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Will I be able to play Doom 3 (as I have asked many times in threads but never been)
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Wellington
BAAAALLLINNN'
That's a good question... You were right at the minimum for Far Cry in terms of processor. I don't know what to say, would the game lock up on install and laugh at you if you tried to play? Never actually tried any game that I was below spec for.
My roommate wanted to see if we could get a LAN game going so I installed DOOM 3 on my computer. Even with 640x480 resolution, low detail, and all the advanced settings off (bump mapping, shadows...) it was still unplayable on my 1GHz P3, 512MB RAM and overclocked Radeon 9500 Pro.
Teknopathetic
Member
I guess CPU still matters a little.
Justin Bailey
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Ok how about me?
3 GHz P4
512 MB DDR RAM
64 MB GeForce FX Go5200
Think I could get 800X600?
3 GHz P4
512 MB DDR RAM
64 MB GeForce FX Go5200
Think I could get 800X600?
WHOAguitarninja
Member
I'm facing what my research has led me to beleive is the "new dell dilemma". I have a 3.0ghz, 1 gig ram......and an x300 se.
Unfortunately, the x300 se is pci-e, and my mobo has no agp slots, so my plans for upgrading the videocard were put severely on hold.
What is the x300 se compareable to, and how will i fare (it's a 128mb card, btw...not sure if it comes in different versions).
Unfortunately, the x300 se is pci-e, and my mobo has no agp slots, so my plans for upgrading the videocard were put severely on hold.
What is the x300 se compareable to, and how will i fare (it's a 128mb card, btw...not sure if it comes in different versions).
ManaByte
Gold Member
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT 3.2GHz 800MHz FSB 512KB Cache
Motherboard: Intel Desktop Board D875PBZ - Intel 875P Motherboard
Memory: 2GB Corsair XMS DDR SDRAM PC-3200 - 4 x 512MB Module
Video Card: ATI RADEON 9800 XT 256MB 8x AGP w/DVI & S-Video
System Drive: 240GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Serial ATA RAID 0 Array
I haven't run 3DMark lately. I should as I can't remember what I got on it.
Motherboard: Intel Desktop Board D875PBZ - Intel 875P Motherboard
Memory: 2GB Corsair XMS DDR SDRAM PC-3200 - 4 x 512MB Module
Video Card: ATI RADEON 9800 XT 256MB 8x AGP w/DVI & S-Video
System Drive: 240GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Serial ATA RAID 0 Array
I haven't run 3DMark lately. I should as I can't remember what I got on it.
WHOAguitarninja
Member
Mana:
http://www2.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjQyLDQ=
I beleive that's nearly your exact system. You'll be around 45 fps in high quality at 1024
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Wario...geforce2mx...that's pushing it. You're REALLY scraping the bottom of the barrel there. I seriously doubt you'll get anything playable on it.
http://www2.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjQyLDQ=
I beleive that's nearly your exact system. You'll be around 45 fps in high quality at 1024
EDIT-
Wario...geforce2mx...that's pushing it. You're REALLY scraping the bottom of the barrel there. I seriously doubt you'll get anything playable on it.
Demigod Mac
Member
Upgrade video card ASAP.
Justin Bailey
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Any thoughts?
Justin Bailey said:
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Justin Bailey said:
Demigod Mac said:
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Rabid Wolverine
Member
Ive got a pretty old system now but am throwing up getting the pc or xbox version.
PC wont be upgraded till Q4 this year.
AMD XP 2000+
Geforce 4 Ti4600 128MB
512MB Ram
What resolution/quality settings will best suite my system if i go pc.
PC wont be upgraded till Q4 this year.
AMD XP 2000+
Geforce 4 Ti4600 128MB
512MB Ram
What resolution/quality settings will best suite my system if i go pc.
Sigh. If anyone has Processors that are 1.5 Ghz and under, less than 512 MB of RAM, or video cards that aren't 64 MB or higher, then don't bother trying to run the game and hoping to get decent performance.
CPU: Assuming CPU is the bottleneck
1.5-2.0 Ghz range should give you 20-40 fps.
2-2.5 Ghz and over should give you 40-60 fps.
2.4 and up should give you 50-60 fps
Videocard: Assuming Videocard is the bottle neck.
Radeon 8500, 9000, 9100, 9200, x300 - Low Quality setting, 64 MB cards.
Radeon 9500, 9550, 9600, x600, 9700, 9800 - Medium Quality setting, 128 MB cards.
Radeon 9700, 9800, x800 - High Quality setting, 256 MB cards.
Geforce 2 GTS, 3, 4 MX, 4200, 5200 - Low Quality, 64 MB, cards.
Geforce 4400, 4600, 5600, 5700, 5800 - Medium Quality setting, 128 Mb cards.
Geforce 5800, 5900, 6800 - High Quality setting, 256 MB cards.
Am I missing anything?
CPU: Assuming CPU is the bottleneck
1.5-2.0 Ghz range should give you 20-40 fps.
2-2.5 Ghz and over should give you 40-60 fps.
2.4 and up should give you 50-60 fps
Videocard: Assuming Videocard is the bottle neck.
Radeon 8500, 9000, 9100, 9200, x300 - Low Quality setting, 64 MB cards.
Radeon 9500, 9550, 9600, x600, 9700, 9800 - Medium Quality setting, 128 MB cards.
Radeon 9700, 9800, x800 - High Quality setting, 256 MB cards.
Geforce 2 GTS, 3, 4 MX, 4200, 5200 - Low Quality, 64 MB, cards.
Geforce 4400, 4600, 5600, 5700, 5800 - Medium Quality setting, 128 Mb cards.
Geforce 5800, 5900, 6800 - High Quality setting, 256 MB cards.
Am I missing anything?
The Bookerman
Member
tenchir said:
If you have a decent card, 9500 and Up, great ram (512 megs at least) the CPU won't be a bottleneck.
Gregory said:It runs very badly on my setup, 2.4gz-512 ram- and ge-force 4600. At times it even drops to 7-8 fps, especially during heavy action and in larger places especially. And I`m playing in lowdetail.
It`s propably averaging 15-20 fps overall for me. :/
There is something seriously wrong if it's averaging 15-20 fps. That's what I get on my 2,4ghz geforce 1 machine. Everything set to it's lowest.
Check your drivers, defrag your hardrive and set it to the absolute lowest quality. It should run faster than 20fps.
The Bookerman said:
I dunno, it seems to me that if you travel too low on the CPU scale...your performance will suffer. Obviously, the CPU seems to be the least important piece of the equation...but you still need something decent to get by.
Far Cry was an interesting beast, though. The indoor levels relied very heavily on video card performance while the outdoor areas relied much more on your CPU. It makes sense, obviously, but the combination of hardware being used could seriously influence performance in various areas of the game. For me, I could run the outdoor locations at a high resolution without a problem...but my 9700 Pro really couldn't stand those resolution during the indoor segments and would toss out some low framerates. If I dropped to 800x600 indoors, I could pull of 60 fps in areas that would have been sub-20 fps at 1600x1200.
It seems that, with Doom 3, lower resolutions are the way to go.
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Wow, that has to be the problem. You haven't updated the drivers for TWO YEARS?!?! What are you thinking? It's so simple to do, I can't imagine why you wouldn't (unless you don't game on your PC). Just download and run, that's it.
evilromero
Member
Seriously, I love Doom. I got all the books and comics as a kid and dreamt about the Cyber Demon nightly, but I need a little advice. How does my system stack up?
P3 800MHz
384MB RAM
NVidia Riva TNT2 Model 64
I think I'm scrapping the bottom of the High Quality settings but if I upgrade to 512MB of RAM it'll probably be pushing Ultra as smooth as a baby's ass. Watch online. I'm coming for you!
P3 800MHz
384MB RAM
NVidia Riva TNT2 Model 64
I think I'm scrapping the bottom of the High Quality settings but if I upgrade to 512MB of RAM it'll probably be pushing Ultra as smooth as a baby's ass. Watch online. I'm coming for you!
evilromero
Member
dark10x said:
That sounds like a wager. A wager I'm willing to take!