[OT]-DooM III screens and info

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I was at the official Unreal 2 forums and saw this, I just thought I could share it with you guys.
System Requirements:

Minimum:
CPU: 800MHZ ~ 1GHZ
GeForce 3 TI / ATI 9600 Pro
256 MB RAM

Standard:
CPU: 1,7GHZ ~ 2GHZ
GeForce 4 TI 4400/4600 - ATI 9700/Pro
512 MB RAM

Optimal:
CPU: 2,5GHZ ~ 2.8 GHZ
GeForce 5800FX/5900FX - ATI 9800 Pro
786 ~ 1024MB RAM

According to the site. This is the site with the new(at least I hope) screenshots: http://www.warp2search.net/article.php?sid=13092&mode=thread&order=0
Enjoy, btw, do I get banned for posting a site address?:cheers:
 
Originally posted by Tredoslop

Enjoy, btw, do I get banned for posting a site address?:cheers:
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What? No...

Anyway, this should be in general gaming.
 
Those requirements are pretty steep.:eek:
My 9500 pro just put its tail between its legs.
 
Optimal 2.5 to 2.8 ghz?

Lol.. looks like alot of people are seriously in need of an upgrade if they want to play that game...

I personally think my Standard computer will run it just fine, especially considering it's going to be a short game like SplinterCell, and the MP is going to suck compared to HL2's.
 
If those are the MINIMUM specs, then Doom III can just piss right off.
Even more than it should have before.
 
i dont see why there is so much hostility towards doom3! HL2 and DOom3 are both going to be great games!
 
I dont care about this "rivalry" Cuz im gettin both games. Doom 3 will definitly scare us!
 
No I think Doom3 is going to be great its jus that this is the General Disscusion forum for HALF LIFE2, not Doom3, this should have been posted in a different forum.
 
Originally posted by |CC|Hudson
i dont see why there is so much hostility towards doom3! HL2 and DOom3 are both going to be great games!
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:cheers:
 
Keep in mind that the labeling on that site for those sys requirements is "speculative" This is just somebody who has seen screen shots of Doom III and decided to guess what you'd need to play the game. We haven't really seen anything from id to say that this game won't scale well with lower quality graphics, have we?
 
Last time i checked i believe that Radeon 9500 was the GeForce 3 Ti 500 counterpart, and the Radeon 9600 was even more bad.

But thats none of the point, Doom3 has been made to support down to GeForce 1 series.
Well thats what carmack said.
 
game should not even be released at those specs. 80-90% of people can not get close to those specs.
 
doom 3 demo in august?? WAHOOO!! Btw, most people have near those standard specs. Also, lets wait until both games are out before we compare them.
 
it seems to be optimized a lot for nvidia cause a 8500 is bette than any gf3 and they say minimum is gf3 or rad 9600 ??

damn those 9600 are not cheap and i dont think they will anytime soon
 
LOL .. my system doesn't even quite make it into the minimal category .. yet. :)

BTW, can somebody please spare that imp a few more polygons?
 
You guys, u can just set the detail settings to low.
Oh, and theres a demo comming out in August?
 
Those screens are from some random guy who got a hold on the DOOM 3 E3 test build leak.

That build of Doom 3 is like 2- 2 and 1 half years old. It was shown at like E3 2001...

The leak has been on the internet for I think a good 8-9 months.

That version of Doom 3 is very old AND UNOPTIMIZED.

It was made specifically to run under a Raedon 9700 or Geforce Ti4600.

By now the FPS are alot better because they have made some BIG improvments to the engine over a year or 2.

And those specs we drawn off THE UNOPTIMIZED version so don't worry about having to have a 9800 Pro.

I played the leak 9 months ago on my geforce 3 and got 20-30 fps most of the time. Yes the shadows are crazy and Yes if you shoot a gun, the light of your gun will create new shadows off of objects in the game.

Lots of bumb mapping is used and it is a nice engine. There is a physics system in doom 3, but no where near as advanced as HAVOK for hl2 unless they have done some updating.
 
the magazine scan = new, NOT from leaked "alpha" and imHo the new scan rocks! DOOM 3 will own! and so will HL2, and so will STALKER, exciting year this is yet to be!
 
Doom 3 was showed at E3 2002, not 2001.
How do you know it is better? They didn't release new screenshots yet.
 
Originally posted by papa jake
Those requirements are pretty steep.:eek:
My 9500 pro just put its tail between its legs.
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Actually the 9500 pro is faster than the 9600 pro in almost all benchmarks. Basically ATI couldn't afford to keep producing the 9500 as it had most of the same hardware as the 9700 but with some of it disabled.
 
