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Article #86097Re: DOOM 3 Sucks!!
From: Joh Doe
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 01:49
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 01:49
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Well I turned off all AA and specular lighting and all is well now. I thing the specular lighting was the issue and hopefully a new driver set and game patch will correct that so I can have all the eye candy. Thanks for help guys... Sam... On 6 Aug 2004 11:37:36 -0700, stvyrayvhn@aol.com (Larry) wrote: >I had the same problem with my laptop running an ATI mobility Radeon >9700 card. I downloaded drivers off of www.omegadrivers.net > >The game has been running perfectly since then. > > >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!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!63.223.4.70!c01.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!81b806cd!not-for-mail From: Joh Doe <none@none.net> Newsgroups: alt.games.doom Subject: Re: DOOM 3 Sucks!! Message-ID: <e5d8h010g6tfbcusfq11jekbfdnu149sv2@4ax.com> References: <8ce6h01dj6v85ttl82a6fr6pjepq8m3aip@4ax.com> <3f750cc7.0408061037.45a0a50f@posting.google.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 52 Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 01:49:55 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.91.28.113 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net 1091843395 69.91.28.113 (Fri, 06 Aug 2004 18:49:55 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 18:49:55 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit