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This isn�t exactly surprising, considering the amount of cpu/gpu horsepower Doom 3 requires. Carmack has long ago stated that XBOX is the onlt console with fast enough hardware to run the game and they will still (obviously) have to cut down on texture/world detail and resolution. I don�t think that you will see Thief: Deadly Shadows on any other console than XBOX either.
Got me a 3fps boost. More over it does feel noticeably faster.
I got that ati boost thingymabob and it seemed to smooth everything out nicely, running 800x600 medium detail. I have a rad 9600pro tho, I think it benefits the lwoer end cards better than say a radeon 9800pro.
Definitively, I will not be able to play DooM3... My PC have less memory than required (it's not a problem in fact I just have to buy 256Mo RAM more and I will have enough), but it seems, according to the requirements of the game, that ATI Radeon 9200 graphic cards will not fully support DirectX9.0... I have one, and so i'm fucked... grrr... I don't like this feeling...
Furthermore I only have a PS2... and I will not buy an XBox just for DooM3.... I just can wait for HalfLife2 hoping it will work either on my PC or my PS2... You don't need to have a DirectX9 card to play DooM3, you will just miss out on a few things like "The heatwave" effect. There are many people playing with cards that are not DirectX9, GF4 ti 4200-4600 etc even lesser. I don't know about ATI cards, I don't follow them, I just stick with Nvidia, so I don't know how fast your card is, but if it is comparable to the above mentioned Nvidia cards, I see no problem. You will have to play at a lower resolution and detail settings, but hey.
Well, the DirectX9.0b full compatibility is mentionned in DooM3 system requirements... (see http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/videogames/B000067NYP/system-requirements/ref=ed_tec_dp/026-2656080-7504427) Take a look at the note below the requirements concerning Video cards, and you will understan why I'm a little bit worry... It seems my video card is on a black list that should be able to crash the game !!! Hmmmmm, I'm not sure I will buy the game if I will not be able to ply it correctly...
You Do Not Need a DirectX9 card to run the game, the GF4 ti series are not DirectX9 and they are running the game. You just miss out on the DirectX specific stuff.
Like I said, I don't know about ATI cards, but if yours is on the Black List well. Go to some DooM3 forums and see if others are using your card Some 3D accelerator cards with the chipset listed here may not be compatible with the 3D accelerator features utilized by Doom 3. That is what I am saying, you will just miss out on the DirectX9 specific stuff, because your card does not support DirectX9. SUPPORTED CHIPSETS: ATI Radeon 8500 ATI Radeon 9000 ATI Radeon 9200 ATI Radeon 9500 ATI Radeon 9600 ATI Radeon 9700 ATI Radeon 9800 All nVidia GeForce 3/Ti series All nVidia GeForce 4/Ti series All nVidia GeForce FX series nVidia GeForce And notice it says Supported Chipsets your card IS listed as Supported Thanks for these explanations... As many times, I didn't understand the language subtility, or I was reading too quickly the stuff... I really need to improve my english... or take much more care about what I read...
Anyway, sorry for this waste of time.. I will wait for the game, when avalaible (in few days now..) here in France, and I will see if I will buy it or not, regarding the requirements in french this time... obviously it will be easier for me to understand... um... was i the only person disappointed in hell?
there are some great things there, so i'm not saying it sucks outright. great atmosphere, and the usual d3 coolness from effects and whatnot, and sounds are downright amazing. but i've yet to see any real architecture there yet. i've seen some rather nondescript arches and such, but for the most part, it's just tunnels with bricks and dirt. some areas are wide open and look kind of cool, (like the area where you pick up the bfg) but nothing as spectacular as the tech stuff before it. i hope there's some cool stuff before hell is over... :\ now i'm convinced d3 really needs some proper gothic maps. :P I was surprised hell was as short as it was, i thought it would have been a lot bigger part of the game. As it was, I beat Hell in about 10 minutes, the Guardian in about the same. To stuff all those Hell ideas in one tiny portion of the game, where each could easily be a level in itself, seemed like a waste to me. But, I think it was intended to be like that just so it could be a derivation from the normal base-style level. Maybe they'll expand upon it in an expansion pack.
in that first thread (there are no enumeration of the postings, unfortunately) that there is a pic showing glossy looking caution posts. Gloss on rubber? Well, maybe on used condoms, but on non sexed up caution posts this looks unrealistic.
From PlanetDOOM:
"Argo from the DOOM 3: Hell on Earth Mod Team sent word that they are having a "Spider Mastermind" Competition over at their site. Here's the pitch: "You all remember the Spider Mastermind (SM), dont you? Well, we decided to let it return in our mod as a big bad ass Boss. Your creativity is welcome! Design your ideas, how it should look like, and post it here, in this thread. You can go with original designs for D1+2 or use the concept of the SM for D3 by id, or go by your own ideas. Everything is welcome! The winner will earn an appearance in the mod storyline, as well as a lead artist position on their mod development team. The contest will end in 3 weeks, on September 9th and all entries must be posted in this thread on their forum." Lead artist position, just for (re)designing an old DooM monster. Please. That's like "You're promoted to Detective because you found my keys!" It's just a mod team. Not like it's a real company. They probabally have no artists on the team as of yet and found a way to get some publicity to get some.
if you "win" you get to work on a (probably shit) Doom 3 mod for no money?
The Vore from Quake? Maybe it's just me, but it looked and attacked a lot like a Vore (without conjuring up spike balls)
heh, i am suprized planetdoom would post that crap
http://mods.moddb.com/3636/ <<< just like every startup mod they have one render of a unskinned shitty weapon http://mods.moddb.com/3636/
Based in the same Time frame as Doom 3, you play as the son of the space marine you play in Doom 3. You will in Long Beach, California with your mom. If this doesn't appeal to your inner badass, I don't know what will.
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