Doom III

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Al-PB, Aug 13, 2004.

  1. Lever

    Lever Deep Thought

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    #21
    Too right, though Wolfenstein was a bit 'flat' from what I remember.

    When I first played the original DOOM we had it running on a DXII 66 with the sound coming through a huge guitar amp to some big old speakers around the sofa on the wooden ground floor of an old Victorian house (lots of underfloor cavities :) ) - the reverb of every shotgun shot and reload was just awesome. The neighbours hated it though - after the first 48 hour session they were banging on the walls...
     
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  2. SEbasic

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    #22
    Just an update to let you know about the performance difference that the new graphics card has made.

    The improvement is almost incomparable.

    I am now running at 1024x768 high graphics and 6x antiailsing.

    It runs smooth the whole time...

    Man this game looks good. ;)

    The card drivers came with a really nifty bit of software to overclock the card as well.

    It's now running at 500MHz for the graphics clock and 842MHz for the Memory clock.

    Gotta say though, I had to take my modem out of the machine (56k) so I couldd fit the card in. Doesn't really matter too much because I'm on a nttwork, but seriously, this thing is HUGE! It has two massive fans sticking out of the side of it. Hopefully that will keep it from setting alight ;)
     
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  3. Lever

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    #23
    So you'd recommend the upgrade from 900 Athlon, 512MB RAM and GeForce2? Oh bugger, i think i just talked myself into it, talk about rhetoric...
     
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    #24
    Hehe. Yes I would reccomend it.

    This is SO much better than anything else around right now.

    Now I REALLY am looking forward to Half Life2.
     
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    #25
    holy shit this is a great game
     
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    #26
    Well I normally hate the wintertime; it nearly always gets me down :( But with Doom III, Half Life II and (I went all XBOX a few years back - you get a much comfier seat LOL ;)) Halo 2... it looks like i'm not going to like it when spring comes 'round again :D
     
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    #27
    Yea, but will that graphics card improve your SERP's?!? ;-)

    Actually, it may decrease 'em ... since you will now spend more time playing DOOM III
     
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