Doom 3 Discussion

DaveJB · Post by **DaveJB** » 2004-08-03 11:52am

It'd work, but it'd probably only be playable at 640x480 with low detail settings. I'd recommend at least a 5900XT if you were wanting to play it at 1024x768 or above.

Meest · Post by **Meest** » 2004-08-03 12:19pm

Mutant Headcrab wrote:Also, I'm not very tech inclined, so maybe somebody could answer a question for me. I know that almost all of my things are up to spec for Doom 3. Good processor, lots of ram, lots of memory, etc.. The only thing I'm not sure about is my graphics card. I'm clueless when it comes to that kind of thing. Does anybody know if an NVidia G-Force FX 5200 would work with it? I'd really like to know before I do something rash like go out and but it without knowing.

If your processor is mid-level and up with that card it will be playable, just don't expect any toys to be on, and don't even think about AA. Just remember though, even at low detail settings this game destroys anything out there right now really. On the higher detail settings, if you run out of video memory it will start to use the RAM and that really shows video frames down, is your 5200 card 64 or 128 megs of ram?

Mutant Headcrab · Post by **Mutant Headcrab** » 2004-08-03 02:22pm

I don't care about having full details. I just want to play the damn thing. Thanks for the info.

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2004-08-03 04:19pm

Mutant Headcrab wrote:Somebody over at the planetdoom forums apparently found a trick to increase Doom 3's framerate. Anyone getting some sluggishness could try it? Config Tweek

Also, I'm not very tech inclined, so maybe somebody could answer a question for me. I know that almost all of my things are up to spec for Doom 3. Good processor, lots of ram, lots of memory, etc.. The only thing I'm not sure about is my graphics card. I'm clueless when it comes to that kind of thing. Does anybody know if an NVidia G-Force FX 5200 would work with it? I'd really like to know before I do something rash like go out and but it without knowing.

It should be fine, it run's smoothly on my ti4200 64mb.

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2004-08-03 04:21pm

DaveJB wrote:It'd work, but it'd probably only be playable at 640x480 with low detail settings. I'd recommend at least a 5900XT if you were wanting to play it at 1024x768 or above.

I play in 800x600, medium detail using a GF4 ti4200 64mb.

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2004-08-03 04:22pm

What kind of weapons do you have in the game (other then the generic pistol/rifle/shotgun I've seen)?

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2004-08-03 04:39pm

Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:What kind of weapons do you have in the game (other then the generic pistol/rifle/shotgun I've seen)?

Chaingun, grenades, plasmagun, BFG, chainsaw.

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2004-08-03 04:52pm

Mutant Headcrab · Post by **Mutant Headcrab** » 2004-08-03 04:52pm

Apparently, from what I read, there's also a weapon that kills enemies and gives you their health. I'm pretty sure now that I'm gonna get this game. I can't take much more of the hype...

Shadowhawk · Post by **Shadowhawk** » 2004-08-03 05:00pm

Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:BFG?

Wait, you mean you don't know about the BFG 9000?

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2004-08-03 05:05pm

Apparently not.

Shadowhawk · Post by **Shadowhawk** » 2004-08-03 05:14pm

Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:Apparently not.

Man, have you never played Doom, Doom2, Quake 2, or Quake 3?

It's the Big Fucking (Fragging) Gun. In Doom1/2, it's weapon that kills/damages almost everything in a cone in your LoS. In Quake 2, it's a giant fireball that shoots lasers at stuff as it travels. In Quake 3, it's more like a rapid-fire low-power rocket launcher.

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2004-08-03 05:24pm

Shadowhawk wrote:
Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:Apparently not.
Man, have you never played Doom, Doom2, Quake 2, or Quake 3?

Not in years.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2004-08-03 05:31pm

WHAT the hell are you doing trying to run doom 3 on a GF3? a geforce 4 TI would be a minimum from the specs I've seen.

I've had a try at a pirated version at my dads office, its nice, cant see shit with the windows open, windows closed and I could see alot, but someone made too much darkness, even a hint more of ambient lighting would have improved the game alot.

I will buy this , this sunday, I suppose 1000 resolution with medium quality for a 9700 on 2ghz.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2004-08-03 06:13pm

Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:
Shadowhawk wrote:
Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:Apparently not.
Man, have you never played Doom, Doom2, Quake 2, or Quake 3?
Not in years.

