What's in your Doom III box?

Uhm...

I've got an XP1800+ with 512MB and an ATI 8500DV video card...

Think my system will have enough juice to run D3 w/out making my eyes bleed?
 
cpu can push...but you really need to upgrade that vid card....the 8500 is around geforce 2 speeds.....you prolly won't get much play with that card with ANY effects on and more than 800x600 res!
 
Damn.. well, I really didn't use the dv part of my card much anyway... guess it'll go up on ebay.. heh
 
I would say with your cpu and mem....I would go for nothing less than a 9800pro or GF5900. If you really want all the goodies from the game then do a x800pro or GF6800 and up your cpu to a 2500+ Barton or better and get some faster ram. Then you can get some serious frame rates with lots or res and eyecandy.........As it was ment to be!!!!!
 
Yea, the GF6800 is out.. budget's not gonna support a $300 video card.. heh

The GeForce FX 5900 128MB card at $170 is about what I'd pay for a new card.
The RADEON 9800 Pro 128MB card is within reach at $193 too...

Now I've gotta go look up benchmarks.. haven't kept up with current hardware in the last year or so, so I'm a little behind.. think the 2500+ was out when I bought my 1800+ - been a while. :)

Maybe someone can recommend the best sub-$200 video card out...
 
You can get an MSI Radeon 9800pro 128mb at eXtremegear for just under 2 bills!!!!!
And an AMDXP 2800+ Barton at Portatech for under $100!!!
And if you found a 6800 for $300....I would jump on it....those puppies are selling for over 4 bills everywhere else........lol One worth having that is...I do mean the 6800 GT 256mb....not the 128mb

Either the eVGA, or the BFG would be the only 2 i would buy!
 
DFI infinity Nf2 ultra
barton 2800+
512MB mushkin pc3200
Sapphire radeon 9800pro 256MB, soft-modded to xt speeds
onboard sound :/

and hopefully a nice pair of sennheisers

I am debating on whether or not to sell the 2800+ because it is superlocked, and buy a mobile xp 2400+ and slap on a zalman or sp97 on it to Oc the crap out of it.
 
I have a X800 Pro on the way because I got a real good deal on it($315),which I am grateful for because if I would have had $400 I think I would have gone mad deciding which card to buy.Anyways,nice to see that no matter which brand you decide to buy...Nvidia or ATI...You'll get your moneys worth from both this time around.
 
P4 3.0C @ 3.95
Asus P4P800 Deluxe
Zalman CNPS7000-Cu w/AS5
2x512mb Samsung C4 (2-2-3-7)
1x120gb WD SATA150, 1x80gb WD ATA100, 1x200gb WD ATA100
9800 Pro 128mb w/ Zalman ZM80C-HP
1xKDS VS-195e 1600x1200x75Hz

More importantly, the Rotel amplifier and four Dynaco speakers to deliver far more sound than *any* crappy computer speakers

Can't wait for August 5!
 
not the best one, but I think it will run just fine, and yeah I preordered it already :D

Athlon 64 3200+ (1mb cache)
512MB Samsung RAM
Radeon 9500 Pro

err wait, why am I posting this anyways, go read my sig :p
 
should be good enough

A64 3000+
MSI K8T Neo
OCZ 1GB DDR
ATI 9800 Pro 128MB (420/360)
Seagate 40gig
SB Audigy 2 ZS
Linksys Gigabite NIC
21" Dell P1110 Trinitron CRT
 
2500+@3200+
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
512MB (2x256) Corsair LLPT
Geforce 3 Ti200

Onboard sound paired with Sony MDR-V300's should be enough to keep me happy...

I know I'll need to upgrade the video card (thinkin 9800pro 128MB) but I'm also thinking that doubling the RAM should help. Then again, I many get a whole new system when HL2 comes out. Bah, whatever, it's only money. :confused:
 
Athlon 64 3400+ 1 MB L2 cache
1 x 1 GB Samsung PC3200 2-3-3-6-1T
Raptor 74 GB
Radeon 9800 Pro w/ OCZ copper ramsinks and Arctic Silencer @ 440/370
Hercules Fortissimo III 7.1 w/ Logitech Z-640
and of course the most important thing....

a dark room :eek:


I'm definitely ready to play, my only concern is with the video card... I feel quite confident a well OC'ed 9800 Pro can handle Doom 3, I'm just not sure how well. I want to play 10x7 with full eye candy at 30 fps min at all times, but judging from the way FarCry runs with those settings, it's gonna be close. Then again OpenGL is a whole different beast I guess, and if anyone knows how to code an efficient engine I would say it's the guys at Id, so we'll see.

Maybe I'll just use this as an excuse to buy a 6800GT :D
 
Wotok said:
Yea, the GF6800 is out.. budget's not gonna support a $300 video card.. heh

The GeForce FX 5900 128MB card at $170 is about what I'd pay for a new card.
The RADEON 9800 Pro 128MB card is within reach at $193 too...

