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Doom 3 Web Site Now Operational

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it's-really-almost-here dept.

thrash242 writes "After much re-re-re-rechecking, the official Doom 3 site finally has some real content, instead of just 'Coming soon' - it also confirms the August 3rd ship date. Woohoo!"

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  1. Trailer by Quixote · · Score: 4, Informative

    Direct link to the large trailer, for those who don't have Quicktime installed.

  2. System Requirements by Dave21212 · · Score: 4, Informative


    So what's the real story on the system reqs ?

    Is it...

    From September's PC Gamer issue, they have the system requirements as:
    Minimum:
    P4 1.5Ghz CPU (or equivalent).
    384MB of RAM.
    64MB graphics card.

    Lowest supported GPU is a Geforce 4 MX (worse than Geforce 3).
    Supported cards:
    GF 4 MX.
    GF 3.
    GF 4.
    GF FX (and higher).
    Radeon 8500s, 9000s and higher.

    They themselves recommend:
    2Ghz CPU.
    512MB RAM.
    Radeon 9800.
    5-channel sound card and speakers.

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  3. Ingame Video and developer comments by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    In case you haven't seen it, there's a video of the G4 Tech TV show featuring Doom 3 ingame footage. Plasma Gun, BFG, Lost Soul, Reveant...

    http://www.quake.de/files/doom3/videos/doom3g_4_hi gh.avi

  4. UAC Corp website by Elfich47 · · Score: 4, Informative

    The website for the United Areospace Corprotation has also gone live. All it is doing right now is counting down. It shows about 15 days left.

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  5. First Doom 3 tourney by ruiner5000 · · Score: 4, Informative

    This first Doom 3 tourney will be held in Dallas August 7th-8th. See you there.

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