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Article #86116Re: DOOM 3 Sucks!!
From: Rob
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:38
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:38
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>>From what I've seen everywhere, try one or all of these: * Clean installation of your drivers (Uninstall, run a clean-utility, install new drivers). * Install DirectX 9.0c. * Disable ATI's VPU Recover. 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!news.glorb.com!postnews2.google.com!not-for-mail From: rc@kc.rr.com (Rob) Newsgroups: alt.games.doom Subject: Re: DOOM 3 Sucks!! Date: 12 Aug 2004 08:38:10 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 43 Message-ID: <82dbcada.0408120738.5791589f@posting.google.com> References: <8ce6h01dj6v85ttl82a6fr6pjepq8m3aip@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 159.140.254.10 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1092325090 5440 127.0.0.1 (12 Aug 2004 15:38:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:38:10 +0000 (UTC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit