Doom III?????

John Doe · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 1:50 pm Post subject: Doom III?????

I am truely shocked that nobody has started a thread on Doom III yet. Who plans on purchasing on August 3rd?

Whos going to post reviews??

I wanna know if I need to spend the money or not

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Shovel me Silly · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 2:05 pm Post subject:

I plan on getting it when I get back from Winnipeg. So I will probably get it a week from today if I can.

DJ George · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 2:30 pm Post subject:

I am going to get it for XBOX since not many comps will be able to run it
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Smegma · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 2:33 pm Post subject:

i`m going to put the old 9700 pro to the test.
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Clay Pigeon · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 2:39 pm Post subject:

GeForce fx series will all have 8x pipes for doom 3, and geforce 6 series will either have 24 or 32 (32 for ultra, 24 for GT and standard).

[HALO]MasterChief · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 4:08 pm Post subject:

i have it preordered

other than halo i dont really like fps games on consoles.
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kubrick · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 4:34 pm Post subject:

Albino Gibbon · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 5:22 pm Post subject:

Paddyjack · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 5:59 pm Post subject:

My system runs very fine thank you (P4, 1.4 ghz), however, according to that URL it won't cut it because of video cards and RAM issues.

So I will screw D3 rather than spend money on a new system. At 35, the days I would change a computer to be able to play a long-awaited game are behind me, my priorities have changed

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Smegma · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 11:45 pm Post subject:

really paddy I`m 37 and I upgrade on a regular basis.just waiting for the fall for the amd prices to drop abit before going to the fx 51. I try and make electronics my priority well after the wife and daughter of course.

Fast computer for me , and potato sacks for the family .there always in style

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Clay Pigeon · Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 8:06 am Post subject:

The gt only has 12 pipes. However, because of how nvidia designed the cards, they can render twice on the same pass under certain circumstances, effectively doubling thier pipeline count/performance. It just so happens that those circumstances happen mainly in the doom3 engine.

Albino Gibbon · Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 11:29 am Post subject:

The GT is a 16 pipe card. You may be thinking of the X800 Pro from ATI. The Pro has 12 pipes and the XT has 16. The only difference between the GT and the Ultra is that it is clocked lower and I think it has slower memory, making it use a bit less power. The reason for the Nvidia cards having the best Doom 3 performance is because it is top notch in the OGL department. ATIs OGL drivers aren't up to par with Nvidias. The use of Ultrashadow II and being able to use partial precision, with no IQ hit, when needed, is also a good reason for the performance win. Yes the cards can double its pipeline work in colorless z passes.
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