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I have a Athlon XP 2600+ with 512 MB Ram, 120GB HDD, and a ATI Radeon 9200. Could I play it smoothly or should I just get it for my Xbox?

Assuming your video card has 128MB video RAM, you should be able to play Doom III fairly well, as long as you turn off some bells & whistles.

I believe the 9200 is the base for Battlefield Vietnam, which isn't nearly as advanced as Doom 3. I'd recommend a video card upgrade. The rest of your system should be OK.

What does the HDD have anything to do with it?

I don't know I just posted that incase some wiseguy says I need enough HD space.

From what I've heard, Doom 3 is a totally scaleable piece of software. Meaning it will run well on your system (fps-wise) but not be nearly as pretty as the guy with the fx-53 2 gigs of ram and x800.

heh That means i'll probally be able to run it on my laptop :P

I'm planning on running it on my new laptop

I hope DOOM 3 can run on my PC, I was able to run Far Cry and that had pretty high pc specs.

I have a
P4 2.8 ghz
512 DDR Ram
Ati Radeon 9600 128MB card
80 gigs

No worries for your rig Tenzor. You may have to dial down some bells (keep the whistles), but that's a solid machine there. Though I would recommend you getting 1GB of RAM. It'd make a world of difference.

A 9200 can run Doom 3, but it won't run at high frame rates. You would have to dumb down the graphics settings and play at a lower resoultion but yes it can run. Its time for a Card Update. Anything above a ATI9600 or Geforce FX 5600/Geforce 4 TI 4600 should run Doom III well. Your system has more than enough power to run Doom III but the Graphics Card is the bootle neck. There hasn't been an official system spec yet but what from PCGamer recommended a 2ghz CPU, 512 megs of ram, and a ATI 9800 to play doom 3 in all its glory.

hmm i wonder if my p3 650 will run it

KEKE ^_^

Originally Posted by sisco1986 A 9200 can run Doom 3, but it won't run at high frame rates. You would have to dumb down the graphics settings and play at a lower resoultion but yes it can run. Its time for a Card Update. Anything above a ATI9600 or Geforce FX 5600/Geforce 4 TI 4600 should run Doom III well. Your system has more than enough power to run Doom III but the Graphics Card is the bootle neck. There hasn't been an official system spec yet but what from PCGamer recommended a 2ghz CPU, 512 megs of ram, and a ATI 9800 to play doom 3 in all its glory.

Those are the optimal specs?! Oh man, I am so in for a big ass piece of eye candy.

athlon xp 2600. 768 mb of ram, geforce fx 5900 se

I am suprised they have not released a program to tell you how well the game would run on your system

athlon 2800xp 512mb ram geforcefx 5600 256mb

Originally Posted by fieldkillah athlon 2800xp 512mb ram geforcefx 5600 256mb

Lets see, the topic creator has a 2600, same ram, and they told him as long as his video card had atleast 128 mb it would run, so....

No, Doom 3 will not work on your system.

What does the HDD have anything to do with it?

As long as you're running a 7200 RPM hdd or better, no need to worry about it.

When you buy a PC, the receipt shows an expiration date. It is listed as "Purchase date". Any game that hits the market after this date is unlikely to run well on your computer.

The new PC Gamer (September) has a review of Doom 3 and it included the specs. They are:
Required:
P4 1.5 Ghz or equivalent
384 MB Ram
64 MB 3D card(certain GPUs. Lowest is GeForce 3/GeForce 4 MX)