Doom 3 Hardware Guide Debuts

Nosf3ratu writes "Over at HardOCP, the boys have teamed up with id software again to publish the Official Doom 3 Hardware Guide. As the guide states: 'With the prospect of so many new people being brought into gaming by DOOM 3, there will likely be a lot of questions regarding the computer hardware needed to support it.'"

Laptop Upgrade

[Drewser]

This means I have to upgrade my laptop now to be able to play in class.

Re:Sweeeeeet.

[Anonymous Coward]

Your TNT2 is no match for my Tseng Labs ET4000! Or my Western Digital 90C31! SUCK IT DOWN!!!!11!!!

Re:Sweeeeeet.

[zedmelon]

Informative.

Don't we have a mod for "+1, Efficiently Sidesteps Sarcasm?"

No WAY, man! My TNT card has never let me down yet! Wagons Ho! still looks as great as it did in '95!

Re:Heh heh

[Anonymous Coward]

wow, you are incredibley CHEAP

fucking poor morons who cant afford the latest hardware

yourj ust like that win98fag earlier

Hardware guide?

[FerretFrottage]

1. Chainsaw
2. Boomstick
3. Super boomstick
4. Chaingun
5. Rockets launcher
6. Plasma gun
7. BFG
and a bit of armor

what more do you need?

Aren't they standard issue for all Space Marines?

I'm glad there were screen shots...

[MattRog]

Even looking at the configuration screen shots gave me a little wood: I can't imagine the unparalleled joy I will feel when I start it for the first time.

I suspect one of these things will occur:
1) my heart will stop for two or three seconds when I hear the first 5.1 audio
2) my bladder will burst from playing through the entire game in one marathon 54 hour session
3) I will immediately develop carpal tunnel and a permanent curved spine from sitting in my computer chair
4) My eyes will melt in their sockets like the Nazis in Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
5) all of the above

BRING IT ON

Re:And on the software front...

[Ford Prefect]

Isn't that a sign that it might be time to move away from '98 then?

Quite probably. I'll be building a new PC pretty soon, and it'll probably have something 'hip' and 'modern' like Windows 2000 for games...

Stuff like the Halo Editing Kit [cortana.org] and the version of Softimage XSI for Half-Life 2 [softimage.com] needs an NT-based operating system anyway, so I really should upgrade. :-)

Anyone know where I can get Win2000 cheaply in the UK? Suprnova need not apply...

Re:And on the software front...

[Anonymous Coward]

Thief 3 wasn't supported on Win9x/ME either. Turns out it the biggest problem was the inclusion of the executable icon using an ordinal OOB on Win9x!

Re:New Hardware

[Rolo Tomasi]

Dunno, but I think you'll see a sharp rise in street muggings by desperate geeks ...

Spoiler alert!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Gnnnnnnh! By God, please don't read the article if you are a spoiler-sensitive person. The fps-graph clearly indicates the locations of monsters as the article describes how "some heavy action that requires the video card to draw several monsters at one time, the frame rate can drop down". Thankfully I didn't look at the x-axis too carefully. Be cautious, people! This article may truly be the demise of your Doom3 experience!

Re:Laptop Upgrade

[phalse phace]

Just slap a couple of stickers on it, paint a racing strip across it, or ad one of 'em cathode [thinkgeek.com] lights [thinkgeek.com]to it. Should increase your frame rate ten fold.

Doom 4 will have holosuite quality graphics

[alen]

That's right. If you have a star trek holosuite you will be able to have the ultimate Doom experience, up to having your own heart attack from the realism.

Re:Sweeeeeet.

[Txiasaeia]

The lack of T will definitely hurt; I'm just trying to figure out what "L" is and how it relates to "A."

The report said nothing

[foidulus]

about the benefits of speed holes. I put a few in my machine and I am rip roaring ready to go!

yeah, but...

[Anonymous Coward]

...will it have live action porn stars in the transitions, like Wing Commander?

Re:New Hardware

[ostiguy]

AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

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ostiguy bangs head repeatedly against desk

Re:I'm glad there were screen shots...

[Otter]

I'd urge to you to spend the next few months finding a girlfriend and bringing things to at least the "...for better or for worse, in sickness or in health..." stage.

Priceless

[john_smith_45678]

* Doom 3 - $50
* New system to run Doom 3 - $650-100+
* Not realizing the irony of this - priceless

Re:Sweeeeeet.

[Anonymous Coward]

The lack of T will definitely hurt; I'm just trying to figure out what "L" is and how it relates to "A."

The L stands for lighting. Depending on the quality of the T&A, you may or may not want L. If T&A is low quality, you definately don't want any L. If there is no T&A, the L is a moot point.

Re:Quake 3 Icon

[Lispy]

Yeah, at least an overall Doom Icon would be appropriate. Or an id-icon, if it is for webspace forget about he Compaq icon, they were bought by HP a year ago. While you're at it please update the Ximian Icon with a Novell logo, the Palm III icon with a Tungsten and pleeeease the GNOME icon with a GNOME2 icon. Thank you...