Doom 3 - Linux, Multi-Monitor, DirectX 8 Solutions

nukem996 writes "While the official port of Doom 3 to Linux is still not complete and we still do not know when it is going to be out, other then 'in a few days after the Windows release', Linux users can finally play Doom 3 on Linux with the help of Wine." Elsewhere, an anonymous reader points to a post on the GideonTech forums explaining multi-monitor Doom 3 play, with the caveat: "Doing this with only 2 monitors completely sucks. You want atleast 3, or 5.. or any odd number of monitors (so your center of playing field isn't split between two monitors)." Finally, toasted_calamari explains: "We have written a guide to optimizing Doom 3 for DirectX 8 systems, particularly older ATI Radeon cards. This guide should assist owners of older hardware in running Doom 3 more effectively without upgrading."

Comments

what's the point of emulation?

[OleMoudi]

The hardware requirements to play smoothly Doom 3 on a windows machine are high enough to think that the result of a emulation through wine would require even higher computer specs to play D3 the way it was meant to be played.

Doesn't emulation decrease perfomance? So what kind of megacomputer would you need to play that kind of graphically bloated games through emulation?

Maybe I'm missing something

Re:multimon must be odd#

[Harald74]

On Doom 3 a rear monitor would probably be more useful, for those times when you can hear noises behind you. Just glance over your shoulder... :)

Anyways, wouldn't four monitors (north, south, east, west) also be useful? Then you don't have to split the view.