DOOM 3

go for a gf fx 5900xt or a 9800 pro

you'll see a huge performance increase

u would b able to play with all those "cut version" gfx card only on low details

common interman, 9800PRO is like cheaper then 5900 and much better or u meant 9800XT whats 5900XT lol :P

Gabe Newell Is Fat Yeah!....I Have GeForce 4 and both games ran smooth on my computer =)

point! :P

I just got and installed a new AOpen 5900XT for $170US and gotta say that it was probably one of the best price/perfomance deals around. The 5900Xt is a great card if you wanna play the "next gen" games and every penny counts. :thumbup:

Originally posted by Syanide+Mar 20 2004, 12:54 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Syanide @ Mar 20 2004, 12:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--andy_wh2000@Mar 20 2004, 07:18 AM
Let's just say that some people have been able to run the leak on DirectX 8.1 compatible card with shaders.Â* So my guess it that you might be able to play it, but not with all the graphics you want.Â* There is also that Apple presentation that ran Doom III on the Geforce 3 a couple years back.Â* I'm guessing that it would work fine on a Radeon 9200.

True, i think you need Smartshader v 1.1 or higher to be able to run Doom 3, but remember, its gonna be mainly Dx9 - so its advisable to buy a Dx9 card to see the game in all its glory [/b][/quote]
actually, i think doom3's engine is based on opengl technology, therefore having nothing to do w/ dx9...i might be wrong, but i just had to point that out. ;)

Originally posted by Ar.Pi@May 6 2004, 05:29 PM
u would b able to play with all those "cut version" gfx card only on low details

common interman, 9800PRO is like cheaper then 5900 and much better or u meant 9800XT whats 5900XT lol :P

the 5900xt is a little slower than the 9800 pro, and it's also a bit cheaper.
the 5900xt's core can be oc'd quite a lot; not too far from the speed of the 5900 ultra.

the 9800xt is a great card (i like mine a lot ), but it's far more expensive.

Within 5 min of installing my new card I had it clocked over 80mhz above the stock core and the RAM I oced almost 30mhz past the stock speed, so I would definately have to agree with you that the 5900xt is a great OCer's card. Feels like theres still alittle room to OC the core but I know the RAM is being pushed to its max. I've got a feeling that a serious power user who knows what they're doing could get a 5900XT to perform at 9800pro levels, maybe I'm being abit overzealous but thats just a testament to how impressed I am by this card.

Yes, but imagine how well an overclocked 9800XT or 59x0 Ultra performs... or next gen boards...

LOVELY!

Anyway,listen...

DOOM III will run on most Hardware T&L boards to some extent, because its in ID's interests to do so, however DirectX9 compatible hardware is going to be in the recommended spec section (Except Nvidia Geforce MX series of course, ROFL!) and you can expect average performance from anything higher than a Radeon 8500/Geforce 3Ti upwards, however if you have not spent any substantial cash on computer hardware over the last 18 months or so you can expect to need an upgrade guys to play at acceptable frame rates with any decent level of graphics detail...

Its how the industry works for Christ's sake...

Just IMHO!

Originally posted by phobos77@May 7 2004, 10:08 AM
actually, i think doom3's engine is based on opengl technology, therefore having nothing to do w/ dx9...i might be wrong, but i just had to point that out. ;)

You are correct, While it might need it installed to take advantage of Direct Sound and Direct Input but as for the Graphics API, It doesn't use it. Doom 3 is fully an OpenGL API game. ID always uses OpenGL, It's faster but saddly supports less features ... till 2.0 releases officially :thumbup: