I haven't had any performance issues. I will post my system specs for comparison by others: XP 2500+ Barton @ XP 3200+ (2.2Ghz, 11X200) on Asus A7N8X-X w/latest BIOS 512Mb DDR 3200 Kingston Hyper X (2X256, no support for Dual Channel) WD 7200RPM 8Mb cache 100Gb X2
ATI Radeon 9600XT 128Mb @549Mhz core, 326.5X2 memory Turtle Beach Santa Cruz 4.1 DSP sound card Altec Lansing 885 THX surround speakers Logitech ball USB mouse, 3-button & scroll Regular old keyboard by logitech Lite-on 52X cd burner LG 16X combo drive 21" Sony Trinitron Flat CRT Dual Input w/desktop at 1600X1200@32Bpp Windows XP Pro DirectX 9.0C
All the newest (as of this post) drivers, security patches, service packs (not SP2), firmwares, and BIOS flashes. All the good tweaks in X-Setup Pro
So, I am able to run Doom 3 at 1280X1024, medium, with no stutter so far. I've played through about two hours so far. It's a damn fine game, and scary as fluck in some parts. I'd recommend it to anyone.
And in other news, people who haven't even seen the movie are already calling it a piece of shit. Yes, Brick, we've seen this before. It's called "penis/acting skill/monetary intake/pectoral size/having a life envy". Anyway, for channel 4 news, I'm Ron Burgundy. Go fuck yourself, San Diego.
I noticed in the screenshots that characters are riding bikes. I hope that they put in some real bikes like early 80's Schwinn freestyle, Hutch, GT (non-Walmart), Mongoose (not Wal-goose), Diamondback, Kuhara(spelling?), etc. That'd be pretty sweet. Ah, the good old days of riding my hand-me-down chrome GT and wrecking while trying to immitate my brother going down the street standing on the frame and steering with his foot.
I'm sick of all this crap about free software is the devil. Free software isn't the problem. Crappy software and hike prices and outsourcing are the problems. If companies who charge for their software would quit producing fodder and being dicks, free software wouldn't be an issue for them. Maybe they should just start producing quality products at a fair price that are made by people who speak the same language as the country they are selling the product in.
Well, based on the fact that I was replying to a post on/., I made the logical assumption that the person I was replying to is an inhabitant of the same planet I am on. This was based on the simple observations that the post was in American English, using American terminology. This leads me to deduce that the poster is in America and is American (simplest possible answer). Furthermore, by decoding the possible hidden messages in Kenja's post, I have also deduced that Kenja is located in the state of Maine, in a town called Pranst on Fenif street, third red house on the left.
Of course, this is all simple logical deduction based on the available information at hand. Yes, thank you. Hold your applause please. I'm here 'til Tuesday. Try the Rocky Mountain Oysters.
I'm glad they are doing a sequel. One of the best games I've ever played. A little repetative at times, and not enough unique enemies, but overall a great game. I'm hoping that they add more humor similar to HK-47. It makes the game much more fun and enjoyable than having everyone being stuffy and serious. Maybe a little mix of Armed and Dangerous style humor would be good.
Well, there is more to it than that. While there was not a good reason for her to do what she did, she DOES have issues, and I understand those issues. I am a pretty patient guy, and can tolerate a lot of stuff. I understand where she is coming from, and she is going to counseling. I love her, and that is more important to me than my computer. (Yes, I know that is a revolting statement to most/.er's, but oh well) I did leave her for a few months last year, and she finally pulled her head out of her ass. Now things have been great, and she is the woman I married, not the woman I left.
But not because I associate human qualities to it. It's because I love using it. I gain knowledge, entertainment, and mindless relaxation time from it.
I play games on a daily basis, listen to or burn music at least twice a week, and I watch.avi's from my neighbors IRC server whenever he gets something new.
But, I do get POSESSIVE of my system. My wife hates my computer because she thinks that she has to compete with it. Now, before anyone starts spewing crap about women and computers and competing and all that, let me clarify by stating that my wife is very insecure from a previous marriage. I spend two hours a day max on my puter when she is home. When she is not home, I have my fill. When she is home, I spend a cumulative 2 hours checking emails, reading/., or playing a game for a few minutes to test a hex edit or something. The possesiveness comes in when she starts trying to hold the computer over my head (not literrally) and saying she is going to sell it or smash it. Then, as anyone else would with any item they own, I get possessive and protective. Then she turns around and accuses me of liking the computer more than I like her. Well, no, I am just trying to protect a several thousand dollar investment from senseless destruction by a crazed raging woman! BTW, she DID smash my last puter. Dell P4 2.0Ghz, 100Gb 7200 RPM, Geforce 4 4200 64Mb OC'd, 512Mb RDRAM, all useless after she smashed it on the floor and stomped on it. Luckily the 21" Trinitron monitor only suffered a crack in the corner of the case. Wheww!
Anyway, if pressed, I guess I would say that the only human attribute I give to my puter is mischief. But I don't beleive that is attributable soley to my system. I think the OS has more than a little to do with that. (Read: Windows XP Pro still has some issues under heavy usage, ie. running Sacred while downloading 400Mb zip file AND leeching files from neighbors server)
I have always been disappointed with the appearance of new species in one or two episods, then nothing. You don't see Andorians anymore, or Binaries, or a whole slew of other sweet ass species. I'd personally like a movie or new series where these species are regulars, like crew members, space station employees, etc. It has just always bugged me. It's like the only members of the whole species that exist are the ones in the episode that they appear in, and then they die offscreen preventing them from being in any other episodes. Watupwitdat?
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For anyone curious as to other peoples installed drivers that may affect game performance. Duh.
I haven't had any performance issues. I will post my system specs for comparison by others:
XP 2500+ Barton @ XP 3200+ (2.2Ghz, 11X200) on Asus A7N8X-X w/latest BIOS
512Mb DDR 3200 Kingston Hyper X (2X256, no support for Dual Channel)
WD 7200RPM 8Mb cache 100Gb X2
ATI Radeon 9600XT 128Mb @549Mhz core, 326.5X2 memory
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz 4.1 DSP sound card
Altec Lansing 885 THX surround speakers
Logitech ball USB mouse, 3-button & scroll
Regular old keyboard by logitech
Lite-on 52X cd burner
LG 16X combo drive
21" Sony Trinitron Flat CRT Dual Input w/desktop at 1600X1200@32Bpp
Windows XP Pro
DirectX 9.0C
All the newest (as of this post) drivers, security patches, service packs (not SP2), firmwares, and BIOS flashes.
All the good tweaks in X-Setup Pro
So, I am able to run Doom 3 at 1280X1024, medium, with no stutter so far. I've played through about two hours so far. It's a damn fine game, and scary as fluck in some parts. I'd recommend it to anyone.
And in other news, people who haven't even seen the movie are already calling it a piece of shit. Yes, Brick, we've seen this before. It's called "penis/acting skill/monetary intake/pectoral size/having a life envy". Anyway, for channel 4 news, I'm Ron Burgundy. Go fuck yourself, San Diego.
I still live in a cave, you insensitive clod!
I noticed in the screenshots that characters are riding bikes. I hope that they put in some real bikes like early 80's Schwinn freestyle, Hutch, GT (non-Walmart), Mongoose (not Wal-goose), Diamondback, Kuhara(spelling?), etc. That'd be pretty sweet. Ah, the good old days of riding my hand-me-down chrome GT and wrecking while trying to immitate my brother going down the street standing on the frame and steering with his foot.
I'm sick of all this crap about free software is the devil. Free software isn't the problem. Crappy software and hike prices and outsourcing are the problems. If companies who charge for their software would quit producing fodder and being dicks, free software wouldn't be an issue for them. Maybe they should just start producing quality products at a fair price that are made by people who speak the same language as the country they are selling the product in.
