Doom 3
Id software have released Doom
3. What hardware do you need, and what should you upgrade? I
have trawled through the fan sites that have sprung up, including Planetdoom.com,
and read discussion at places like Bluesnews.com
and Firingsquad.com to find the answer.
Doom 3 Prices
Doom 3 - remember to reorder by total price
Hardware for Doom 3
There are several useful articles on Tomshardware.com
and Anandtech.com and HardOCP
if you are considering buying hardware to enable you to play Doom 3.
- Hardocp.com:
Official - The Official Doom 3 Hardware Guide looks at the game's
performance on a variety of hardware (the official min spec is Pentium 4 1.5
GHz or Athlon XP 1500+ with 384 MB RAM). They came to the conclusion
that 1.5GHz Pentium 4, 512MB of Corsair RAM, and a GeForce 4 MX 440 video
card is a realistic minimum.
- Hardocp.com: id Software's Official DOOM3 Benchmarks -
HardOCP come to the conclusion that the nVidia 6800 and Radeon X800 are
ideal chips for Doom 3 . GeForceFX 5950 and Radeon 9800XT also offer
very good performance (see the graphics cards page).
- Anandtech's
Doom 3 Buyer's Guide - has advice on buying a Doom 3 Value System for as
little as $1000 (they are a US site). Anandtech also has a Doom
3 Graphics Deathmatch where they pick their favourite and highlight the
minimum spec graphics cards for this game.
- Tom's
Hardware: Matching Doom III With The Best Graphics Card - has advice on
graphics card purchases for this game, recommending a minimum Radeon 9600 XT
or FX5700 Ultra as minimum spec cards.
- Gamespot
has got in on the action with a Doom 3 review, game guide and hardware upgrade
advice.
Doom 3 FAQs: Gamefaqs.com:
Doom 3
Doom 3 images: images.google.com/images?ie=UTF-8&q=doom+3 A Doom 3 graphics performance tweak:
Forumplanet.com/planetdoom/topic.asp?fid=5733&tid=1438663
Where
to Buy
The computing page has links to UK comparison searches on the hardware mentioned in
these articles. The page on price comparison sites has a list of
search engines with PC hardware comparisons. International buyers should try the international
price comparison page.
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