Comments on: Doom 3 Specs http://www.aelon.net/2004/07/doom-3-specs/ Random babblings from a few digitally inclined people Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:46:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Lord.Nagash http://www.aelon.net/2004/07/doom-3-specs/#comment-35 Tue, 03 Aug 2004 00:47:33 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2004/07/doom-3-specs/#comment-35 The new compression technique should definately become an industy standard. Maybe programs will stop becoming so ridiculously hardware intensive The new compression technique should definately become an industy standard. Maybe programs will stop becoming so ridiculously hardware intensive

]]> by: Holliday http://www.aelon.net/2004/07/doom-3-specs/#comment-27 Sat, 31 Jul 2004 14:59:25 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2004/07/doom-3-specs/#comment-27 From my experience with the alpha versions the [H]ard guys really hit the nail on the head about anti-aliasing. The first few times I played it I hadn't found the Config file someone added. So it just played with some defaults and was looking awesome. Later when i found the file it turned out I was running the game at 800x600 yet I barely noticed. With all the texture and lighting effects there is rarely jagged edges of high contrast. From my experience with the alpha versions the [H]ard guys really hit the nail on the head about anti-aliasing. The first few times I played it I hadn’t found the Config file someone added. So it just played with some defaults and was looking awesome. Later when i found the file it turned out I was running the game at 800×600 yet I barely noticed. With all the texture and lighting effects there is rarely jagged edges of high contrast.

]]> by: Cyrris http://www.aelon.net/2004/07/doom-3-specs/#comment-26 Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:41:02 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2004/07/doom-3-specs/#comment-26 <blockquote>Pretty cool; a friend of mine with a Radeon 9500, 384mb RAM and 1GHz processor can run it at high, on 800x600 with good frame rates.</blockquote> Now <i>that</i> is comforting. My specs are a good lot better than that, especially thanks to my video card's awesome overclock. One thing I also read in that article was that anti-aliasing wasn't so necessary, because of the dark atmosphere. That's also good news for me, because aliasing drives me nuts.

Pretty cool; a friend of mine with a Radeon 9500, 384mb RAM and 1GHz processor can run it at high, on 800×600 with good frame rates.

Now that is comforting. My specs are a good lot better than that, especially thanks to my video card’s awesome overclock. One thing I also read in that article was that anti-aliasing wasn’t so necessary, because of the dark atmosphere. That’s also good news for me, because aliasing drives me nuts.

]]> by: Hardflip http://www.aelon.net/2004/07/doom-3-specs/#comment-25 Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:28:50 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2004/07/doom-3-specs/#comment-25 Pretty cool; a friend of mine with a Radeon 9500, 384mb RAM and 1GHz processor can run it at high, on 800x600 with good frame rates. I'm also hearing stories of people running it on a 9800 Pro at 1600x1200 on high details with little slowdown. Obviously they must have a higher spec PC, but still, it sounds good. Pretty cool; a friend of mine with a Radeon 9500, 384mb RAM and 1GHz processor can run it at high, on 800×600 with good frame rates.

I’m also hearing stories of people running it on a 9800 Pro at 1600×1200 on high details with little slowdown. Obviously they must have a higher spec PC, but still, it sounds good.

]]> by: Holliday http://www.aelon.net/2004/07/doom-3-specs/#comment-24 Fri, 30 Jul 2004 21:12:53 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2004/07/doom-3-specs/#comment-24 Quite a good set of articles. Its nice how they show screenshots right next to each other instead of just talking about it. Also something you don't see much when comparing video cards is the 'big picture' style thinking. Which basically says that sure you'll notice certain things if you take screenshots and compare them, but in-game it won't even cross your mind. I am excited as hell now that its so close. Plus I'll be able to do High Settings at at least 1024x768. Too bad I won't be around August 3rd but I should pick it up around the 5th or 6th. Quite a good set of articles. Its nice how they show screenshots right next to each other instead of just talking about it. Also something you don’t see much when comparing video cards is the ‘big picture’ style thinking. Which basically says that sure you’ll notice certain things if you take screenshots and compare them, but in-game it won’t even cross your mind.

I am excited as hell now that its so close. Plus I’ll be able to do High Settings at at least 1024×768. Too bad I won’t be around August 3rd but I should pick it up around the 5th or 6th.

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