Dr.Doom Posted July 26, 2004 Help, I have a Pentium 3 and a 256 megabyte ram! What advice can you give me? 0 Share this post Link to post
tkmaster Posted July 26, 2004 um unless your processor is at least a p4 1.5ghz or its AMD equivalent you wont be able to run d3 0 Share this post Link to post
etimmerAZ Posted July 26, 2004 Dr.Doom said:Help, I have a Pentium 3 and a 256 megabyte ram! What advice can you give me? I feel your pain. I just had to plonk down some bucks to get a new PC. Oh well, it could be worse. Peace, The Bruce 0 Share this post Link to post
Endureth Posted July 26, 2004 Yes, if your processor is atleast 1.5 or higher you should be able to make due with some more RAM. If not you can still upgrade for D3 relatively cheap. Buy yourself a new mainboard with a decent processor and 256 more ram. You should be able to upgrade to a decent system for about $250 or so. -E 0 Share this post Link to post
leileilol Posted July 26, 2004 I upgraded last year to a k7 1GHz (uc'd to 950), Geforce2gts 64mb, 512mb PC100 ram, SBlive 5.1, and i'm ready for Doom III. No really. Think i'd survive on my p2 233? :X 0 Share this post Link to post
Dr.Doom Posted July 26, 2004 Can't I just buy a new card and crack open my computer cover to install it? 0 Share this post Link to post
leileilol Posted July 26, 2004 Unfortunately, no. You'll need way more than just memory for Doom III... you might as well get an entirely new computer. Cracking your case open? Bad idea. 0 Share this post Link to post
Dr.Doom Posted July 26, 2004 But it shows how to install "expansion cards" by cracking the case open in the instructions, and I'm supposing that a 512 mb ram and Pentium 4 are expansion cards right? 0 Share this post Link to post
tkmaster Posted July 26, 2004 Dr.Doom said:Can't I just buy a new card and crack open my computer cover to install it? i wish i could say yes... but its no you need more than just a memory upgrade... you need a p4 1.5 mhz minimum (or its amd equivalent) for a processor you need a new mb one that supports the processor (seeing the highest p3 chips are 1.0ghz it is insufficiant for the game) and you need completly new memory... as p4 and amd requires DDR memory 0 Share this post Link to post
tkmaster Posted July 26, 2004 Dr.Doom said:But it shows how to install "expansion cards" by cracking the case open in the instructions, and I'm supposing that a 512 mb ram and Pentium 4 are expansion cards right? um its not easy as you may think the mb has to support the cpu and chances are the mb your using right now doesnt • A 1.5-gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 chip or AMD Athlon 1500. • 384 megabytes of memory. • Two gigabytes of hard drive space. • An nVidia GeForce 3 graphics card or better; or an ATI Technologies 8500 or better. the specs above is what you need at minimum.. if your computer does not have the specs above or better than you need to upgrade 0 Share this post Link to post
Dr.Doom Posted July 26, 2004 Doesn't a 256 mb ram support my cpu? It an E-machine by the way. 0 Share this post Link to post
leileilol Posted July 26, 2004 Pentium 3 Emachines eh? You're still better off getting/building an entirely new computer rather than upgrading, still. It ain't worth upgrading bit by bit. 0 Share this post Link to post
Laguna Posted July 26, 2004 Dr.Doom said:Help, I have a Pentium 3 and a 256 megabyte ram! What advice can you give me? Time for an upgrade. :) 0 Share this post Link to post
tkmaster Posted July 26, 2004 Dr.Doom said:Doesn't a 256 mb ram support my cpu? It an E-machine by the way. im sure your computer can support more ram.... but the ram is not the only problem you have you need a complete overhaul on the system... when i say that you have to upgrade most of the computer... and the 256 it depends on what type of mem you got... a p4 or the latest amd chips require you to have DDR memory you have to remember there were different types of memory that came out... there was your normal type then came EDO memory now theres DDR and DDR2 memory and if your memory is not ddr or ddr2 then s of memory is concerned you need to replace the stick you got + add another on to get more performance 0 Share this post Link to post
