r45 4 Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 With Doom 3 and other goodies on the horizon, looking at video cards for the machine. Any tips on what might be the best one to go for in a new machine-beast? Link to post Share on other sites
jstepp 0 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 You want a beast? How much are you looking to spend? Get at least 1GB RAM, and at least 128MB graphics, however I would recommend 256MB, bit more expensive though. If you want the best brand, maybe nvidia but you may want to check the latest online ratings. Link to post Share on other sites
maoriboy 0 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 the newest top of the line cards out by Nvidia and Ati have 265mb standard. The current cream of the crop are the 6800 Ultra from Nvidia and THe X800XT from Ati. For these babys you're looking at around 70,000 yen. bit pricy me thinks The next tier is the the 6800GT and the X800Pro. round about 60,000yen And finally the 6800 and the X600 (I think) looking at 30,000ish. Many websites are recommending the 6800GT as the best value for money card in this new generation of cards. you could of course go for the previous generation of cards and look at the 9800Pro from Ati from between 20-30,000yen........but who wants old tech huh??? if ya wanna check prices and availability in Japan check out http://www.gdm.or.jp/ or http://www.kakaku.com/sku/pricemenu/videocard.htm thats my lot Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 I have the NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X - or so device manager tells me. Is that sufficient to run Doom 3? Anyone? Link to post Share on other sites
slaphead 0 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 And my notebook has a ATI Mobility Radeon 960 Pro Turbo with 128MB. I have lots of CPU power as well, p4 1.4 centrino, 1GB Ram. Would that cope? Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 All these video card names really confuse me. Link to post Share on other sites
maoriboy 0 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 The Geforce 4 will be close to, if not, the bare minimum required for Doom 3. This means that unfortunately that all the cool eye candy that we love to see when playing (such as the dynamic shadows etc) will be absent and it ends up looking like any ol game you already have. As for the laptop...you certainly have a lot of grunt....for a laptop. the mobile Radeon 9600 is in no way comparable to the desktop version so dont expect much. And while the 1G of ram is handy the centrino processor doesnt give a lot of grunt... sorry guys and girls its not good news. p.s. check Doom 3 out here http://www.doom3.com/ Link to post Share on other sites
maoriboy 0 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Oh I forgot to add.....if ya want any help with deciphering those confusing names Veronica and anyone else just gimme a yell!! Link to post Share on other sites
jstepp 0 Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 Shoot for a pentium 4 3.4 a little pricey. 2GB RAM 256MB graphics now that would be a sweet setup Anyone played Wolfenstein Enemy Territories online? I highly recommend downloading it, completely free! You are part of a team, pick your job (soldier, medic, engineer, special ops etc.) and move up rank as you gain experience doing your job, its pretty fast paced. Its really fun if you like war games, first person shooters, and working with and against other players online. www.enemy-territory.com there's alot of places to download it from, but if you do dl it, be sure to dl the patch too (there is only one patch i think) you wont regret it, awesome game. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 I havent the slightest idea what I have. How do I find out. I couldnt find detailed info. Link to post Share on other sites
maoriboy 0 Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 ok if you have Win XP click on the start menu click on COntrol panel double click on system. it should be there under GEneral tab easy Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 Thanks for the bad news there maoriboy. Now I'm going to blast you with my plasma rifle - I always like to shoot the messenger if I can. BTW, are you sure you can find the video card info quite that easily? I had to go into (translated from Japanese) Control Panel > Performance & Maintenance > System > Hardware > Device Manager I think the info in the General tab really depends on what the maker decides to put in there, no? Link to post Share on other sites
maoriboy 0 Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 crap sorry. to check up your video card info is a slightly different process. go to the Start menu and click on RUN. type in DXDIAG and hit return. a box will load up that will show you your systems components. just click on the display tab and there you go. alternatively just right click on your background and select PROPERTIES. hit the tab that says SETTINGS and there you go. for a more detailed view on ya vid card click on the ADVANCED button on the same page Link to post Share on other sites
Dims 0 Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 And while we are at it you should all be playing Call of Duty. It is super fun and the most cinematic shooter I have played so far. Good for MP too. I can't wait for Doom 3. Time for an upgrade too. Link to post Share on other sites
dale#1 1 Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 When you say upgrade, you mean new pc or really upgrading a current pc? Link to post Share on other sites
Dims 0 Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 Well I will keep some parts from the old one, but all the go hard bits need to be updated. This time I will go as fast and as big as I can afford. Link to post Share on other sites
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