Doom 3 Video Settings: Not Even God Can Save You!

[eswat]

http://djtaso.com/images/Doom3_5.jpg

That's the optimal settings this guy got with his rig:
P4 2.6 @ 3.12GHz
Asus P4P865 mobo
1 gig PC3200 DDr 400 Ram
80 gig hd @ 7200 RPM
Ati Radeon 9800 Pro O/C to 412/365
Audigy 2 Z 7.1 surround

He didn't post any benchmarks but... eh... I doubt this thing is going to look decently on a rig with components that are more than a year old ;)

[Octocamo]

Damn... Guess I have to get the Xbox version. :P

[Digital*Firefly]

640x480 my ass. How could they make a game that less than 5% of gamers can run at a respecatble resolution. Nice topic title though.

[arefx]

http://djtaso.com/images/Doom3_5.jpg

That's the optimal settings this guy got with his rig:
P4 2.6 @ 3.12GHz
Asus P4P865 mobo
1 gig PC3200 DDr 400 Ram
80 gig hd @ 7200 RPM
Ati Radeon 9800 Pro O/C to 412/365
Audigy 2 Z 7.1 surround

He didn't post any benchmarks but... eh... I doubt this thing is going to look decently on a rig with components that are more than a year old ;)
WTF THERE IS NOOOOO WAY, ONLY 640x???????????????????????/


and on a ATI 9800 PRO..... seriously, that has to be a joke, there is no way he can only run at 640 on medium....


ID messed up on the optimization, :P :| :(

[InnerLogic]

yeah. usually there scans don't work, I can usually up anything the game scans and it will run fine.

[eswat]

Well a couple days ago one of the id programmers talked about Doom 3 performance and he listed the amount of video ram needed for each video setting, where were:

512 video memory = Ultra Setting
256 = High Setting
128 = Medium Setting
64 = Low Setting

But it doesn't really explain why you need to play it as such a low resolution, even if the card has 128 memory, it should beable to handle a higher res.

[arefx]

Well if you have a stong enough will, you could download it, see how it runs, if it runs good buy it, if not get rid of it and wait for xbox.

[Digital*Firefly]

here's an article about the video settings

http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20040727_052008.html

[BigEasyWhoDats]

man that sux i have a 9800 Pro 128 and i just got the damn thing to play Half-Life 2 and Doom 3. d'oh!

[arefx]

here's an article about the video settings

http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20040727_052008.html
thank you much :P

[True]

haha, how many people really are going to able to play this thing when it is release tomarrow?

[Tulare]

Damn... Guess I have to get the Xbox version. :P

Yep

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OK. Yes, that is probably what I will do as well.

BTW-Nice reply is to short message, sure has kept down on the spamming.

[eswat]

Just for fun lets see what this game looks like on a min spec machine ;) (Athlon XP 1600+, 384 ram, geforce 4 mx 64 meg).

http://www.aqsf98.dsl.pipex.com/pics/GF4MX.JPG
http://www.aqsf98.dsl.pipex.com/pics/GF4MX2.JPG
http://www.aqsf98.dsl.pipex.com/pics/GF4MX3.JPG

avg fps was 10 @ 640 x 480