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On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 14:37:36 GMT, "LoTekGuru"
<lotekguru@NOSPAMinsightbb.com> wrote:

>Joh Doe wrote:
>> 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
>
>
>What version video drivers are you using?  I've read that the Catalyst 4.9
>drivers don't work so good, you might try downloading an earlier version
>(4.7 is the latest _official_ release) and see if that fixes your problem.
>
>FWIW, I'm running it fine with:
>Athlon XP-M 2500+ oc'd to 2.2 ghz
>Asus A7N8X-Deluxe
>512MB Corsair XMS memory, dual channel
>Radeon 9500 Pro, oc'd to 9700 speed
>Maxtor 80GB SATA hard drive
>and cooling fans (2 intake, 2 exhaust, 1 blowing right on the vid card)
>
>As you (hopefully!) know from building PCs for many years, there's always
>the possibility that you might have  a piece of bad hardware, too.  Might
>want to do some testing for general system stability first using MemTest98
>and Prime95 to test memory and CPU... and maybe some 3Dmark runs to make
>sure your video card is ok, if the first 2 run without problems

Sorry to hear about your situation.  This one's a long shot, but what
about the Sound Blaster Audigy vs. ATI video card?  I thought there
was some kind of difficulty between the two?  I was on ATI's site last
week and rememer seeing they had a page focused on it. 

Let us know if that turns out to be the problem, and good luck getting
it ironed out one way or the other.

bmcky

Boston, MA