Doom 3 out early

[GeneralGrievous]

It's in their flyer for next week, flux. Available on Friday apparently, though I'll pricematch it somewhere else if I can.

 

[Marsumane]

I saw 30 er so of them in Walmart. In Fredonia NY. Nobody baught any yet as of 1pm today. So tempted to buy one, but im too poor

 

[ebat]

So any first impressions? How much space does it take on HDD and what drivers are you using 61.77?

My first impression is that it looks awesome but the sound for the machine gun is very weak.
Using 1.53 gig on my drive and I'm using the same drivers.

 

[gururu]

Originally posted by: ebat

So any first impressions? How much space does it take on HDD and what drivers are you using 61.77?

My first impression is that it looks awesome but the sound for the machine gun is very weak.
Using 1.53 gig on my drive and I'm using the same drivers.

there was a ton of them at the east side best buy(madison) left at 4:30pm. Just where Rollo said they were.
i used a 10% coupon too.

the game is very very dark, even with the brightness cranked up. Sucks that so much graphics power is used to generate the graphics only to have them blacked out. some graphics/driver engineer should figure out a way to drop the textures on 'darkened' spots to improve performance. i'm running 1024 high quality on a 9700pro. so far so good....

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: jpvrabec77
I'm from Madison too. any copies left at that store?

I'd say it's worth a trip to the East side.

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: jim1976

Originally posted by: Rollo
You're welcome, happy to help Gururu. I'm playing it 11X8 High Q, Quincunx, 8xAF.
This is one cool game!

So any first impressions?
How much space does it take on HDD and what drivers are you using 61.77?

61.45, 1.47GB

I've only shot my first handful of zombies and my impression is that I like this game better than any I have played for a very long time.

 

[jim1976]

the game is very very dark, even with the brightness cranked up. Sucks that so much graphics power is used to generate the graphics only to have them blacked out. some graphics/driver engineer should figure out a way to drop the textures on 'darkened' spots to improve performance. i'm running 1024 high quality on a 9700pro. so far so good....

61.45, 1.47GB

I've only shot my first handful of zombies and my impression is that I like this game better than any I have played for a very long time.

Damn,I was afraid of something like that especially in such a claustrophopic atmosphere that the game generates. That's why I prefer outdoor scenery in FPS. Anyway does it look like washed out when you crank up the brightness? What about dynamic lights and shadows? And is there any apparent bandwith problem with the textures?
Cmon gimme some clue...

 

[gururu]

Originally posted by: jim1976
Damn,I was afraid of something like that especially in such a claustrophopic atmosphere that the game generates. That's why I prefer outdoor scenery in FPS. Anyway does it look like washed out when you crank up the brightness? What about dynamic lights and shadows? And is there any apparent bandwith problem with the textures?
Cmon gimme some clue...

the brightness does cause some washing out of well lit textures. Not bad enough to complain about IMO. TONS of lighting and shadows. Best I've ever seen. A showcase only apparent in a pitch black room with lots of little moving/blinking light sources however.

i've not noticed any texturebandwidth problems aside from prolonged hiccups when entering doorways. level loading is a lot faster than farcry. takes up a lot less space than farcry. looks a lot better than indoor farcry levels.

 

[jim1976]

Originally posted by: gururu

Originally posted by: jim1976
Damn,I was afraid of something like that especially in such a claustrophopic atmosphere that the game generates. That's why I prefer outdoor scenery in FPS. Anyway does it look like washed out when you crank up the brightness? What about dynamic lights and shadows? And is there any apparent bandwith problem with the textures?
Cmon gimme some clue...

the brightness does cause some washing out of well lit textures. Not bad enough to complain about IMO. TONS of lighting and shadows. Best I've ever seen. A showcase only apparent in a pitch black room with lots of little moving/blinking light sources however.

i've not noticed any texturebandwidth problems aside from prolonged hiccups when entering doorways. level loading is a lot faster than farcry. takes up a lot less space than farcry. looks a lot better than indoor farcry levels.

Nice I will definately lose myself with the lighting/shadows. I still remember when I first saw Far Cry "Fort" level near the end of it,when you shooted the lamp with your gun :shocked:
That was amazing. I suspect D3 has to offer vast amounts of similar scenes....
Have you yet faced any huge sprite?

 

[gururu]

I killed a lot of zombies and one big humanoid muther with spider like eyes with a shotgun. i thought i would lose lots of frames with such a large encounter. was smooth as silk, but I did drop him pretty fast-two shots to the head and chest-cut him in half have only played about 15-20 minutes though. i stopped for a while because I've had a lingering headache all day. I'm hoping there is a wider varietiy of enemies/monsters than farcry.

 

[jim1976]

Originally posted by: gururu
I killed a lot of zombies and one big humanoid muther with spider like eyes with a shotgun. i thought i would lose lots of frames with such a large encounter. was smooth as silk, but I did drop him pretty fast-two shots to the head and chest-cut him in half have only played about 15-20 minutes though. i stopped for a while because I've had a lingering headache all day. I'm hoping there is a wider varietiy of enemies/monsters than farcry.

Nice njoy

 

[torpid]

As I suspected, the display is gone for doom3 on the E side of Madison. Don't bother going...

 

[jpvrabec77]

Originally posted by: Rollo

Originally posted by: jpvrabec77
I'm from Madison too. any copies left at that store?

I'd say it's worth a trip to the East side.

I made the trip. They pulled em all by 7:30! Oh welll....wait til tuesday now.

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: jpvrabec77

Originally posted by: Rollo

Originally posted by: jpvrabec77
I'm from Madison too. any copies left at that store?

I'd say it's worth a trip to the East side.

