Doom 3

Doom 3 Review - Page 3

Minimum Requirements

As expected, Doom 3 uses the new 3D graphics engine from id Software that needs more graphics "power" from your computer to run. The minimum system requirements as set out by id Software are shown below.

3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required - 100% DirectX® 9.0b compatible 64MB Hardware Accelerated video card and the latest drivers*.
English version of Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP
Pentium® IV 1.5 GHz or Athlon® XP 1500+ processor or higher
384MB RAM
8x Speed CD-ROM drive (1200KB/sec sustained transfer rate) and latest drivers
2.2GB of uncompressed free hard disk space (plus 400MB for Windows® swap file)
100% DirectX® 9.0b compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers
100% Windows® 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers
DirectX® 9.0b (included)

MULTIPLAYER REQUIREMENTS

Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP) play supported
Internet play requires broadband connection and latest drivers
LAN play requires network interface card and latest drivers
Important Note: *Some 3D accelerator cards with the chipset listed here may not be compatible with the 3D accelerator features utilized by Doom 3. Please refer to your hardware manufacturer for 100% DirectX 9.0b compatibility. This product does not support Microsoft® Windows® 95/98/ME or NT.

SUPPORTED CHIPSETS

ATI® Radeon(tm) 8500
ATI® Radeon(tm) 9000
ATI® Radeon(tm) 9200
ATI® Radeon(tm) 9500
ATI® Radeon(tm) 9600
ATI® Radeon(tm) 9700
ATI® Radeon(tm) 9800
All nVidia® GeForce(tm) 3/Ti series
All nVidia® GeForce(tm) 4MX series
All nVidia® GeForce(tm) 4/Ti series
All nVidia® GeForce(tm) FX series
nVidia® GeForce(tm) 6800

There are some short in-game movie clips in wma format with no sound ( use the right click Save Target As in order to avoid automatic playback):

Clip 01 1.7 MB
Clip 02 2.6 MB
Clip 03 2.7 MB
Clip 04 2.8 MB
Clip 05 2.8 MB
Clip 06 1.6 MB
Clip 07 2.2 MB
Clip 08 3.5 MB
Clip 09 2.3 MB
Clip 10 2.2 MB
Clip 11 2.0 MB
Clip 12 3.1 MB
Clip 13 2.2 MB
Clip 14 3.2 MB

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