Official DOOM 3 discussion thread

[wazy15]

Yeah same here

Not sure if I should upgrade to 1 GB ram or not and wheather a faster processor is needed.

Waz

[Ish]

Having a gig of ram as certainly improved my overall PC using experience. And I haven't checked but isn't the XP3000 only a few quid more than the XP2600?

Though of course you can play that trick on yourself on all the kit your buying and end up spending far more than you'd like!

[wazy15]

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=46511

Thats ?97 and the 2600 retail is ?63

Waz

[Mr Ono]

I should be getting a new ninja PC (Athlon 64 3200, 1 Gig ram, GF 6800 GT) delivered in time for this.
Hopefully.

I've just updated my order on the above and now gone for:

Athlon 64 3400+
A8V Deluxe Mobo
1 Gig Ram
GeForce 256 MB 6800 ULTRA

If that ****er doesn't run it, nothing will!!

[DjSatansfury]

mine is

2600+ Barton XP
256x2 MB PC3500 (Running at 333mhz in dual channel)
120 GB WD Caviar 8mb cache Drive
40 GB WD Caviar 2mb cache drive
9800 Pro ATi Radeon 128mb
NF7-S V2.0

I shouldnt have any probs ( I hope )

[wazy15]

Nice! I still don't justify the Athlon 64 jump tho, not many things need 64 bit, but still you are future proofing your machine which is good. How much that machine set you back?

Waz

[Bleeders]

Mmm... nice. How much for that little bundle then man?

[wazy15]

From what I read about Duffy's thoughts on the Internet (one of the lead programmers) he said that ultra mode and high mode produce very similar results.

I doubt you will notice much between the two modes. I reckon most people will be playing it on medium if you don't have the new ATI or Nvidia cards, but to be honest I reckon it will still look damn good. You could probably try playing it on high with a 9800PRO but you will come across a flucating frame rate, in places it will be ok and others bad. I still want an X800

Waz

[Ciaran]

We all want a X800

[Mr Ono]

Nice! I still don't justify the Athlon 64 jump tho, not many things need 64 bit, but still you are future proofing your machine which is good. How much that machine set you back?

Waz

Yes, it is future proofing. My PC is expected to last 3-4 years (as my current has) with only minor upgrades - Ram, graphics cards.

Full specs of the machine:

Mesh Midi Tower + 475W psu
Athlon 64 K8V Deluxe mobo
Athlon 64 3400 +
1024 MB PC3200 DDR Ram (2 x 512MB)
256 MB DDR GeForce 6800 ULTRA + TVOUT + DV
200 GB SATA HDD
Sony 8x DVDRW
Sony DVDRom
Logitech KB + Optical Mouse
Powercinema + remote
8 in 1 card reader
XP Home
3 years btb warranty

The cost inclusive of VAT & delivery is ?1,058.

The jump from Athlon 64 3200 to 3400 was the ?58 so I took it.

Not bad I reckon.

[demon9k]

Its easy enough to get a x800 Pro now, its just impossible to find a x800 XT.

Apartently they are coming through in orders of 3-4 for each company, according to overclockers forums. Komplett also had some I think. Although they are all gone now.

Also if you looked at that ebay link I posted before, don't buy it. Seller seems to be a scammer! It was to good to be true after all.

[Mr Ono]

I was going to get the X800 Pro until I saw the infamous benchmarks and, more recently, the tests in this month's PC Pro magazine which saw the 6800 Ultra destroy the X800 XT in the group tests.

I am sure in real life gaming they are too close to call, but I plumped for the Nvidia card in the end.

[demon9k]

Where did you get the Ultra from may I ask, overclockers seem to think they are as rare as chicken teeth.

[replicant]

I've just updated my order on the above and now gone for:

Athlon 64 3400+
A8V Deluxe Mobo
1 Gig Ram
GeForce 256 MB 6800 ULTRA

If that ****er doesn't run it, nothing will!!

Yeah bud, that will run it without a problem.

[replicant]

Where did you get the Ultra from may I ask, overclockers seem to think they are as rare as chicken teeth.

I got my 6800 Ultra two weeks ago from Scan. Worth every penny.