Maybe only the Shareware version.

The BFG was a thingy that sucked up like 50 Energy units per shot in Doom, took a couple of seconds to charge and launched a big plasma loogie that, when it exploded, killed everything both in the blast radius (about 2x that of a rocket), AND any enemy that was in your screen at the time of detonation - provided you didn't look AWAY from the blast. Only really strong enemies survived it (the lesser devils didn't, IIRC, but you needed like 10 of those to kill the big rocked devil or the giant spider).

It didn't hurt you tho, even if you fired point blank at a wall.

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2004-08-03 06:26pm

Two point blank BFG shots can kill a cyberdemon. One (1) blast can down a spider mastermind, but again, you'll need to be at point blank range.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-08-03 07:48pm

Hamel wrote:Two point blank BFG shots can kill a cyberdemon. One (1) blast can down a spider mastermind, but again, you'll need to be at point blank range.

Last time I tried it it was 4 shots for the spider, 6 for the cyberdemon, but meh whatever, that's Doom 1/2.

I'll probably either buy this game and just manage with my GF4 Ti4800 or wait until I buy a 6800....which could be who knows when.

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2004-08-03 08:10pm

Shinova wrote:
Last time I tried it it was 4 shots for the spider, 6 for the cyberdemon, but meh whatever, that's Doom 1/2.

I'll probably either buy this game and just manage with my GF4 Ti4800 or wait until I buy a 6800....which could be who knows when.

The Ti4800 should pwn it as long as the rest of your system's up to spec.

My system:

Athlon 3200+
1024mb DDR PC3200 (Dual Channel)
gf4 ti4200 (64mb)

It works fine.

Shadowhawk · Post by **Shadowhawk** » 2004-08-03 09:06pm

I'm running it in 1024x768 @ High settings and maintaining 40-60fps. When I bumped it up to 1280x1024 @ high, it dropped to 15, although that -was- in the Delta Labs Reactor room (going into a small hallway before it punched it back up to 40). I was rarely deviating from 60fps in 800x600@high.

Athlon64 3200+
1GB PC3200 DDR
GeForce 6800GT 256MB.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2004-08-03 09:38pm

This game is a piece of shit. I had no clue you couldn't run it on Windows 98. So now after a grueling shitty day, when I think I'm going to come home and run it on a computer which I've worked my ass off to make sure system specs would the game, it won't even fucking load. What a god damn rip off.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-08-03 09:53pm

Cal Wright wrote:This game is a piece of shit. I had no clue you couldn't run it on Windows 98. So now after a grueling shitty day, when I think I'm going to come home and run it on a computer which I've worked my ass off to make sure system specs would the game, it won't even fucking load. What a god damn rip off.

You know, you could have read the system requirements first.

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2004-08-03 09:54pm

Cal Wright wrote:This game is a piece of shit. I had no clue you couldn't run it on Windows 98. So now after a grueling shitty day, when I think I'm going to come home and run it on a computer which I've worked my ass off to make sure system specs would the game, it won't even fucking load. What a god damn rip off.

Game companies dropped support for 3.1 eventually. Same thing is going to happen more often with 98.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2004-08-03 10:25pm

phongn wrote:
Cal Wright wrote:This game is a piece of shit. I had no clue you couldn't run it on Windows 98. So now after a grueling shitty day, when I think I'm going to come home and run it on a computer which I've worked my ass off to make sure system specs would the game, it won't even fucking load. What a god damn rip off.
You know, you could have read the system requirements first.

I saw the hardware specs. I had no clue it wouldn't support 98SE. I mean fuck, I didn't even see it mentioned on the message boards. Albeit I didn't really read the Doom 3 threads.

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2004-08-03 10:34pm

Didn't you read the box?

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2004-08-03 10:43pm

If you can't switch to Win2k or better (as in, you don't want to "obtain" it), there's always the linux port, which will be available "soon"

. There's probably a gaming livecd available for this purpose with the appropriate nVidia drivers available so you don't have to install Linux.

At least it has a chance of running on your system with the appropriate OS upgrade (which is easy). In my case, my system will never be able to run it (PII-450 with TNT2 graphics card.

On a brighter note, will this mean the Quake III engine will be open source in a couple of months?