New System Specs - Advice Please

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Need advice as to whether this is a good mobo/cpu/ram/vid combo:

mobo: ASUS A8V (non-deluxe)
cpu: AMD XP64 3500+
vid: Radeon 9800 Pro
ram: 1 gb OCZ PC 3700
o/s: XP home
sound: Audigy gamer

I want to run Doom 3 at 1024x768, everything on high, and have it be smooth.

Anybody think I should change mobos or get different ram? I'm pretty much
set on the cpu.

 

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According to an interview with the developer of Doom 3 online, NO video card
currently available in a consumer system is able to play Doom 3 with full
settings on. They did this intentionally so as systems improve over the
next couple of years Doom 3 will continue to look better and better.
Better reset your standards.

--
DaveW



"BeingAnonymousMakesMeObnoxious" <comeon@dood.com> wrote in message
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> Need advice as to whether this is a good mobo/cpu/ram/vid combo:
>
> mobo: ASUS A8V (non-deluxe)
> cpu: AMD XP64 3500+
> vid: Radeon 9800 Pro
> ram: 1 gb OCZ PC 3700
> o/s: XP home
> sound: Audigy gamer
>
> I want to run Doom 3 at 1024x768, everything on high, and have it be
> smooth.
>
> Anybody think I should change mobos or get different ram? I'm pretty much
> set on the cpu.
>
>

 

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DaveW <none@zero.org> wrote in message
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> According to an interview with the developer of Doom 3 online, NO video
card
> currently available in a consumer system is able to play Doom 3 with full
> settings on. They did this intentionally so as systems improve over the
> next couple of years Doom 3 will continue to look better and better.
> Better reset your standards.
>
> --
> DaveW

You're like the guys who tell me Windows 98 can't benefit from more than
256mb of ram... because someone else told them so... so irritating.

Doom 3 plays on my laptop at 640 x 480 with "high quality effects" set to
"yes", and everything else set to "yes." That's what I want, but at 1024 x
768. I think there are some systems out there that can swing that, even if,
technically, no consumer card can, TECHICALLY, have "full settings" on. I
don't even want full settings you tard.

/sick of dipshits with no useful information

 

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<comeonme@dood.com> wrote...
> /sick of dipshits with no useful information

Don't be such a whiny pussy. If you want to build a system for Doom3, God
knows why anyone would, then buy the video card that runs Doom3 best. You
might want a fast hard drive too.

 

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BeingAnonymousMakesMeObnoxious <cameonyou@dood.com> wrote in message
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> <comeonme@dood.com> wrote...
> > /sick of dipshits with no useful information
>
> Don't be such a whiny pussy. If you want to build a system for Doom3, God
> knows why anyone would, then buy the video card that runs Doom3 best. You
> might want a fast hard drive too.

I'm not building it for Doom 3 only. I just want current games to run as
smooth as glass and Doom 3 is the most demanding as far as I know. So far
I've only played the demo in 640 x 480 but I plan to set aside a weekend to
play the full game around Xmas, once I've got the new system.

 

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"BeingAnonymousMakesMeObnoxious" <comeon@dood.com> wrote in message
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> Need advice as to whether this is a good mobo/cpu/ram/vid combo:
>
> mobo: ASUS A8V (non-deluxe)
> cpu: AMD XP64 3500+
> vid: Radeon 9800 Pro
> ram: 1 gb OCZ PC 3700
> o/s: XP home
> sound: Audigy gamer
>
> I want to run Doom 3 at 1024x768, everything on high, and have it be
> smooth.
>
> Anybody think I should change mobos or get different ram? I'm pretty much
> set on the cpu.
>
that rig'll be fine for that. my brother played D3 at those settings on a
XP2400 (oc to Xp2600) with 1gb ddr
and a 9700pro (oc to 9800pro speeds) at 1024x768 high settings and it was
smooth.

 

[DaveL]

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You better set aside some money for a new OS. Doom3 requires XP or 2000.

