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Doom 3 Minimum Specs Revealed
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.
The flip side is that there can't be any ground-breaking games for the Playstation 2, you'll have to wait for Playstation 3.
Some of us look at this as a good reason to buy some spiffy new hardware. I was looking for a good excuse, now I have it. Thanks Carmack!
On a related note, slashdotters are mad that they have to buy a ferrari to go 180mph in a car. Come on folks, these games are asking computers for some hefty calculations. Do you really think you can ask your computer to do five times as many polygons without better hardware?
Do you think carmack/id are releasing crappy code? Those guys are fanatics.
I know this is a troll, but it's good bait...
Some of us gamers actually make our own money and decide that a spiffy new computer would be a good use of that money. Rather than wasting it all on perishable stuff like going to the movie theater and buying $10 popcorn, going to the bar and wasting money on alcohol or any of the million other ways to waste your money, we buy hardware. At least I have something to show for the $1000 I spent building my "tricked out computer". Meanwhile, all you have to show for the $50 you blew Friday night is a hang-over Saturday morning. Good choice.