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[Algol]

I was thinking of pre ordering Doom 3, but I am just a little over the recommended requirements. In the past I have found that being at the recommended requirements doesn't get you very good performance. I have a 9800XT and 2GB of RAM, can I expect over 30fps with an average of around 40fps... if not i'm not going to order it. I think it will be sad if the only apple that can run this game well costs over 3000k!

[core.ross]

If you want to know how it runs wait until it is out and see other people reactions.

I have a Single 1.8Ghz G5, 2GB RAM, ATI 9600 XT 128MB. If it is playable on a Powerbook 1.5Ghz then I expect it to run ok on my Powermac.
If not I will in the future be getting a ATI X800 when the price drops.

[mrnintendoguy]

Algol, on February 26th 2005, 02:12 PM, said:

I was thinking of pre ordering Doom 3, but I am just a little over the recommended requirements. In the past I have found that being at the recommended requirements doesn't get you very good performance. I have a 9800XT and 2GB of RAM, can I expect over 30fps with an average of around 40fps... if not i'm not going to order it. I think it will be sad if the only apple that can run this game well costs over 3000k!

As far as I know, doom 3 runs well on a 1.5 PB, so it should run better on a 2.0G5 with a 9800Xt.
I would pre-order it now! (JMBO)

[Chaz]

I think a lot of people with G4-based hardware are going to be disappointed.   

I bought Doom 3 for my 1.7 Ghz Athlon/ATI9600 and could only get playable framerates at 640x480 with normal/bump mapping off. Turn that off and the monsters and envitonments lose that super detailed look and appear pretty blah.

Around that time I got a faster mobo and a 9700 which made the game a lot more decent looking, so I'm guessing that if you don't have a Radeon 9700 or better, you might want to check out a demo or someone else's copy before you buy it.

[lordofgain]

I haven't run any benches on Doom 3 on my PC yet but the game chose 1280x1024 at high settings and I added 2xAA to the mix and it is playing fine after I handled the driver issue.

P4 3.2
250GB SATA
9800 XT
2GB RAM

[AscheXL]

If it can run on my dual 2.0 G5 1g ram ati9600 then i'll be pissed

[Space_Pirate_Killer]

Why will you be pissed?

[Endymion]

Because he won't have a reason to upgrade then.

[AscheXL]

Haha, oops. That was a typo. I meant, if it CAN'T run on my setup, i'd be pissed. Spending over 4,000 on a computer 6 months ago that can't play a modern-day game is insane. So in other words, I expect this thing to handle it nicely or I'll be quite anoyed. I'm not even a big computer-gamer, it's just when you take the aforementioned into consideration, I have high expectations.

[Space_Pirate_Killer]

Thanks for clearing that up

Im pretty sure it will run on your system because its got the recommended system requirements, according to the Aspyr Game Agent.

[Algol]

A single 2Ghz G5 seems to be equal to about a 3Ghz P4... but who knows how well they will have ported it and optimized it for the Mac. I'm guess Doom 3 is a lot more GPU intensive than CPU intensive anyway. And of course with a dual CPU system you have one CPU to do the sound. I don't know though the specs are worrying me. I hope I can play it well or I'm going to be pissed. haha I'm not even a big gamer I just want to see the pretty graphics lol

[Algol]

So you think I should go ahead and order a copy then? Is Doom 3 going to be altivec aware?

[flargh]

Algol, on February 27th 2005, 04:55 AM, said:

A single 2Ghz G5 seems to be equal to about a 3Ghz P4

No, it's not. At least not when it comes to gaming.

[Malus121]

Its not but it should be....

[PeopleLikeFrank]

Algol, on February 28th 2005, 03:32 PM, said:

So you think I should go ahead and order a copy then? Is Doom 3 going to be altivec aware?

I would say yes. I would feel even safer ordering it with an X800 in there, but I think what you've got should play it decently, if not at the highest settings. If you're already interested in the game, then there's no reason given your system why you shouldn't order it now. If, however, you're only marginally interested, then perhaps you should wait until the price drops, or until some better games get made with the engine.

[Joe M.]

Order it, Algol. Your 9800XT is more than enough to play Doom 3 at 1280x1024 on medium settings. You could probably crank up the AA and AF a bit at 1024x768 on that machine -- it'll run great! Just stay away from the highest settings, which require something like a 512 mb video card to load the high res textures.

Really, if you have a recent computer (G5) and its graphics card isn't a cheapo Nvidia 5200, you should run D3 fine. Fiddling with the settings may be  necessary for optimum performance but it will be playable and you will (hopefully) love it.

[Algol]

flargh, on February 28th 2005, 07:07 PM, said:

No, it's not. At least not when it comes to gaming.

Actually in my experience it is about the same... at least with the comparisons I have made with 3Ghz and above _4s

[GlendaAdams]

Algol, on February 28th 2005, 01:32 PM, said:

So you think I should go ahead and order a copy then? Is Doom 3 going to be altivec aware?

Yes, Doom 3 does have Altivec specific optimizations on the Mac.

Glenda

[Malus121]

Wow thats awsome, any idea how much of a difference it makes? I suppose any mac fast enough to run the game has Altavic, but i'd still be curious as to just how much it helps.  Also, in general would you say the game is more optimized for the G4, G5, or neither/both.
Anyway I look forward to seeing this port.

[the Battle Cat]

Hot damn!