Now I've gotta go look up benchmarks.. haven't kept up with current hardware in the last year or so, so I'm a little behind.. think the 2500+ was out when I bought my 1800+ - been a while. :)

Maybe someone can recommend the best sub-$200 video card out...
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Problem with benchmarks is that nobody's benchmarked Doom 3 except for HardOCP once a long time ago, in which nvidia swept ATI, but that's back before the game was even close to being released, so drivers were not ready for Doom 3 yet. Conventional wisdom of course says that NV owns in OpenGL, but who can reall say for sure? When one of the most anticipated games of all time comes rolling around, you better bet your sweet azz that the vid guys are gonna make sure their stuff is up to snuff
 
Supermicro SC742S-600
Supermicro X5DAE
Dual Xeon 2.8 w/HT
1GB Dual-channel DDR
ATI 9500Pro
LSI MegaRAID 320-2X w/512MB cache
Two Seagate Cheetah 15K.1 18GB drives (ST318451LC) - RAID1
Five IBM Ultrastar Z15 36GB drives (36Z15) - RAID5
Sony CRX320A/U DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive
HP CD-Writer Plus 8250i
SB Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
Viewsonic VG171-2 17" LCD

-MacG467
 
Some of you with the 21' monitors might want to pick you up a 17' and play doom3 becuase of the high video resolution you must have to make a 21' look good. Personally I find you need atleast 1280x960 on a 21' monitor. However, if you switch to a 15' 1024x768 looks just as good if not better. I have just ordered me a new system but I cancelled my purchase of the 6800ultra in it. The reason of this is because doom3 requires a 512mb card to be able to play it in the ultra setttings. And I can assure you soon there will be 512mb versions of the ati and nvidia flavor comeing soon. Anyways my 9800pro will be good enough for me until one of the 512mb versions comes out in a few months.
 
Things Already in Possession:

36" Panasonic HDTV(19" Trinitron to fall back to if I can't get this set the way I want to)
250 Gb Western digital HD
512Mb ddr400(Crosair)
450W Sparkle PSU
Antec 1040 aluminum clone w/window.
SB Audigy
EDIT:
Forgot my Onkyo HT760 to do the dolby 6.1 decoding.

Things that will be on their way Tuesday:

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Anybody know how much the game itself is going to cost? I imagine with all the hype it's something ridiculous.
 
Pre-ordered Doom3 here in the UK for £25 which works out at $47. £25 is a good deal, especially for such a big game.

Hopefully my box will be up to the task :)

Shuttle SN85G4
Athlon 64 3200+ (2GHz, 1MB cache version) @ 2.23GHz
GeForce 6800 GT
1GB Kingston HyperX 4000
SB Audigy 2
Several HDs (thanks to home-made external SATA box), games drive being a 74GB Raptor
Logitech Z-680s
... and all the other crap like DVD-Writer, other HDs etc that won't make a bit of difference.
 
My Machine:

P4 2.8 GhZ 800 MhZ OC @ 3.36 GhZ
Asus P4C 800 Deluxe
1 Gig Corsair XMS TWINX pc3200 (ddr 400) ram in dual channel
ATi AIW 9800 Pro
ATi 7500 PCI
2X NEC 22" FE2111SB Displays
Maxtor 120 Gig Serial ATA
CREATIVE Audigy 2
CREATIVE Megaworks THX 5.1 550
Logitech Mx700
Logitech Natural Comfort Wireless KB
Logitech Quick Cam 4000
Asus CD-ROM 52X Quiet Drive
MITSUMI DVD+R/RW DRIVE | DW-7801TE-B
Enermax M panel 6 fan control w/ readout
KOUTECH 6IN1 USB 2.0 Media Reader

I think Im ready!! LOL ( i might Upgrade the 9800 when the X series comes down or somes out w/ the AIW version....)
Now I just Need to Preorder the game!!!
 
At the moment, I am building this:
Lian Li PC65 B
Abit AA8 925X P4 Socket 775
P4 3.4E
Antec TRUE550 550 Watt
1024 MB DDR2 Corsair XMS2 667 Mhz
MSI GeForce NX6800 Ultra
160 Gig Seagate SATA 7200 RPM
16x TEAC
Plextor 8x
Logitech Z5200 5.1 THX
Viewsonic 19” E90f+SB

Can't wait to run some benchmarks! :D
 
Biff said:
At the moment, I am building this:
Lian Li PC65 B
Abit AA8 925X P4 Socket 775
P4 3.4E
Antec TRUE550 550 Watt
1024 MB DDR2 Corsair XMS2 667 Mhz
MSI GeForce NX6800 Ultra
160 Gig Seagate SATA 7200 RPM
16x TEAC
Plextor 8x
Logitech Z5200 5.1 THX
Viewsonic 19” E90f+SB