I had one of those cards , and it was great til I got my first Geforce 3 Ti 200 card.. WOW , what a difference.. and they are going for cheap now.

imo, going for a DX8 card 8-12 months ago was a great choice, but I think a mid-end DX9 card is much more worth it about now

yeah I'm looking into upgrading to and FX
I'm not much of a fan when it comes to ati gpu's
they are always problematic with certain games such as MGS2, CS, QUAKE3
anyways I'm going to most likely have a upgraded system before HL2 is released

when was the last time you used an ATi card? I guess recently since you played MGS2, but for 99% of users, the drivers are great

erm, no.
the Radeon 9500 is equivelant(sp) to Ti4400

in a typical situation yes, but in a DX9 app/using aa/af it kills a 4600/4800

it seems to be optimized a lot for nvidia cause a 8500 is bette than any gf3 and they say minimum is gf3 or rad 9600 ??

because gf3s are more popular/have a bigger name, and besides they are very close competitors; the biggest diff is the iq, and the 8500 part has superior af + performance; however the gf3 seems to handle aa better; of course I do agree they should've said min. gf3/8500/9000/9200
 
Originally posted by Mr.Reak
And all of this because of the shadows. Amazing...
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...and the plasticity specular models which makes the entire environemtn feel like plastic toys remember which are remarkably very low poly, lol. Quake 3 is a joke.:dork:
 
Originally posted by smilez
LOL, the halflife 2 characters are way better than that
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You seem to be missing the point. That screenshot was taken from the Leaked unpotimized Alpha. I have a 2ghz XP 512mb ddr and a GeForceTi4800se. I got 12fps max with full detail 1024x768 on that particualr scene when he steps out of the lift and puts his helmet on.

Now of course the Half-life 2 Characters look better than that becasue they are NOT in an Alpha stage. If we were to see what HL2 were to look like in a Doom 3 Alpha stage you would all scream. Im sure. And thats not a good scream.

the whole "OMG LOL look at that crappy Doom 3 Alpha screen ahaha! Half-Life 2 looks so better than that! John Carmack really sucks!". Ive seen enough people say this and it drives me right up the wall.

When I played the Alpha I had to go and have a lie down. It was fantastic. I was lucky enough to get 60fps in areas wich was very satisfying, and that bathroom scene - just utterly amazing. Im going to be a very happy gamer to have Half-Life 2 and Doom 3 on my Hard Disk.

And the next person I see shouting Doom 3 sucks im gonna slap them in the face really hard. Even if the bloke I quoted was being Sarcastic I dont care. Had enough of this quality contest.
 
DoomIII does suck. They totally got rid of the "Demons killed my pet Bunny" subplot.

And that's just something I can't forgive.
 
I like the moving light at the very start.. the rest is boring
 
if anyone thinks those are amazing shadows than you are mistaken,rofl, DIII doesn not seem to have ambient illumination. All the shadows in the game are pure 100% black. They are fools and furthure more, the shadows are sharp and jaggy. DIII has a long bit to go I think.
 
Originally posted by Dux
You seem to be missing the point. That screenshot was taken from the Leaked unpotimized Alpha. I have a 2ghz XP 512mb ddr and a GeForceTi4800se. I got 12fps max with full detail 1024x768 on that particualr scene when he steps out of the lift and puts his helmet on.

Now of course the Half-life 2 Characters look better than that becasue they are NOT in an Alpha stage. If we were to see what HL2 were to look like in a Doom 3 Alpha stage you would all scream. Im sure. And thats not a good scream.

the whole "OMG LOL look at that crappy Doom 3 Alpha screen ahaha! Half-Life 2 looks so better than that! John Carmack really sucks!". Ive seen enough people say this and it drives me right up the wall.

When I played the Alpha I had to go and have a lie down. It was fantastic. I was lucky enough to get 60fps in areas wich was very satisfying, and that bathroom scene - just utterly amazing. Im going to be a very happy gamer to have Half-Life 2 and Doom 3 on my Hard Disk.

And the next person I see shouting Doom 3 sucks im gonna slap them in the face really hard. Even if the bloke I quoted was being Sarcastic I dont care. Had enough of this quality contest.
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well said; we will see once both games are out; until then, screenshots/comparisons mean nothing; ppl who speculate 10 hours a day imo should find another hobby because it's probably a waste of time
 
The Radeon 9500 Pro is faster than the 9600 Pro. And yes, performance wise it's about equal to the Geforce 4 ti4400 but with dx9 support. And since it's basically a scaled down 9700 Pro, you can flash the bios and then overclock it to 9700 Pro speeds quite easily. You 9500 Pro owners don't have anything to worry about. Doom ]|[ will run fine on it.
 
While I am sympathetic to the complaint of "it was an Alpha" regarding performance, I very much doubt that the face would be any different than it was there. In fact, I would expect that screenshots will look very much the same. It's performance and in motion effects that will be better.
 
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