Doom 3

by The_Amber_Spyglass Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:29 am

Yeah, I know I'm a little bit late with this one but I finally have a PC powerful enough to play it at a decent resolution.

Now I have already completed Dead Space, I'm sure it will feel incredibly tame in comparison. It is incredibly atmospheric though.

by **TexasBlue** Sun Mar 20, 2011 7:49 am

Looks like L4D as far as the view goes.

by bigger_guns_nearby Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:08 am

Lol, I had a go at Doom 3 about three years ago.

Excellent graphics and very nightmarish in ID's trademark style, but the one bizarre gameplay quirk, as I remember is that you can't hold a flashlight and a weapon at the same time.

So, because the game is so dark, you spend half your time peering around with the flashlight, and then rapidly trying to switch to your weapon when you see something demonic running towards you, haha. Big Grin

by The_Amber_Spyglass Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:09 am

Out of interest, what are the specs required for L4D? Doom 3 is slightly jerky but nothing I can't handle. I'll do a comparison to see if I could run it.

by bigger_guns_nearby Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:25 am

I'm not sure. The system I play L4D2 on is

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.33 Ghz
RAM: 3.5 GB
Graphics: ATI Radeon X1950 512MB

That runs it pretty much perfectly. There is sometimes a teeny bit of choppiness when there's a ton of zombies and explosions on screen - and unless you've played it I can't explain to you how many zombies come at once in that game; like dozens and dozens. Smile

What system are you running? Doom 3 is actually quite a resource hog, even though its 6-7 years old. When it was released in 2004 only high-end systems could hope to run it.

by The_Amber_Spyglass Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:33 am

A new laptop I got this week.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-notebook-Celeron-2-13GHz-Windows/dp/B00440D5PE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1300631399&sr=8-1

3gb RAM, 2.13ghz proc. Can't tell video graphics but it struggles with the battle sequences on Medieval II Total War but no problems so far with D3.

by **TexasBlue** Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:49 am

L4D requirements:

PC System Requirements

Minimum:
o Supported OS: Windows® 7 32/64-bit / Vista 32/64 / XP
o Processor: Pentium 4 3.0GHz
o Memory: 1 GB
o Graphics: 128 MB, Shader model 2.0, ATI 9600, NVidia 6600 or better
o Hard Drive: At least 7.5 GB of free space
o Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

Recommended:
o Supported OS: Windows® 7 32/64-bit / Vista 32/64 / XP
o Processor: Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz
o Memory: 1 GB
o Graphics: Shader model 3.0, NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better

by bigger_guns_nearby Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:56 am

Nice Laptop!

http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/pc-peripherals/notebook-computers/everyday/NP-RV510-A0AUK/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail&tab=specification

Unfortunately it doesn't have a standalone GPU but as far as integrated graphics go, the Intel GMA 4500 chipset isn't too shabby.

You should be able to run L4D on playable settings, but you'll probably need to make quite a few compromises to graphics settings and frame-rate. If you search on Youtube there are a lot of videos of people running games on the 4500, including L4D. Some are pretty good. Because it's quite a common laptop iGPU a lot of people have tried to push it as far as it will go!

by The_Amber_Spyglass Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:03 am

Give it a few years and I will probably get a decent desktop. Only using laptops at the moment because we're stuck for space where we're currently living and have nowhere to put a desktop.

by bigger_guns_nearby Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:09 am

The_Amber_Spyglass wrote:Give it a few years and I will probably get a decent desktop. Only using laptops at the moment because we're stuck for space where we're currently living and have nowhere to put a desktop.

Laptops are pretty awesome these days, to be honest. There used to be a much larger disparity between laptops and desktops, but not anymore.

A year ago my brother bought a 'gaming' laptop with dedicated graphics and bigger cooling fans and so on. It was significantly more expensive but he prefers it to a desktop now. Whereas he used to play games locked away in his bedroom he now plays in his living room while chatting to his girlfriend and watching TV, so it sort of adds a sociable element to it that wasn't there before, haha. Big Grin

by The_Amber_Spyglass Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:14 am

lol, yes. I remember back when they said gaming was created a nation of introverts with no social skills. Now it seems a night-in play games is the ultimate night-out-staying-in. Internet gaming, co-ops and the family entertainment approach in the Wii has done that.

Playing Medieval II most of yesterday made me realise though that as much as I enjoy Resident Evil, Bioshock, Dead Space, Arkham Asylum et al on the xbox, I'm still a strat-player at heart.

by bigger_guns_nearby Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:25 am

Incidentally Matt have you ever played Half Life 2?

You'd love the Big Brother, 1984 cyberpunk overtones and it is by all accounts one of the finest games ever produced. If you can run Doom 3 you should have no problems with HL2.

Speaking of strategy games, the sequel to Shogun was finally released last week! I'm very tempted... Big Grin

by The_Amber_Spyglass Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:51 am

I'm not sure. I played a few minutes of a Half Life game on my brother's XBox 360 a couple of years ago. It might have been HL2 and I did like it. I'll probably get it eventually, once I've grown bored with all the games I currently have.

As for Shogun II, looks interesting but I'll have to have a machine powerful enough to play Empires or Napoleon first. That's a loooong way off.

I wonder where Total War will go next? I wouldn't be surprised if they went with the English Civil War or American Civil War. (Obviously, they will do Rome II first).

by **TexasBlue** Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:22 am

The_Amber_Spyglass wrote:Give it a few years and I will probably get a decent desktop. Only using laptops at the moment because we're stuck for space where we're currently living and have nowhere to put a desktop.

Living in a closet?

by The_Amber_Spyglass Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:35 am

No, just nowhere to put a decent desktop or a desk to put it on. Most of our wedding presents are still in boxes at my mum's house.

by **TexasBlue** Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:42 pm

Okay. Just razzin' ya.

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