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"AAA" <artform@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Allan Martin" <Intuit_Man@CPA.com> wrote in message
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> > "I am Doomed" <Old_and_Tired_Doomer_Head@Doomered.org> wrote in
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> > > I just concluded my present setup is just too old to handle doom3.
> I
> > > got into the cheats.  The moment the graphics get heavy, doom3
> > > crashes.  Doom3 pushes the system beyond its capacity.  I have a
> three
> > > year old P4 Dell 1.8 Gig, 256 meg SDRAM, and a Nvidia GetForce 2 MX
> > > with 64 meg video card.  It is just to expensive to upgrade the card
> > > and RAM to handle the game.  I think it would be cheaper to wait
> until
> > > the game comes out on XBox.  The pc is just to old to spend that
> kind
> > > of money on.
> > >
> > > I just uninstalled doom3 from the pc.
> >
> >
> > Look on the bright side. If every new game was designed to play on
> older
> > machines the only game we would have to play would be pong.
> >
>
> For the cost of upgrading (just a video card) $450 + $55 (GAME). I will
> be able to buy a X-Box + the game in November. (Just 2.5 months away)
> And from what I read the game isn't that great, IMHO, very dark most of
> the time. Why buy a $450 card to look at a black screen?
>

Why would you buy a $450 video card for that CPU?  A Radeon 9800 Pro or 9700
Pro will do you fine and it's around $150-160 for the 9700 Pro and slightly
higher for the next step up.  Anything else would be held back by the CPU,
and with that card you should be able to play Doom 3 at 800 by 600 at Medium
details which looks really good, despite what the numbers would tell you.
Doom 3 on the XBOX will just not be able to provide the same amount of
detail you'll be able to see on the PC, and the keyboard/mouse control.