Well, based on the fact that I was replying to a post on /., I made the logical assumption that the person I was replying to is an inhabitant of the same planet I am on. This was based on the simple observations that the post was in American English, using American terminology. This leads me to deduce that the poster is in America and is American (simplest possible answer). Furthermore, by decoding the possible hidden messages in Kenja's post, I have also deduced that Kenja is located in the state of Maine, in a town called Pranst on Fenif street, third red house on the left.
Of course, this is all simple logical deduction based on the available information at hand. Yes, thank you. Hold your applause please. I'm here 'til Tuesday. Try the Rocky Mountain Oysters.
"jesus, that was unfunny..."
Jesus doesn't have a sense of humor. If he did, he would have thought it was funny when...oh forget it. You just can't argue with that kind of logic.
I already found that one, you insensitive clod!
[stupid]The only drawback to these barrels I see is, how do all the monkeys inside go potty if not all over themselves?[/stupid]
I'm glad they are doing a sequel. One of the best games I've ever played. A little repetative at times, and not enough unique enemies, but overall a great game. I'm hoping that they add more humor similar to HK-47. It makes the game much more fun and enjoyable than having everyone being stuffy and serious. Maybe a little mix of Armed and Dangerous style humor would be good.
Well, there is more to it than that. While there was not a good reason for her to do what she did, she DOES have issues, and I understand those issues. I am a pretty patient guy, and can tolerate a lot of stuff. I understand where she is coming from, and she is going to counseling. I love her, and that is more important to me than my computer. (Yes, I know that is a revolting statement to most /.er's, but oh well) I did leave her for a few months last year, and she finally pulled her head out of her ass. Now things have been great, and she is the woman I married, not the woman I left.
But not because I associate human qualities to it. It's because I love using it. I gain knowledge, entertainment, and mindless relaxation time from it.
.avi's from my neighbors IRC server whenever he gets something new.
/., or playing a game for a few minutes to test a hex edit or something. The possesiveness comes in when she starts trying to hold the computer over my head (not literrally) and saying she is going to sell it or smash it. Then, as anyone else would with any item they own, I get possessive and protective. Then she turns around and accuses me of liking the computer more than I like her. Well, no, I am just trying to protect a several thousand dollar investment from senseless destruction by a crazed raging woman! BTW, she DID smash my last puter. Dell P4 2.0Ghz, 100Gb 7200 RPM, Geforce 4 4200 64Mb OC'd, 512Mb RDRAM, all useless after she smashed it on the floor and stomped on it. Luckily the 21" Trinitron monitor only suffered a crack in the corner of the case. Wheww!
I play games on a daily basis, listen to or burn music at least twice a week, and I watch
But, I do get POSESSIVE of my system. My wife hates my computer because she thinks that she has to compete with it. Now, before anyone starts spewing crap about women and computers and competing and all that, let me clarify by stating that my wife is very insecure from a previous marriage. I spend two hours a day max on my puter when she is home. When she is not home, I have my fill. When she is home, I spend a cumulative 2 hours checking emails, reading
Anyway, if pressed, I guess I would say that the only human attribute I give to my puter is mischief. But I don't beleive that is attributable soley to my system. I think the OS has more than a little to do with that. (Read: Windows XP Pro still has some issues under heavy usage, ie. running Sacred while downloading 400Mb zip file AND leeching files from neighbors server)
I have always been disappointed with the appearance of new species in one or two episods, then nothing. You don't see Andorians anymore, or Binaries, or a whole slew of other sweet ass species. I'd personally like a movie or new series where these species are regulars, like crew members, space station employees, etc. It has just always bugged me. It's like the only members of the whole species that exist are the ones in the episode that they appear in, and then they die offscreen preventing them from being in any other episodes. Watupwitdat?