DooM III

[silent h3ro]

Do u know how doom3 will run on my computer?

[DWells55]

As soon as I manage to read that black on blue sig I cna tell you. WIll have an estimated FPS and settings for you in 5 minutes.

EDIT, okay here we go:

On this system:
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You can see it was pulling in around 35 FPS @ Medium qual 1024x768. Now because of your weaker processor, and inferior memory (Corsair XMS is nice stuff especially a gig of it) you'll get around 10 FPS less than that system, so 25 FPS average or so. 25 FPS is close to 30, which is very playable. So it'll be a little skippy, but it will look darn good. If you really need 30, turning off specular lighting should bump up your FPS to 30. With that nice sound system of yours you will have a very nice gaming experience.

[silent h3ro]

Originally posted by DWells55@1 August 2004 - 06:30
As soon as I manage to read that black on blue sig I cna tell you. WIll have an estimated FPS and settings for you in 5 minutes.

Sweeeeeeeeeeet!! Thx!! Can u read it?

[DWells55]

Just edited my last post, I eventually managed to read the sig

[silent h3ro]

Originally posted by DWells55@1 August 2004 - 06:35
Just edited my last post, I eventually managed to read the sig

Nice! THX!! :music1:

[DWells55]

NO prob. Keep in mind that's a very well educated estimate, expect 3 or 4 FPS deviation either way.

[silent h3ro]

Another thing. What is specular lighting??

Also my sound card is only 2 channel so will I get less sound??

[DWells55]

Special form of lighting, makes shadows look a little better, everything has a bit mor eglimmer and shine when it's enabled. I'll see if I can pull up a comparison pic of specular and non specular for DOOM ]|[...

[silent h3ro]

Originally posted by DWells55@1 August 2004 - 06:41
Special form of lighting, makes shadows look a little better, everything has a bit mor eglimmer and shine when it's enabled. I'll see if I can pull up a comparison pic of specular and non specular for DOOM ]|[...

WOW!! THX again, DWELLS!! U are on a roll!!!

[DWells55]

LOL

Here we go - everyhting on the left of that line is non-specular, to the right is specular. Notice the shinyness of the floor panels.

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