I made the trip. They pulled em all by 7:30! Oh welll....wait til tuesday now.

That bites. Oh well. Tuesday is not far off.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Rollo dont take offense but in all seriousness are you gonna bench it on the ol 5800U . Im interested to see how it does. Also does anyone know how it will run on a 5900XT OCed to 5900U speeds on a 2500+ @ 2.2. Should i be able to do a bit better than a 9800Pro. Thanks, also how would you rate the intensity, like have you turned a corner heard a thump and find a monster coming down from the ceiling or something. (I ask because i remember a screenshot with a monster hanging in the ceiling beams.

Basically im asking has it scared the living sh!t out of you at all yet ?

Happy Gaming

-Kevin

 

[Cawchy87]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Rollo dont take offense but in all seriousness are you gonna bench it on the ol 5800U . Im interested to see how it does. Also does anyone know how it will run on a 5900XT OCed to 5900U speeds on a 2500+ @ 2.2. Should i be able to do a bit better than a 9800Pro. Thanks, also how would you rate the intensity, like have you turned a corner heard a thump and find a monster coming down from the ceiling or something. (I ask because i remember a screenshot with a monster hanging in the ceiling beams.

Basically im asking has it scared the living sh!t out of you at all yet ?

Happy Gaming

-Kevin

Rollo sold that a while ago.

 

[Gamingphreek]

awww... that would have been an interesting review. Well then what about my other questions? Anyone able to answer them?

-Kevin

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Rollo dont take offense but in all seriousness are you gonna bench it on the ol 5800U . Im interested to see how it does. Also does anyone know how it will run on a 5900XT OCed to 5900U speeds on a 2500+ @ 2.2. Should i be able to do a bit better than a 9800Pro. Thanks, also how would you rate the intensity, like have you turned a corner heard a thump and find a monster coming down from the ceiling or something. (I ask because i remember a screenshot with a monster hanging in the ceiling beams.

Basically im asking has it scared the living sh!t out of you at all yet ?

Happy Gaming

-Kevin

I would never take offense to inquiries about the 5800U. I did not sell it, it's in my four year old's computer now. Unfortunately, he has Windows ME, which is no friend of Doom3. (but great for Reader Rabbit and Curious George)

I may try it on the 5800U, at this point I don't even know how to bench it.

I would rate the intensity as high. I've had a monster come running down the ceiling after me, seen one go running up a wall, etc..
You spend a lot of time creeping around in the dark listening to screaming and radio chatter- this game is teh roxor. Like being in a good horror movie.

PS Also very creepy is what seem like Tyrannosaurus footsteps in one area. I expected to run into a giant monster, but have not yet.

 

[Luthien]

guys you should be able to get Bestbuy to pricematch Circuitcity's sale price and not have to wait since Bestbuy has a 2 week pricematch guarantee so just tell them you will come back for your $10 if they wont do it NOW!

 

[Gamingphreek]

Thats incredible Rollo. I will be interested in seeing those 5800U screens if you get a chance, it would really show the benefits of a 256bit memory bus and just how "future proof" the 5800U actually was.

The game is gonna scare the sh!t outa me. If i see monster climbing up a wall into the darkness im gona start backing up and adopt a very gittery trigger finger .

Anyone know how it should run on my system yet. |H| didn't mention anything on my system yet. 512mb of DDR33 @ 3200 2500+ barton @ 2.2 and 5900XT. Should i be able to squeak out high quality 1024x768, noAA and 8xAF. Or am i just having some wishful thinking.

-Kevin

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Thats incredible Rollo. I will be interested in seeing those 5800U screens if you get a chance, it would really show the benefits of a 256bit memory bus and just how "future proof" the 5800U actually was.

The game is gonna scare the sh!t outa me. If i see monster climbing up a wall into the darkness im gona start backing up and adopt a very gittery trigger finger .

Anyone know how it should run on my system yet. |H| didn't mention anything on my system yet. 512mb of DDR33 @ 3200 2500+ barton @ 2.2 and 5900XT. Should i be able to squeak out high quality 1024x768, noAA and 8xAF. Or am i just having some wishful thinking.

-Kevin

I don't think the 5800U was "future proof", or that any card is. It should run Doom3 about as fast as a 5900XT though.

 

[gururu]

Originally posted by: Luthien
guys you should be able to get Bestbuy to pricematch Circuitcity's sale price and not have to wait since Bestbuy has a 2 week pricematch guarantee so just tell them you will come back for your $10 if they wont do it NOW!

i dunno, i ran in and out as fast as possible so as to avoid attention. i felt like i was committing a crime buying it:evil:

 

[Gamingphreek]

Well my XT is OCed to Ultra speeds. Dunno how i managed it on the 2.5ns RAM IIRC (Might be 2.8 but coolbits wouldn't do it i had to use riva tuner). Should i be able to run it on the settings im hoping for or am i just being thickheaded.

-Kevin

 

[gxsaurav]

Well, If U guys already got Doom 3 early I need some help, I m from India & Doom 3 will launch here on 20 August, I need to know how many CDs it comes in, what is the installation size for full install & is there a way not to install the Multiplayer part, I don't play multiplayer. Does it have the .pk3 files like quake or something else

 

[gururu]

Originally posted by: gxsaurav
Well, If U guys already got Doom 3 early I need some help, I m from India & Doom 3 will launch here on 20 August, I need to know how many CDs it comes in, what is the installation size for full install & is there a way not to install the Multiplayer part, I don't play multiplayer. Does it have the .pk3 files like quake or something else

3 cds and the install requires 1.5 gb. i don't recall an option for removing multiplayer.

on another note, the darned installation took ~1 hour. it was insane.