I know this has been brought up before but...

[AirRaid]

What sort of spec are we looking at for Doom3? from what everyones talking about, only about ten people in the world will be albe to run it properly.

[Zaldron]

For mid 2002, try to buy a rig like this one :

# PIII 933 minimum (this one is hard to predict)
# 256 MB RAM minimum
# GeForce3 or better
# A soundcard with support for either EAX or OpenAL
# 1.5 GB free on your HD (or more)

[masterhassan]

snake eyes in heaven-be quik or be dead
...i was just listening to that song

[Davidoom]

Zaldron said:

For mid 2002, try to buy a rig like this one :

# PIII 933 minimum (this one is hard to predict)
# 256 MB RAM minimum
# GeForce3 or better
# A soundcard with support for either EAX or OpenAL
# 1.5 GB free on your HD (or more)

Wow...I really need to keep up with the times...

[masterhassan]

Zaldron said:

For mid 2002, try to buy a rig like this one :

# PIII 933 minimum (this one is hard to predict)
# 256 MB RAM minimum
# GeForce3 or better
# A soundcard with support for either EAX or OpenAL
# 1.5 GB free on your HD (or more)

ok...i have to get at least 96 more megs of ram by then...tahts easy. then i have to get a new hd...they're like 100 for 40 gigs so that shouldnt be pretty easy. then i need a geforce 3. thatll be harde. of course since its comign out soon. ill be like 20 bucks by then anyway so itll actaully be pretty easy to get. then i need a new sound card. i gotta get a enw motherboard to for all this stuff. damn i need a job

[Dima]

Zaldron said:

For mid 2002, try to buy a rig like this one :

# PIII 933 minimum (this one is hard to predict)
# 256 MB RAM minimum
# GeForce3 or better
# A soundcard with support for either EAX or OpenAL
# 1.5 GB free on your HD (or more)

Zaldron basically posted the reccomended specs for the game (not for FULL expirience but for a good one)

[LorD BaZTArD]

Zaldron said:

For mid 2002, try to buy a rig like this one :

# PIII 933 minimum (this one is hard to predict)
# 256 MB RAM minimum
# GeForce3 or better
# A soundcard with support for either EAX or OpenAL
# 1.5 GB free on your HD (or more)

Zaldron those specs you listed, would the be the absolute minimum specs or the recommended specs for the New Doom?

To everyone else: Which chipset is better?

(A)Pentium 3
(B)Pentium 4
(C)AMD Thunderbird or
(D)AMD Athlon.

I ask several people and I get very mixed opinions,

Some say AMD is good, Others say it sucks.
The same for Intel.

My planned new computer is a Pentium 3 1.4Ghz (maybe)

What is your opinion?

One Other thing......... does anyone know when the GeForce3 is coming out? Is there a possibility of anyone knowing the Australian release date?

[maga]

Here's the deal...

The P4 is the absolute winner in the "hard-core" category,
but is also the most expensive.
The P3 with a 133 Mhz bus is very powerful, in contrast with
the Athlon(Duron or Thunderbird, either one).
The Athlon, at 100 Mhz bus (let's say at 1000 Mhz) is slower than a P3 1000 Mhz 133 Mhz bus...but the chipset KT133A is out-there.With the new chipset, you can do a overclock to the Athlon.

The new Athlon with 133/266 Mhz bus appears to be the best processor so far, with the best raport quality/price.

[AirRaid]

LorD BaZTArD said:

Zaldron those specs you listed, would the be the absolute minimum specs or the recommended specs for the New Doom?

To everyone else: Which chipset is better?

(A)Pentium 3
(B)Pentium 4
(C)AMD Thunderbird or
(D)AMD Athlon.

I ask several people and I get very mixed opinions,

Some say AMD is good, Others say it sucks.
The same for Intel.

My planned new computer is a Pentium 3 1.4Ghz (maybe)

What is your opinion?

One Other thing......... does anyone know when the GeForce3 is coming out? Is there a possibility of anyone knowing the Australian release date?

Pentium 4 is crap. It crashes to often to be good. The AMD thunderbird is the best chip from those 4. The Pentium3 comes second, then the Athlon.
I would advise you to go for a TBird 1.3 Ghz

[LorD BaZTArD]

Thats what I was thinking, but so many different opinions & I was confused. Thanks.

My Planned Computer Is:

Pentium 3 1.5Ghz (TBird Still option)
256Mb Ram (512Mb Possibly)
12*10*32 CDRW
1.44Mb Floppy
GeForce 2 Ultra
40GB HDD

And other necessary bits & pieces.
This for two reasons:

(A) Maximum Performance for Doom ]|[
(B) Longest Life.

I don't wanna upgrade again for at least 3 years.

[Lüt]

AirRaid said:

Pentium 4 is crap. It crashes to often to be good.

It's probably because it's running Win98 or WinME, I doubt it has anything to do with the processor.