Slashdot Mirror
Doom 3 Announced for Mac
thelemmings writes "Aspyr today announced that it will (finally) publish Doom 3 for the Macintosh. The game is scheduled for release Q1 2005 and the system requirements indicate that a G5 processor will be required, which seems quite surprising as it will leave iBooks and Powerbooks owners on the side of the road. Too bad iD Software didn't release a free OSX client like they previously did for linux version of the game."
Well, Apple guys/gals... you'll need these...
Complete List of Doom 3 Console Commands
List of Common Doom 3 cheats
To Run it you'll need this...
Mac System Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.3.6 or later
PowerPC G5 1.5 GHz or faster
384MB RAM (512MB recommended)
2.2 GB free disk space
ATI Radeon 8500/nVidia GeForce 3 or better
32MB of Video Ram (VRAM)
DVD drive required to install and play
And you'll have to wait until..
Aspyr Media Inc. on Wednesday announced plans to publish id Software's Doom 3 for the Macintosh. The game is currently in development for the Mac by id, and will be released in February, 2005.
Source
Actually it's been final seeded to developers (about a week ago) - it is inevitable that it will be out before February.
Aspyr is saying this because Apple is completely rewriting the video drivers in this next point release.
Yell & scream & rant & rave... it's no use... you need a shaaaave ~ Bugs Bunny
Actually, the system requirements are preliminary. We usually guess higher, and then readjust the requirements the closer we get to Final Candidate. I believe this happened to RTCW for Mac, but I would have to ask someone who was the project lead for RTCW for Mac.
This is done to prevent customers making a preorder for the game, only to find out that the requirements have been raised at the last minute.
That same demo at MacWorld showed off how this game would use the amazing technology of that newfangled graphics card, the "GeForce3". Presumably, this was a card that would run the game flawlessly when it was released :-p