On (2005-02-09 10:58), Holly Bostick wrote: > James Hiscock wrote: > >>There is no game out there that uses 256 of onboard graphics ram. > > > >I take it you haven't bothered looking at the requirements for Doom3, > >huh? In the highest quality mode, it _requires_ a 512MB video card -- > >basically because the textures are all loaded uncompressed... > > > >...it's silly... > > > Yes, especially since there is no such card available to the best of > my knowledge (find me a link to a buyable card with 512MB onboard RAM). > > Where are you getting this from? According to the Activision support > (and the Id Software page): > > What are the minimum system requirements? > Answer > Minimum System Requirements > English version of Microsoft?? Windows?? 2000/XP > Pentium?? 4 1.5 GHz or Athlon(tm) XP 1500+ processor > 384MB RAM > 8x Speed CD-ROM drive (1200KB/sec sustained transfer rate) and latest > drivers > 2.2GB of uncompressed free hard disk space (plus 400MB for Windows?? swap > file) > 100% DirectX?? 9.0b compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers > 100% Windows?? 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers > DirectX?? 9.0b (included) > 3D hardware Accelerator Card Required - 100% DirectX?? 9.0b compatible > 64MB Hardware Accelerated video card and the latest drivers. > > *Important Note: Some 3D accelerator cards with the chipset listed here > may not be compatible with the 3D accelerator features utilized by Doom > 3. Please refer to your hardware manufacturer for 100% DirectX 9.0b > compatibility. This product does not support Microsoft?? Windows?? > 95/98/ME or NT. > > Supported Chipsets > > ATI?? Radeon 8500 > ATI?? Radeon 9000 > ATI?? Radeon 9200 > ATI?? Radeon 9500 > ATI?? Radeon 9600 > ATI?? Radeon 9700 > ATI?? Radeon 9800 > All Nvidia?? GeForce 3/Ti series > All Nvidia?? GeForce 4MX series > All Nvidia?? GeForce 4/Ti series > All Nvidia?? GeForce FX series > Nvidia?? GeForce 6800 series > > > And on a personal note, my bf can play Doom 3 (under Windows; I can't > get it to run, myself) on HQ settings with an ATI 9600 Pro; he doesn't, > because it's a bit choppy, but that may also be due to his (slowish) > Celeron or the fact that he runs the software router on our network (so > any I-net use by me slows his PC down), as well as the fact that the > video card is not the highest-powered version. > > Maybe you mean 512MB system RAM (which most likely is the recommended > minimum for HQ settings), or maybe you'd need such a video card (if one > existed) to play Doom 3 Multiplayer at 1600x1200, but otherwise, I think > you're mistaken. > > Holly > > -- > [email protected] mailing list >
I'm not sure I'll even buy and ATI card again. It gave me trouble on both windows and linux. It never seemed safe to just get the latest drivers for windows. You would have to FIND a stable version in the archives. In linux, I would lock my entire machine to the point that I couldn't even ssh in to try and correct things. To top it off, on linux, performance was also sub-par. Do yourself a major favor and buy NVIDIA. I Have a Chaintech 5700 LE and have had 0 problems after initally setting it up, which was amazingly easy with gentoo. It also plays Doom3 rather well on the lower settings. If you want more kick than the 5700 LE, buy something better, but it's seems to be a great card for the money to me. Dave -- I know how to do SPECIAL EFFECTS!!
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