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Doom 3 Minimum Specs Revealed

Posted by simoniker on from the making-the-unpossible-possible dept.

Thanks to The Phobos Lab, a Doom fansite, for their info, directly from John Carmack, that the minimum specs for Doom 3 will be "1GHz CPU, 256MB RAM, GF1 or Radeon 7xxx series card." There's no word yet on recommended specs to get the best fidelity, but sites such as NewDoom.com and The Phobos Lab are keeping a close eye on the situation, including an interesting but very unconfirmed rumor that "a Doom 3 demo [will be available] for public playing at this year's QuakeCon" - probably wishful thinking, although Carmack is scheduled to speak there, and it's possible at least some new Doom details will be revealed.

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  1. I remember... by BigBadDude · · Score: 5, Funny

    DOOM running smoothly on my 486/DX with 4MB of RAM.

    I got really upset when the next big game [heretic] required a minimum of 8MB. I had to pay $180 for that...

  2. Re:w00t! by Samedi1971 · · Score: 3, Funny
    I get to re-upgrade my computer! I just spent $2k on parts, and now I need another precessor AND another video cards. Seems like just last year I forked over $150 for a new 7500, and now I need something bigger to get over 13fps. Great.
    If you just spent $2k on computer parts and don't have a top of the line pc at least double the minimum spec, you're shopping in the wrong place!

    Or did you spend all that on case mods?

    must have spend $3000 in the last 3 years, seems a wastte, no?

    Sounds like you've definitely wasted a lot of money. I haven't spent a quarter of that but I'll be running D3 without any new upgrades.