tkmaster Posted July 26, 2004 gargoylol said:I upgraded last year to a k7 1GHz (uc'd to 950), Geforce2gts 64mb, 512mb PC100 ram, SBlive 5.1, and i'm ready for Doom III. No really. Think i'd survive on my p2 233? :X i hope your joking about those specs.... your processor is also not to the speed it needs... and the geforce 2 gts rofl.... that isnt even enough for thwe game to even run at minimum you need a geforce 3 with 128mb ram memory most lily needs to be changed if its not ddr the only thing your ready for is in the audio department with the sblive card 0 Share this post Link to post
Bloodshedder Posted July 26, 2004 uhm...Geforce3's never had 128MB of RAM. In Duffy's latest .plan update he says that it will be possible to run on 64MB cards. 0 Share this post Link to post
tkmaster Posted July 26, 2004 Bloodshedder said:uhm...Geforce3's never had 128MB of RAM. In Duffy's latest .plan update he says that it will be possible to run on 64MB cards. maybe so but he still wouldnt be able to run it because he said himself its a geforce 2 gts that it has... and guess what its way below the min requirements 0 Share this post Link to post
Dr.Doom Posted July 26, 2004 Hell, screw that upgrade shit. Can someone tell me where I can find a quality PC for little money? 0 Share this post Link to post
Ichor Posted July 26, 2004 Wait about a year. By that time, the computers of today that are capable of running Doom 3 will be dirt cheap. 0 Share this post Link to post
leileilol Posted July 26, 2004 tkmaster said:i hope your joking about those specs.... your processor is also not to the speed it needs... and the geforce 2 gts rofl.... that isnt even enough for thwe game to even run Nope, I know what i'm shooting for. A GF4MX is pretty much a GF2GTS, so I'll take that into assumption. I know it has no pixel shader so screw normal maps for me. It's still a pretty swank card, even if it doesn't have every damn feature on the planet. Painkiller runs absolutely fine at max, hi-res; I wouldn't doubt id's optimizations in the renderer. Don't underestimate the power of old computers! 0 Share this post Link to post
Endureth Posted July 26, 2004 Dr.Doom said:Hell, screw that upgrade shit. Can someone tell me where I can find a quality PC for little money? http://www.tigerdirect.com/ Right there on the front page. $700. Not top of the line but it should be a good base to build a decent computer on. All you'd really have to do it upgrade the graphics card and add some more RAM later on but that system is fine as is to play D3 on and at a pretty decent price. It's also very upgradable. It's not the only one out there mind you, but it's a suggestion. -E 0 Share this post Link to post
Tyockell Posted July 26, 2004 yeaa thats the site I got my computer off of. 0 Share this post Link to post
Alientank Posted July 27, 2004 Bloodshedder said:uhm...Geforce3's never had 128MB of RAM. In Duffy's latest .plan update he says that it will be possible to run on 64MB cards. Yes they did have 128 mb. The Abit Sularo ti200. 0 Share this post Link to post
tkmaster Posted July 27, 2004 gargoylol said:Nope, I know what i'm shooting for. A GF4MX is pretty much a GF2GTS, so I'll take that into assumption. I know it has no pixel shader so screw normal maps for me. It's still a pretty swank card, even if it doesn't have every damn feature on the planet. Painkiller runs absolutely fine at max, hi-res; I wouldn't doubt id's optimizations in the renderer. Don't underestimate the power of old computers! excuse me but the geforce 4 mx may not be as good as a geforce 3 in performance but it is still able to do some stuff the geforce 2 cant do. the geforce 2 is way below the minimum requirements hence it will **NOT** work 0 Share this post Link to post
DaJuice Posted July 27, 2004 It *WILL* work. I've ran the alpha on my comp and it has a GF2. It wasn't fast, but it worked. And normal maps are not dependant on pixel shaders, all the features available in the alpha worked on my system. 0 Share this post Link to post