Doom 3 worth it on my rig?

[squoibymox]

XP 2400, gig of PC2100 RAM, TI-4600 128 meg videocard.

Is Doom 3 even worth buying for this system?

Lowered options I don't mind, but maybe this would just be completely unplayable no matter what on my system...

[chriswhitelaw]

anything possible if you only believe it is

My specs:

P4 2.0A@2.45
512MB PC2700
9600XT 128MB

[mobo57]

It'll work fine. Just use the tweaks suggested and adjust to a good frame rate. MSR:
Minimum System Requirements:

· English version of Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP
· Pentium® 4 1.5 GHz or Athlon(tm) XP 1500+ processor
· 384MB RAM
· 8x Speed CD-ROM drive (1200KB/sec sustained transfer rate) and latest drivers
· 2.2GB of uncompressed free hard disk space (plus 400MB for Windows® swap file)
· 100% DirectX® 9.0b compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers
· 100% Windows® 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers
· DirectX® 9.0b (included)
· 3D hardware Accelerator Card Required - 100% DirectX® 9.0b compatible 64MB Hardware Accelerated video card and the latest drivers.
o ATI® Radeon 8500
o ATI® Radeon 9000
o ATI® Radeon 9200
o ATI® Radeon 9500
o ATI® Radeon 9600
o ATI® Radeon 9700
o ATI® Radeon 9800
o All Nvidia® GeForce 3/Ti series
o All Nvidia® GeForce 4MX series
o All Nvidia® GeForce 4/Ti series
o All Nvidia® GeForce FX series
o Nvidia® GeForce 6800 series

Multiplayer Requirements:

· Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP) play supported
· Internet play requires broadband connection and latest drivers
· LAN play requires network interface card and latest drivers
· Six pairs of clean underwear for each hour of play

[Magua]

Well a game finally came along that kills my home computer :(

Geforce 2 Ultra 64mb, 1.7GHz P4, 640MB Ram

This rig ran Far Cry quite decently with the settings low, but Doom3 at 640x480 and everything low averages about 15fps, and bottoms out around 5 in heavy fighting. Basicly unplayable.

I go back to my real computer in another couple of weeks, and im trying not to get too far into it until I get to play it on a good computer. Ill replace this one next summer most likely.......

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Squoibymox, with lowered detail and a little bit of tweaking the system should be able to manage

--Jakk:t

[squoibymox]

Well gave it a shot and it's playable but pretty borderline. I suspect later levels will be unplayable though.

That's 2 games now that are crying for hardware upgrades - all I need is one more for the magic number of 3 lol.

[RamonGTP]

I think just for kicks, i'm gonna try this game on the box I put together with spare parts. Duron 700@933, (i'll see if I can't squeeze a bit more out of it) 512MB ram, 128mb 128bit Radeon 9200. About the only decent piece on this PC is the board which is an EPoX 8RDA+.