Think any tech sites will get DOOM 3 and run a hardware review before the official release date?

[Dismal]

There's been lots of talk lately about which card to get and what will be best with the game.. and of course, nobody really knows for sure until they have the game. But I've been wondering since PC Gamer got an advanced copy, I wonder if any tech sites will also and let people know what to throw their money towards for upgrades.

I, myself, want to get whatever card will play it smoothly topped out settings-wise with a decent resolution/AA/AF. I was thinking 6800 ultra, but they're next to impossible to find and pretty expensive. GT might seem the way to go but I don't think I could buy one without seeing how the game does with it.

 

[kylebisme]

i'm sure xbit will bench it as soon as the warez comunity gets ahold of a copy.

 

[klah]

Originally posted by: TheSnowman
i'm sure xbit will bench it as soon as the warez comunity gets ahold of a copy.

lol!

It's funny because it is true.

 

[DeathByDuke]

heh, no doubt

 

[thegimp03]

Haha!

 

[imported_Nacelle]

I read in PC gamer that no current computer will play Doom3 maxed out. The highest texture setting would require over 500mb of Video memory.

 

[Dismal]

yeah, I saw that too. I meant to say the normal "high setting" I guess.. I forget what PC Gamer called the even higher setting.. extreme or something.

 

[McArra]

Originally posted by: Nacelle
I read in PC gamer that no current computer will play Doom3 maxed out. The highest texture setting would require over 500mb of Video memory.

That's crazy, and I think Carmack is an insane guy... It's stupid to have a 500mb requirement...

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: McArra
That's crazy, and I think Carmack is an insane guy... It's stupid to have a 500mb requirement...

I don't see what's so odd about it....developers target the technology that will be top end when they envision their game shipping...512MB cards are expected this fall, so Id was a little early....no big deal.


You also have to understand that each texture (and it's needed info) in Doom 3 takes up a good bit more space than a regular texture. There's the texture itself, then the normal map, then the specular map, etc....I remember Tim Willits stating somewhere that the art for Doom 3 requires about 5x the effort to make as a standard texture, and requires about 3x the space to store all the different mapping information in addition to it. That would certainly explain the large amount of desired memory.

 

[imported_Nacelle]

It's not a requirement. It's really quite awsome. Where will hardware be in a couple of years? Maybe 512mb card will be the standard. Think of how long Doom3 will be used as a benchmark.

 

[kylebisme]

Originally posted by: McArra
That's crazy, and I think Carmack is an insane guy... It's stupid to have a 500mb requirement...

Carmack is actually quite level headed and the decision is a smart one. on the other hand, you seem rather irrational and dence.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: McArra

Originally posted by: Nacelle
I read in PC gamer that no current computer will play Doom3 maxed out. The highest texture setting would require over 500mb of Video memory.

That's crazy, and I think Carmack is an insane guy... It's stupid to have a 500mb requirement...

Here's a different perspective, some do their best to future-proof their systems, He does his best to future-proof his games

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER

Originally posted by: McArra

Originally posted by: Nacelle
I read in PC gamer that no current computer will play Doom3 maxed out. The highest texture setting would require over 500mb of Video memory.

That's crazy, and I think Carmack is an insane guy... It's stupid to have a 500mb requirement...

Here's a different perspective, some do their best to future-proof their systems, He does his best to future-proof his games

He probably does it for "crazy" reasons like not being able to code a new engine every year, and hoping to be able to license them for a couple years so he can keep earning money from his work past the first few months it's done, right Punisher?


It's wacky how he might want to make money off the last five year's work* for the next two.


*guesstimate, I can't remember when he started this project

 

[Regs]

PCgamer a few months ago also recommended a 2.8 Ghz or 3.0 Ghz AMD, which you might all ready know, does not exist.

 

[kylebisme]

Originally posted by: Rollo
He probably does it for "crazy" reasons like not being able to code a new engine every year, and hoping to be able to license them for a couple years so he can keep earning money from his work past the first few months it's done, right Punisher?


It's wacky how he might want to make money off the last five year's work* for the next two.


*guesstimate, I can't remember when he started this project

you are confusing the requirements of the game with the requirements of the engine. while it is true that doom3 will reuqire upwards of 500mb of video memory to be run in its highest detail, one could easly take the engine and make a game that would use no more than 16mb or upwards of 1000mb of video ram.


however, what is going in this situation a matter of provideing the best image quality for current hardware; and to do so, texure compresson is employed. uncompressed, the textures need more ram than avalable on current cards; hence the 500mb figure for the highest quality mode.

 

[Dismal]

Originally posted by: Regs
PCgamer a few months ago also recommended a 2.8 Ghz or 3.0 Ghz AMD, which you might all ready know, does not exist.

haha

 

[KnickNut3]

Originally posted by: Dismal

Originally posted by: Regs
PCgamer a few months ago also recommended a 2.8 Ghz or 3.0 Ghz AMD, which you might all ready know, does not exist.

haha

Original writer probably (hopefully) put them as 2800+ or 3000+, but an ignorant copy editor took it out last minute for space considerations.

 

[Evdawg]

im extremely impressed with his ability to push the advance of hardware...

lately, a 9800XT/5950 can run every game maxed out.... that means there's no REAL need for a higher end graphics card. He's gonna push the hardware vendors (nv/ati/amd/intel) to come out with their new stuff faster because his game requires it and everybody wants to play it =)

thats just my thoughts

 

[Spudd]

Originally posted by: KnickNut3

Originally posted by: Dismal

Originally posted by: Regs
PCgamer a few months ago also recommended a 2.8 Ghz or 3.0 Ghz AMD, which you might all ready know, does not exist.

haha

Original writer probably (hopefully) put them as 2800+ or 3000+, but an ignorant copy editor took it out last minute for space considerations.

I doubt it. Putting in 3.0 Ghz is longer than 3000+. Five spots to 7 spots. Hehe.

 

[Tab]

I would hope AnAndTech would. I wish they would have a lowest FPS, Average FPS and highest FPS. Maybe a graph of the game played for a half-hour so we could see how much the game would start to choke like HardOCP? Anyway, thats what I really want. Not to mention I'd like a 3200+ AMD XP with a 9600XT and 9800XT and a 9700 Pro along with all the other new cards.

 

[Badjokesben]

I read that this game has insane scalability. A GeForce 4 MX can run it with few hiccups, while the highest settings cannot even be played with next gen hardware. I cannot wait.