That would require replacing my Intel based mother board. :doubt:Quote:
Originally Posted by kbuchanan
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That would require replacing my Intel based mother board. :doubt:Quote:
Originally Posted by kbuchanan
I am not.Quote:
Originally Posted by dave is ok
Athlon 64 3500,
1 gig of ram
160GB harddrive space
256MB Radeon 9600
Eh the radeon is a little sub par though.
Bring this shit on.
I was actually planning on heading up to Fry's next weekend to get the stuff for building a new comp (my Celeron 400 w/GeForce II MX apparently won't be able to run Doom III).
Anyways, was looking to build this comp:
Athlon XP 2600+
Gig of RAM
GeForce FX 5700 (256MB RAM)
I hope it'll run the Doom w/spiciness but...well, I'm kinda worried about the 5700. Should I go for a higher model (5900?) with lower RAM or what? I've been out of the computer gaming hobby for awhile (Celeron 400!), what with the ease-of-use of an Xbox, so I'd appreciate any thoughts. The system also needs to run Dark Age of Camelot (a buddy's getting me into it) and maybe City of Heroes.
some 5900's can be overclocked to 5950 speeds but if you can i would definately go for a 6800 non ultra. at $289 on newegg its the best bang for the buck atm. skip the 5700. while better than the 5200 mentioned earlier it also wil never fully utilize the 256 megs onboard and you would just be wasting your money.
I'd say he's going for more price/performance, in which case you might want to check out the Radeon 9800 pro.
I'm personally waiting on the 6800gt to drop in price to a more reasonable level, but meanwhile, I'll be plenty content to play it on my ti4600 at medium detail 8x6 or so. Checking out the screenshots confirmed that blowing three to five hundred on a new video card isn't even remotely needed at the moment, and I have the cpu and ram ready for the next gen card.
ive heard the gt's overclock real nice to ultra levels.
http://www2.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjQ0
WARNING: LONG READ!
But very well worth it.
Their main conclusion is to go for a machine that can display high-quality at 1024x768, as past that you won't really see much of a difference higher than that. HOWEVER, even with the lowest spec machine the game looks fantastic, so if you meet the bare minimum, get this game.
Yep, price is definitely a factor. So a 256MB 5700 won't ever use the ram? Hm. Maybe I'll go with a 128 MB 5900 (looking to spend no more than $200 on the vid card so a 6800 is OUT).Quote:
Originally Posted by Victrix
Yeah, I'd like an ATI card (mostly for HL2 which apparently blows on nVidia cards) but a buddy tells me their drivers aren't always the best (compared to nVidia's) and I like ease-of-use.
Anyways, got the latest PCGamer today and saw some ads for some decent systems for around $1K. More than I wanted to spend ($600 or so) but I wouldn't have to put it together myself. I think that'd be fun but it will also be frustrating. Maybe I'll get a custom rig for more money. *channels Homer Simpson* "But I want it now!"
Gah! Reading that PCG was torture! :lol:
D3 can use the 256 memory. I'd recommend the 9800 pro over the 57 or 5900.
I'd be very surprised if you had any problems with a recent ATI card
You have a couple of options but... lemme put it like this. If you don't know a lot about building your own computer, spare yourself and a friend or relative the pain of having them build it. You will inevitably go to them for tech support, and the bad blood that will brew is no good.
One option would be to buy a barebones system from one of the online retailers, and just adding the few parts that it needs to complete. If you already have some parts from a previous computer (even case, monitor, kb/mouse, etc), you can save yourself some cash that way, and there are a LOT of good cheap parts out there right now.
Another option would be shopping for a used computer. Ebay might work, but I'd be slightly wary of that, simply due to unintentional ignorance on the part of the seller. A local person selling their old comp might work better.
In either case though, if you're not comfortable trouble shooting yourself, you might run into issues. Then again, I've always found call in tech support to be #@$@$ useless, and you're better off just learning to fix it yourself ;)
Yeah, I was planning on transferring the little things (sound, KB, monitor, etc) from my current system. And I'd like to think that between my brother (degree in Comp Sci) and I we could handle any problems that WILL arise.
I *like* working on my comp and it'd be fun to do it together w/my brother. I just know I'm going to get pissed when I'm putting it together and that unopened copy of Doom 3 is sitting there while I'm spending a couple hours troubleshooting something that should've worked in the first place.
I'd also like to be able to say, "I did it." But I dunno. I think I'll shop around the specialty gamer comp sites and see what can be done on the cheap. Maybe save the do-it-yourself action for a time down the road when I've got plenty of room (and time!) to spare.