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Article #86508Re: computer capable of running Doom3 at full detail?
From: JJO
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 21:38
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 21:38
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In addition to the other posts....memory memory memory. I would strongly recommend at least a GB of RAM and maybe 1.5 GB even better. I never thought I would see the day I would recommend that much RAM to run a game. The 512MB days seem to be long gone now. Regards, JJO "Bootstrap Bill" <wrcousert@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:TuuRc.112385$eM2.104172@attbi_s51... > I'm thinking about building a new computer. > > What would be the minimum configuration for playing Doom 3 with everything > on at the highest resolution? > > > On a related note, back in the days of the voodoo 2, you could use two of > them to nearly double your frame rate. Would it be possible to do the same > thing today with modern graphic cards? Could two cheap cards equal the > performance of a top of the line card? > > -- > Bill Cousert > bill@cousert.com > www.cousert.com > > > "It's easy enough to be pleasant, when life hums along like a song. > But the man worth while is the man who can smile when > everything goes dead wrong.". > >
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