Doom III >>>> My Cobra

[shanker]

J\K It is sweet though. I had to upgrade my Radeon 9700Pro to a BGF 6800GT. :rl:

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[nytebyte]

Been playing it for a couple days. It's one of the few games that can really get your adrenaline pumping.

I had to add a supplementary fan to the back of my ATI 9800 XT to keep it from burning up. This game really pushes your hardware to its limit.

 

[shanker]

I'm running it at 1280x1024 with 4X AA. Very nice and it doesnt hit under 35fps either except maybe a couple times in the room with three cacodemons. I just got the chainsaw.

 

[Flyn]

Great. So now I'm going to have to upgrade my video card to play this supposedly awesome game? I have a Pentium 4 CPU with 1.8 GHz with 512MB RAM. I currently use a NVidia Geforce 2MX video card. Will this work or must I buy a new card?

 

[shanker]

NVidia Geforce 2MX

You'll need a better video card for sure.

I have a P4 2.8, 1G of Geil PC3200, BFG 6800GT, Audigy 2.

 

[Flyn]

I was looking at the requirements online and you are right. The rest of my system is adequate to play the game at lower resolutions but the video card won't cut it. I'm going to see how much a new card would be. I'm not going to spend hundreds to play Doom 3... My computer is only a year old and already it's showing its age...

 

[shanker]

My BFG 6800GT was $428. Well worth it though. I paid $320 for my Radeon 9700Pro and it lasted me two years so hopefully this has that longevity.

 

[Flyn]

I don't play that many games now-a-days and my wife would kill me if I told her I wanted to spend $400-500 for a video card. I may buy a Radeon 9700 or 9800 or a GeForce 4 [Radeon is better?]. I haven't looked at video cards for a while so I have to research what's the best one to buy for $200 or less. my daughter's been complaining about their computer so maybe I should just build myself a new machine and give them my Dell. Any advice from you computer guys?