DaveL


"BeingAnonymousMakesMeObnoxious" <comeon@dood.com> wrote in message
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>
> BeingAnonymousMakesMeObnoxious <cameonyou@dood.com> wrote in message
> news:41943668$0$20701$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
> > <comeonme@dood.com> wrote...
> > > /sick of dipshits with no useful information
> >
> > Don't be such a whiny pussy. If you want to build a system for Doom3,
God
> > knows why anyone would, then buy the video card that runs Doom3 best.
You
> > might want a fast hard drive too.
>
> I'm not building it for Doom 3 only. I just want current games to run as
> smooth as glass and Doom 3 is the most demanding as far as I know. So far
> I've only played the demo in 640 x 480 but I plan to set aside a weekend
to
> play the full game around Xmas, once I've got the new system.
>
>

 

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Sleepy wrote:
> that rig'll be fine for that. my brother played D3 at those settings on a
> XP2400 (oc to Xp2600) with 1gb ddr
> and a 9700pro (oc to 9800pro speeds) at 1024x768 high settings and it was
> smooth.
One mans smooth is another mans jerky.
I suggest running fraps (or similar) to see what frame rates you actually
get.

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STE ;¬!

 

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STE ;¬! <steven.davisNOSPAM@BABYblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Sleepy wrote:
> > that rig'll be fine for that. my brother played D3 at those settings on
a
> > XP2400 (oc to Xp2600) with 1gb ddr
> > and a 9700pro (oc to 9800pro speeds) at 1024x768 high settings and it
was
> > smooth.
> One mans smooth is another mans jerky.
> I suggest running fraps (or similar) to see what frame rates you actually
> get.

Careful with fraps... it has borked a couple hard disks that I know of. Do
NOT task switch while capturing video.

 

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DaveL <dave1027@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> You better set aside some money for a new OS. Doom3 requires XP or 2000.
>
> DaveL

I plan to get XP home and upgrade to 64-bit edition later, once they start
making 64-bit games.

 

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You'll need something faster than the 9800Pro. Even when coupled with a fast
CPU,(e.g. AthlonFX), the card still gets less than 50 fps in Demo001. There
are sections of the game that are far more demanding than the timedemo.

--
"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."


"BeingAnonymousMakesMeObnoxious" <comeon@dood.com> wrote in message
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> Need advice as to whether this is a good mobo/cpu/ram/vid combo:
>
> mobo: ASUS A8V (non-deluxe)
> cpu: AMD XP64 3500+
> vid: Radeon 9800 Pro
> ram: 1 gb OCZ PC 3700
> o/s: XP home
> sound: Audigy gamer
>
> I want to run Doom 3 at 1024x768, everything on high, and have it be
smooth.
>
> Anybody think I should change mobos or get different ram? I'm pretty much
> set on the cpu.
>
>

 

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First of One <daxinfx@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> You'll need something faster than the 9800Pro. Even when coupled with a
fast
> CPU,(e.g. AthlonFX), the card still gets less than 50 fps in Demo001.
There
> are sections of the game that are far more demanding than the timedemo.
>
Damn. I'll have to upgrade the video later, in the spring.

 

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I've got a 9800 Pro (overclocked to XT speeds) and a Barton 2800 running at
2.335 Ghz (1 gig PC3200) and I can't run D3 smoothly at 1024x768 w/2xAA, 8xAF,
high quality. Do you have AA turned off?

>that rig'll be fine for that. my brother played D3 at those settings on a
>XP2400 (oc to Xp2600) with 1gb ddr
>and a 9700pro (oc to 9800pro speeds) at 1024x768 high settings and it was
>smooth.


-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)

 

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Exactly. I get 31FPS in timedemo 1 @ 1024x768 w/my overclocked 9800 Pro, Barton
@ 2.335Ghz, 1gig PC3200 but the game is unplayably bad when I get to the first
hell boss or the last cyberdemon.

>You'll need something faster than the 9800Pro. Even when coupled with a fast
>CPU,(e.g. AthlonFX), the card still gets less than 50 fps in Demo001. There
>are sections of the game that are far more demanding than the timedemo.
>
>--
>"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
>It can therefore be said that politics is war without
>bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."


-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)