ATI Radeon X300

[kurse]

Hey guys! I had a question too. I was playing the Demo version of DOOM 3 and might I say, it's a great game but, my computer froze on me when I was playing. I just got my computer and it's all really up to date. I was playing the game for an hour and it was running smooth as it can be. Until a zombie came behind and attacked me, I started to move left to right trying to get away and It caused my computer to freeze. I have 1gb of ram, but I think it had to do something with my graphics card; I have a ATI Radeon X300 SE with 128mb pci express card.

Should I upgrade my card?

Is it something else?

Does having a dvd in your dvd drive while playing the game matter?

[peat moss]

Hey guys! I had a question too. I was playing the Demo version of DOOM 3 and might I say, it's a great game but, my computer froze on me when I was playing. I just got my computer and it's all really up to date. I was playing the game for an hour and it was running smooth as it can be. Until a zombie came behind and attacked me, I started to move left to right trying to get away and It caused my computer to freeze. I have 1gb of ram, but I think it had to do something with my graphics card; I have a ATI Radeon X300 SE with 128mb pci express card.

Should I upgrade my card?

Is it something else?

Does having a dvd in your dvd drive while playing the game matter?
You probably answered the question if the dvd is playing or burning .

[kurse]

dvd was not playing or burning, maybe it was just spinning

[peat moss]

dvd was not playing or burning, maybe it was just spinning
No thats ok . Does it happen all the time or just the once? I mean you have 1 gb of ram a nice video card ,pci ex too I might add. Mabye the disk is dirty, or defrag and shut down some back ground programs before you play again . I'm not a gamer but mabye its a known clitch in the game . Have you tryed the doom site for an update?

[bigdawgfoxx]

yah the lowest end se card is prob a piece of junk..id upgrade.

[peat moss]

yah the lowest end se card is prob a piece of junk..id upgrade.


Or mabye something as simple as drivers . We all can't shit money out ! :D

Like I said I'm not a gamer but whats the min. requirements?

http://www.doom3portal.com/info/systemreq.php

[Storm]

No thats ok . Does it happen all the time or just the once? I mean you have 1 gb of ram a nice video card ,pci ex too I might add. Mabye the disk is dirty, or defrag and shut down some back ground programs before you play again . I'm not a gamer but mabye its a known clitch in the game . Have you tryed the doom site for an update?

AGP or PCI-Express: NO DIFFERENCE

AGP cards dont even use the full bandwith........


as for the problem, is the game fully patched?
all driver updates?

and the problem prolly is your video card......
turn down the graphics settings....... that might help...

[kurse]

Hey guys. thanks for all the replies. Well to answer some questions, I dont know if the game was fully patched. Like I said, it was a demo version. I had a dvd in my dvd player, the dvd was not playing but I heard it spinning. But I think I should go and check if there are any updates for the game because I just bought the full version today. Is Radeon 9000 higher than Radeon X300? I dont know. To go back to answering questions, it only did it one time!!!

SPECS
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Pentuim 4 Processor w/Hyper Threading Technology at 3.40GHZ
1 Lb2 cache, 800mhz FSB
1024GB Memory
250GB Hard Drive
ATI RADEON X300
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

[peat moss]

Hey guys. thanks for all the replies. Well to answer some questions, I dont know if the game was fully patched. Like I said, it was a demo version. I had a dvd in my dvd player, the dvd was not playing but I heard it spinning. But I think I should go and check if there are any updates for the game because I just bought the full version today. Is Radeon 9000 higher than Radeon X300? I dont know. To go back to answering questions, it only did it one time!!!

SPECS
------------------------------------------------
Pentuim 4 Processor w/Hyper Threading Technology at 3.40GHZ
1 Lb2 cache, 800mhz FSB
1024GB Memory
250GB Hard Drive
ATI RADEON X300
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

You'll figure it out . Storm had a good suggestion tho. About vid settings . :)

[Smith]

Mitey fine system you got there man ;)

[peat moss]

Mitey fine system you got there man ;)


Yes it is . I was thinkng how to help ? With out knowing kurse's, expertise its hard tho. I'll bite tho I think he's smart . So.........

http://www.tweakxp.com/performance_tweaks.aspx


kurse, you navagate useing the menu on the right . Try a few , you might find some that help. Not updated as much anymore, but still usefull . you be the judge. :)

[tesco]

nvm

[peat moss]

:no: :no: :no: :no: :no: http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=1005562#
Huh :01:


Sorry Ross but help me out here! What the fuck , are you talking about. I tryed the link , did I deltete or something ? :huh: