Its released, it outlines the differences between low, meduim, and high quality settings. Tests a variety of video cards etc.

What is surprising is that the low quality setting still looks very incredible... anyway read away.


http://www2.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjQ0

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There IS no difference between low, medium, and high*


*note, I'm saying this at a first glance-type basis. Don't flame me for "OMG DUDE THERE IS TEH LIKE PIXELS OMG" or whatever.

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Well, in this pic about the only place I see difference is in the pipe on the ceiling.


Other than that, it is pretty hard to distinguish a difference.
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[This message has been edited by finity5 (edited July 29, 2004).]

Those are also really low resolution screenshots.

Also, [H] isn't exactly the greatest source.

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Emon, if you go further into the artical... it will have 1600x1200 to 640 x 480...

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I want to see how it'll run on my system...

Shouldn't be TOO bad, or so I hope. Far Cry ran quite well, so I hold out hope for Doom 3.

Pre-ordered so it should be here about 2 days after EB gets it, as I got free 2-day shipping, but couldn't do in-store pickup due to me using the $20 rebate from UT2k4, which limits it to online purchases only.

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I am prepared to run at 800*600 if I have to, but I think I may be able to pull of 1024*758 at low-med settings.

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I don't really care about the level of detail, as long as I get a decent framerate.

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GhostOfYoda - General doer of stuff.

I'd rather sacrifice detail for resolution. I'll probably run it on lowest at the best resolution I can. (Hopefully 1280x1024).

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Even at low settings at 800*600, the game still looks superb

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wheeee
Interesting to look at

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My comp won't be able to run it

Processor is only a P3 and I only have 256MB RAM. Apparently my dad thinks that 256 is a lot -_-; Also, my power supply only let's my video card work at half performance.

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"Dalton, that pie just moved of it's own accord."

"You must be mistaken, Tess. A pie can't move."

Start saving and build your own

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I'm not an actor. I just play one on TV.

No job Dad went on a tirade about being "sorry" he bought me a computer. (It was a used one, for about $300 canadian. We gave it the new video card and the extra 128mb RAM.) I'd *Love* to build my own, but he thinks he knows more about parts and good deals than I do O-o. I really need a new motherboard if I want to play the newer games. ATM it won't support any better processors, and the one I have now is overclocked as far as the poor thing can go. We also just recently bought a house, and most of it belongs to the bank, so we need to pay off that too. God how I wish I had a job -_-; I get an allowance sure, but it isn't enough to get a new motherboard for a few monthes, and by then there'll probably be better games. Maybe even DNF.

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"Dalton, that pie just moved of it's own accord."

"You must be mistaken, Tess. A pie can't move."

Simply amazing graphics... that shot almost looks real.

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I bet you think that's funny, don't you.

It looks real until you see all the jaggies.

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Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side

yah, they really need to turn up AA on those things. they should be able to handle it.

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"Some people play tennis. I erode the human soul"
-Tycho, Penny Arcade
"I'm a Cannabal-Vegitarian. I will BBQ an employee if there is no veggie option"
-DX:IW
A Knight's Tail
Exile: A Tale of Light in Dark
The Never Ending Story²[/i]

They said that the aliasing isn't really noticeable (save for the first level) unless you're looking for them. They suggested upping your resolution as high as you could before trying AA.

Looks like my machine is gonna run this (1.9ghz, 512mb ram, Geforce 4 mx440), so I'm psyched that I didn't buy it for no reason. I couldn't afford the upgrades if I needed em for another 2 months.

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Those screens are already at 8xAA... O_o



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No, I don't think they are. At least it doesn't say that.

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I bet you think that's funny, don't you.

[H] is the BEST source. They've only had one problem with cheating on a bench, and that was in the 8500 vs GF3 wars iirc.

They worked with Carmack himself on this crap.


Also, finity, that's 8xAF, not 8xAA.

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Oh, well I wasn't referring to that necessarily. Only that they have some really stupid writers.

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I hope you're not talking about Kyle.

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Just some of the idiots that wrote about some modding stuff, specifically about cooling. So I guess I don't read much for their 3D.

But if Kyle was the guy that said aluminum dissipates heat faster than copper, yet copper absorbs more heat, well, that was just a stupid thing to say. Infact, I think that was him, I seem to remember him popping up on Ars and "defending" his claim (which was simply reiterating it even though it had been proven wrong). However he wasn't an arrogant dick and he admitted he was mistaken, so it's cool. But I'm not sure that was Kyle...so..yeah.

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