The first reviews and benchmarks are starting to trickle in. I will of course keep this thread updated with more news, as well as my own personal thoughts after I partake in the "Doom Experience"

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"DOOM3 is arriving, and geeks everywhere are tearing into it"

Lol..Im a geek.

Cant wait to turn the surround sound on..installmym 6800gt (coming wensday) and turn this crap on. Just wish i had a bigger Monitor..I can Hook it up to my 27" tv which goes up to 1024 rez (might go higer..never tried)..but its not comfortortable to sit in front of while i play..

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wow - ultra high mode!! NO one can even use that at the min since no one has like 512MB Vid cards. looks like high even for the 6800 and X800!!

well, according to if you have a 6800GT + or X800Pro+ you can run at ultra high, but once in a while you get a slow down because of texture swapping over the AGP bus. So people can use ultra high settings, just not to it's fullest yet.

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yeah that does make sense. what a game though. I really cannot stress it enough - WHAT A GAME!

QUOTE (3246251196 @ Aug 2 2004, 10:51 AM) wow - ultra high mode!! NO one can even use that at the min since no one has like 512MB Vid cards. looks like high even for the 6800 and X800!!
Im playing it on medium right now and it looks so awsome. You wont belive it. This game is nuts.

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QUOTE (Brian128 @ Aug 2 2004, 02:54 PM) well, according to if you have a 6800GT + or X800Pro+ you can run at ultra high, but once in a while you get a slow down because of texture swapping over the AGP bus. So people can use ultra high settings, just not to it's fullest yet.
Provided you're using 2GB of RAM.

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who asked you



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can someone send in a screenshot!!

QUOTE (Brian128 @ Aug 2 2004, 03:02 PM) who asked you


I did! And if I recall correctly, only the Ultra was able to pull Ultra Quality.

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QUOTE (Klesk4000 @ Aug 2 2004, 10:59 AM) Im playing it on medium right now and it looks so awsome. You wont belive it. This game is nuts.
is it scary? cuz thats one thing im looking forward to

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I managed to get my GT to ultra speeds (418Mhz/1.13Ghz) .. but if it is 2GB of ram, I need to upgrade ! again!

EDIT: on a side note, the drivers for the GT with coolbits makes it REAL easy to overclock. You click one button and it checks for the best overclock with stability. Im not sure if this is how the older drivers worked, or if its the same for the XT line of radeons. but its' pretty darn cool.

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omg 2gig of ram... sigh theres another 270$....

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yeah but unfortunately coolbits has a bug of reseting your Mem Clock to default after every restart / shut down or 2. i think they are bringing out a newer release to overcome this problem

SCREENSHOT! SCREENSHOT!

QUOTE (eo_iny0head @ Aug 2 2004, 11:03 AM) is it scary? cuz thats one thing im looking forward to
Sometimes, you nkow its jumpy, i wouldnt say this would give you nightmares unless your affected by that stuff. Also, i just got it some im playing it in the light.......... I could post soime screenies but i cant host and they would proboly make this thread all out of wac because it would stretch the screen out so much. If your going to buy this game, you will not be dissapointed, I assure it.

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you know, I did notice that problem. I rarely reboot though so shouldnt be a problem. Where did you guys get your copies of doom3 so early

Klesk, PM me and I'll host them

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I pestered the [content edited] out of best buy, my friend works there. Everyone has it, they just arent supposed to sell it until today or tomorrow.

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QUOTE Sometimes, you nkow its jumpy, i wouldnt say this would give you nightmares unless your affected by that stuff. Also, i just got it some im playing it in the light.......... I could post soime screenies but i cant host and they would proboly make this thread all out of wac because it would stretch the screen out so much. If your going to buy this game, you will not be dissapointed, I assure it. 


i am playing this game in a DARK room with Surround Sound and BASS turned up to FULL! and i am only 16





(Well, i will be when i get it )

3 screen shots should be on the way. Brians gotta set it up. I tried to get stuff around where i am in the game, its very early on. And also, the screens dont do justice if they arent in motion. It looks way better when your actually seeing it in motion.

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btw - do you start off coming down an elavator ?