Can't wait to run some benchmarks! :D
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where the heck did you find a pci-express 6800 ultra!? :eek:
 
Athlon 64 3000+
Chaintech VNF3-250
2 x512mb pc3200 Kingston ValueRam
BFG 6800 GT OC - week and a half when my replacement comes - Damn DOAs!
40 gig Maxtor 7200 rpm
Soundblaster Live Value
Thermaltake 480watt psu
16x DVD-rom
4x External Lite-on DVDRW
Logitech MX-Duo
Sennheiser HD280 Pros
Hitachi CML175B 17" LCD

I need a new soundcard and some more hardrive space when i get some more money.
 
the second beta of doom 3 runs fine on it at 1280x1024 with most of the details turned up. i think everyone is worrying way too much about this game and their hard ware. remember they have been working on this game for like a year and a half now, and it was supposed to be released at christmas time last year. they cant make that many changes to it that would cause the hardware from december of last year to not be able to run the game.
i think the game is way to over hyped. before farcry came out everyone was like oh my god, my system might not be good enough to run it, i better upgrade or even build a new $700 system just so i can play it at 1600x1200 with all the details turned up etc, then it was released and it can run in a playable state on 128mb integrated graphics (1024x768 all settings at "medium")
 
NOTD665 said:
I dunno, I'm itching for an upgrade...

Athlon XP 2500+ (no OC)
1GB Kingston PC3200
Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
ATi Radeon 9800XT
WD 74GB Raptor
Lite-On 52x Burner

I'm thinking new board, proc, and DVD drive (believe it or not, I don't have one).

It's a toss up between the MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R and Asus K8V SE Deluxe. I'll probably get a 3200+ and slot-loading DVD.
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I think you could get a better experience with D3 if you OCd the 2500 to at least 2.2GHz, got a 6800GT, and an Audigy2 ZS (assuming u also have some good speakers) that should still be cheaper than the combo u descibed and produce better frame rates.

D3 depends more on videocard, ram, and sound then it does CPU (within reason of course)
 
computerpro3 said:
If you're talking about the 2ghz/9500np pro box, you're dreaming unless you like 800x600 low details.
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His sys will be just fine. This is NOT a bash each others systems thread.
 
TheBoss68 said:
cpu can push...but you really need to upgrade that vid card....the 8500 is around geforce 2 speeds.....you prolly won't get much play with that card with ANY effects on and more than 800x600 res!
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althought the 8500DV is slower than the 8500 (lower core clock) its nowhere near geforce2 speeds....

When the 8500 was launched it was a hair faster than a Geforce3....then ati finally started making good drivers and 9 months later (and currently) an 8500 is largely equal to a Geforce 4-Ti4200.

That being said he could definitly still use a videocard upgrade (but its not as if its totally useless).

Wotok, if I were you Id definitly swap out the CPU to whatever max your mobo can handle as AthlonXPs are so crazy cheap (get at least a 2500 or 2800) and if at all possible get a 9700 or 9800 Pro (or an AIW 9700 if u want to keep ur 8500DV style stuff). Then you should be ready to roll.
 
P4c 2.6 @ 3.25 (250fsb, memory at 1:1)
2*512Mb OCZ PC4200
PNY 6800Ultra

Can't wait... :D
 
COCOViper said:
althought the 8500DV is slower than the 8500 (lower core clock) its nowhere near geforce2 speeds....

When the 8500 was launched it was a hair faster than a Geforce3....then ati finally started making good drivers and 9 months later (and currently) an 8500 is largely equal to a Geforce 4-Ti4200.

That being said he could definitly still use a videocard upgrade (but its not as if its totally useless).
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Ackkkkkk..I stand corrected....it was the original release of the Radeon 64mb DDR VIVO that i was thinking about......I have made myself l00k the fool in front of you all....The Shame...The Shame...........
 
sgi02 said:
Soon to get a Volari V8 Duo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek:
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Why........Imma say that a 9800xt would be the better choice.....I know the dual head is a great card....but as far as performance a quality go....I would stick with nv or ati....for their driver support is far better than the rest....in my opinion!
 
Sorry.... I forgot to </sarcasm> Seriouslly tho , I am waiting for my 6800UE to arrive , hopefully before Quakecon :fingerscrossed:

Zachary
 
lol....i was wondering....that would be too much like going back in time....and some things you just shouldn't revisit.....lmao
 
Seems I was smart to skip the whole Geforce Fx, Radeon 9700/9800 generation. My rig should be complete by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week when my 6800GT arrives. :cool:

Abit IS7
P4 2.8c@ 3.1
1 gb Mushkin black PC3200
80gb Seagate sata 7200rpm
Audigy 2
Evga GF 6800GT *on the way* (replaces GF4 Ti4600 which has done me proud up until Far Cry)
 
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