom3 will ship with an "Ultra Mode" that will require a 512mb vid card.

I suspect that we might be seeing this engine in various incarnations for a very long time.

Yeah, I read that about the video card on another site. Nothing confirmed, but damn.

DaveJB · Post by **DaveJB** » 2004-07-16 04:01am

Uraniun235 wrote: Uhh, wouldn't a 1.2GHz Athlon be a T-bird and not an Athlon XP chip?

The T-Birds still trashed the P4, clock-for-clock, though not quite as much as the AXP. IIRC the T-Bird is about 1.3 times faster than the Willamette, with the AXP being 1.5 times faster.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-07-16 06:48am

Arthur_Tuxedo wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:so then long story short my 2.7 celeron with half a gig of RAM will run it okay if i drop a hundred bucks on a FX 5800 128 MB....
EEK! Avoid the 5800 at all costs!

thanks for the warning. so what would you reccomend in the $100 - $150 range?

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2004-07-16 07:19am

Time to buy a new graphics card and a cafine drip me thinks.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-07-16 09:49am

Lord Pounder wrote:Time to buy a new graphics card and a cafine drip me thinks.

Caffine makes the monsters real.

Sugar = good.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2004-07-16 04:09pm

Three weeks from today, can't wait, come on HL2 wereee are you? I get deployed in three months for bob sake!

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-07-16 04:11pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:thanks for the warning. so what would you reccomend in the $100 - $150 range?

You should be able to get an R9600 Pro for around that price range.

Nom · Post by **Nom** » 2004-07-16 04:42pm

phongn wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:thanks for the warning. so what would you reccomend in the $100 - $150 range?
You should be able to get an R9600 Pro for around that price range.

9600XT could fit that price range too or dish out a little extra for a 9800 Pro.

Sothis · Post by **Sothis** » 2004-07-16 06:06pm

At last! I have both Doom 3 and Half Life 2 on pre-order with Amazon, last time I checked Doom would be delivered on August 16th, Half-Life 2 in early September. I wonder how many D3 vs HL2 threads will emerge in the coming months?

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2004-07-16 08:25pm

DaveJB wrote:
Uraniun235 wrote: Uhh, wouldn't a 1.2GHz Athlon be a T-bird and not an Athlon XP chip?
The T-Birds still trashed the P4, clock-for-clock, though not quite as much as the AXP. IIRC the T-Bird is about 1.3 times faster than the Willamette, with the AXP being 1.5 times faster.

How's the Barton?

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-07-16 11:28pm

Hamel wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote:So when's the demo out? Or do they consider the alpha leak a demo?
The demo comes after the release

I preferred the times when demos came out before games.

Kintaro · Post by **Kintaro** » 2004-07-16 11:45pm

Well, it's about time. Can't wait to beat the shit out of my friend in deathmatch (and stab him in the back in cooperative mode

)

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-07-17 12:39am

Kintaro wrote:(and stab him in the back in cooperative mode )

What, didn't you know? Doom 3 = no coop mode.