Aaaaah fudge. There’s an article out there on the web quoting id with the recommended min specs for running Doom III:
“Todd Hollenshead, id’s chief executive, said Doom 3 will require:
• A 1.5-gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 chip or AMD Athlon 1500.
• 384 megabytes of memory.
• Two gigabytes of hard drive space.
• An nVidia GeForce 3 graphics card or better; or an ATI Technologies 8500 or better.”
What that really means is that the above spec will *barely* get the game running. To play it properly you’re looking at 1GB RAM, 2.5GHz Athlon, and an ATI 9800 (Pro?) or nVidia 5900. My vid card’s OK, but I’ll be out buying RAM, and my mobo should just go to 2.4Ghz. Hey, that’s actually not too bad. About the cost of a PS2 just for a minor upgrade, but hey, that’s what sets us PC gamers aside as the serious players 😉
Of course the really funny thing is that us suckers all upgraded our PCs last year expecting Doom III and HalfLife 2 to be released any minute and now our gear is obsolete….
Thanks ActionTrip for the link.
