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Thursday, June 09, 2005

Doom 3

d3 screenshot I enjoyed playing the original Doom when it came out, and I haven't been able to play the latest version, Doom 3, because I don't have the right hardware. It has pretty exacting requirements. I happen to need a new desktop computer due to the disc on my old Dell starting to flake out and this time I will make sure it supports Doom 3. Here are the Doom 3 hardware requirements:
  • 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required - 100% DirectX® 9.0b compatible 64MB Hardware Accelerated video card and the latest drivers*.
  • English version of Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP
  • Pentium® IV 1.5 GHz or Athlon® XP 1500+ processor or higher
  • 384MB RAM
  • 8x Speed CD-ROM drive (1200KB/sec sustained transfer rate) and latest drivers
  • 2.2GB of uncompressed free hard disk space (plus 400MB for Windows® swap file)
  • 100% DirectX® 9.0b compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers
  • 100% Windows® 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers
  • DirectX® 9.0b (included)
    MULTIPLAYER REQUIREMENTS:
  • Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP) play supported
  • Internet play requires broadband connection and latest drivers
  • LAN play requires network interface card and latest drivers
  • Important Note: *Some 3D accelerator cards with the chipset listed here may not be compatible with the 3D accelerator features utilized by Doom 3. Please refer to your hardware manufacturer for 100% DirectX 9.0b compatibility. This product does not support Microsoft® Windows® 95/98/ME or NT.
    SUPPORTED CHIPSETS:
  • ATI® Radeon(tm) 8500
  • ATI® Radeon(tm) 9000
  • ATI® Radeon(tm) 9200
  • ATI® Radeon(tm) 9500
  • ATI® Radeon(tm) 9600
  • ATI® Radeon(tm) 9700
  • ATI® Radeon(tm) 9800
  • All nVidia® GeForce(tm) 3/Ti series
  • All nVidia® GeForce(tm) 4MX series
  • All nVidia® GeForce(tm) 4/Ti series
  • All nVidia® GeForce(tm) FX series
  • nVidia® GeForce(tm) 6800