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Article #86092Re: DOOM 3 Sucks!!
From: Andy
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 08:56
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 08:56
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Ive had no problem at all. running a geforce FX video card though.. Good luck on a fix buddy. Andy. "Joh Doe" <none@none.net> wrote in message news:8ce6h01dj6v85ttl82a6fr6pjepq8m3aip@4ax.com... > I was and still am a huge fan of id but I have spent 40 hours trying > to get Doom 3 to run on my machine. I had a fresh updated Install of > XP waiting for the Doom 3 arrival. All updates applied. No crap > overhead software running or clutter on HDD. Latest MB bios/sound > drivers/video drivers...even tried Doom 3 hot fix ATI drivers and > games just keeps on crashing...I have been building PC's for years and > I have scoured the net for fixes and tried them all. Nothing keeps > game from crashing. I can't enjoy it one bit. 600 bucks in upgrades > and 60 plus for the game..add tax and it's close to 800 bucks for a > game I can't play for shit. Activision has crap answers to all the > problems popping up. I am happy for the people who have it running > fine..Hope a patch works...I guess I'l l start playing checkers chess > for fun.... > Anyway my system is as follows... > > MSI 865 PE Neo 2 > Intel P4 3.0 > 1 gig ram > 36 gig WD SATA HDD > Plextor PX-708A DVD burner > ATI X 800 pro video card > Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS > Antec 550W power supply > No overclocking going on and extra video colling fans x2... > > Sign me waiting for a patch and pissed off...Benevolent souls with a > clue can post any fixes they have here if you like... > > Peace to all... > Sam >
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!internal1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!newsfeed01.tsnz.net!news!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!ken-transit.news.telstra.net!lon-spool.news.telstra.net!lon-in.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Andy" <andy_email2002@yahoo.com.au> Newsgroups: alt.games.doom References: <8ce6h01dj6v85ttl82a6fr6pjepq8m3aip@4ax.com> Subject: Re: DOOM 3 Sucks!! Lines: 42 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Message-ID: <gJHQc.35979$K53.16186@news-server.bigpond.net.au> Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 08:56:44 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.45.236.105 X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1091782604 203.45.236.105 (Fri, 06 Aug 2004 18:56:44 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 18:56:44 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit