Doom 3 To Require Win 2000, Win Xp
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Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
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<div class="IPBDescription">Just so you nubs know...</div>From <a href='http://www.planetdoom.com' target='_blank'>PlanetDOOM</a>:<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Well there have been rumours flying around lately that DOOM 3 would not be able to run on computers that have Windows 98 or Windows 98SE as their operating systems. Since we here at planetDOOM dislike rumours in all shapes and sizes, we went straight to the horses mouth so to speak and asked Activision themselves. The reply we got was that it is confirmed and indeed true that DOOM 3 will only run on Windows machines that have windows 2000 or XP and not lower.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not that big of an issue anyway, as if you have a PC fast enough to run DOOM 3 even at the min specs WinXP is actually faster than win98, but I know how some people like to cling to the old way of things.
(For those that are wondering, yes ME is included w/ 98 and 95 in the not working category)
Not that big of an issue anyway, as if you have a PC fast enough to run DOOM 3 even at the min specs WinXP is actually faster than win98, but I know how some people like to cling to the old way of things.
(For those that are wondering, yes ME is included w/ 98 and 95 in the not working category)
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Not that big of an issue anyway, as if you have a PC fast enough to run DOOM 3 even at the min specs WinXP is actually faster than win98, but I know how some people like to cling to the old way of things.
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Good to know. I hope you realize DOOM that we expect you to have all the big info on this, right?
Not that big of an issue anyway, as if you have a PC fast enough to run DOOM 3 even at the min specs WinXP is actually faster than win98, but I know how some people like to cling to the old way of things.
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Anyone that is still using ME, probably can't play games because of all the OS bugs, driver problems and BSoD, so like they could anyways.. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Like this would be a problem anyways, most game players I know of either play on XP, 2k or some version of LINUX.
People still use ME? I didn't know you <i>COULD</i> use ME. Last comp I used where it had ME I managed to start word before it crashed. Barely.
Not that big of an issue anyway, as if you have a PC fast enough to run DOOM 3 even at the min specs WinXP is actually faster than win98, but I know how some people like to cling to the old way of things.
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ME never worked, and XP is a ram ****. 512 is a must. 2000 however isn't bloated, must be why I use it...
Not that big of an issue anyway, as if you have a PC fast enough to run DOOM 3 even at the min specs WinXP is actually faster than win98, but I know how some people like to cling to the old way of things.
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ME never worked, and XP is a ram ****. 512 is a must. 2000 however isn't bloated, must be why I use it... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
But then again, you can also change how much RAM windows takes, not to mention 512 of ram is cheap anyway. Not to mention that given the CPU and GPU buffs it includes(and that longhorn will expand on), its great.
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because down at the shop, we arent allowed to use <span style='color:white'>Let's don't make it as easy, shall we?</span>
although two customers in the last year have tried....
......Hey! Who stole my cd-key! Uhhhhh.....
*runs away*
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easyness and flexibility of 98, and security of NT.
because down at the shop, we arent allowed to use <span style='color:white'>Let's don't make it as easy, shall we?</span>
although two customers in the last year have tried.... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I don't blame them, 500 dollar bloatware is teh suk
AMD2400+ @ 1991 Mhz/2Ghz
512 MB SD RAM
GF4Ti4200 64 MB
I personally think that I first need a better GFX card (a Radeon 9800 Pro or better)
and perhaps I should double my RAM to 1024 MB...
Doom 3 might work (slowly) with Virtual PC or similar emulators? However, I do doubt it.
and perhaps I should double my RAM to 1024 MB...
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Get a Gefore not a ATI card for Doom3
Is there any system specs for Doom3 yet?
Atm im running on
Athlon 64bit 3200
512Ram
Radeon 9800Pro 128Meg
So im fine for HL2 but I have read that you will be better of with a 256meg Gfx card for Doom3
1024MB ram helps, but i got 1024 RDRam, but hey, at least it's not SDRam
Zaggy, you <i>will</i> need to upgrade that GFX card.
From Hollenshead's .plan:
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->A few people have reminded me of some details omitted from my initial update:
Mac and Linux: Unfortunately I don't have dates for either of these. However, Linux binaries will be
available very soon after the PC game hits store shelves. There are no plans for boxed Linux games.
More remains to be done for the OSX version of DOOM 3 and that will take some time. We won't release
the OSX version until it's just as polished as the PC version. The date for OSX DOOM 3 remains "when it's
done", but I can confirm that it's definitely coming.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
IT's coming for you. <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif' /><!--endemo-->
anyway, ive switched to win2k down from xp because i had put on service pack 2 beta and it was so buggy, caused a few bluescreens a day. couldnt figure out how to uninstall it cleanly, so we're back to a stable OS.
AMD2400+ @ 1991 Mhz/2Ghz
512 MB SD RAM
GF4Ti4200 64 MB
I personally think that I first need a better GFX card (a Radeon 9800 Pro or better)
and perhaps I should double my RAM to 1024 MB... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
You can run it, but mostly it will be in low detail. You might be able to squeeze off Medium, but that's a maybe.
Um... what did you expect, rock solid stabiliy?
Yea I just don't want to shell out $500 for a graphics card alone to play a game.
And btw, Win2k all the way. Wins in tests, and is more efficient RAM-wise. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->