John Carmack .plan Updated

John Carmack update his .plan file a couple of days ago. Here is a snippet from his update which may be of interest to many Doomers:

Do not buy a GeForce4-MX for Doom.Nvidia has really made a mess of the naming conventions here. I alwaysthought it was bad enough that GF2 was just a speed bumped GF1, while GF3 hadsignificant architectural improvements over GF2. I expected GF4 to be thespeed bumped GF3, but calling the NV17 GF4-MX really sucks.GF4-MX will still run Doom properly, but it will be using the NV10 codepathwith only two texture units and no vertex shaders. A GF3 or 8500 will bemuch better performers.

He also talks a bit about some other issues with Doom 3 in conjunction with ATI's Radeon 8500 and the upcoming GeForce4 series of video cards. Quite an interesting read.

And I just had to go to best buy and buy a GeForce 4 MX 440 the other night...

ppl always think newer is better.

heh, reminds me of the topic of #nightmare

"Do not buy a GeForce4-MX for Doom. Go for a bargain 1MB PCI card, that's enough."

GeForce 7 or so will probably be out by the time we get Doom 3 anyway...

Wait,wait,wait.Yeah,a good GeForce3 'll be about £50 by the time Doom3 appears.

well, i´m hapy if i can get a GF 2 or 1, so i can play q3 wothout any lag.so i´m quite sceard when DooM3 it comming and i´m sitting here with a vodo 2 or GF2 mx PCI =)

I hope my system will be enough for this game ;)
Still sitting sround with this old P3/800...

Hmm... i think when DooM 3 comes out i can get a Geforce 3 for just 50 €
Or get the computer that my dad uses now. ^_^

I don't even NEED graphics card. I am so handsome I can just stand in front of the mirror all day and get my graphical fix.

If I recall correctly, didn't JC tell us in the beginning that we'd need a geforce to run doom 3? I think I'll just wait until the game actually comes out before throwing down my hard earned cash for a video card which *might* work with doom 3.

In the meantime, I'll stay with my Geforce 2 MX-200. Why? It's the fastest MX-200 in the land!