Slow Doom 3 Graphics...video card?  | | | 
August 22nd, 2004, 11:17 PM
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| Slow Doom 3 Graphics...video card?
Well, I went out and bought Doom 3 today and was really exicited to play it. I got it installed and booted it up and the graphics are slow...it's probably because of my hardware (video card). I updated my video card drivers 3 weeks ago...are there any more updates released?
If it's not drivers, then I need to go out and buy a new card. I'm wondering what's good enough to play it without any slowness. It'd preferably be a 256mb card with DVI and VGA inputs, since I may buy a flat-panel monitor soon, and i'm using a CRT now.
Here are my specs:
Dell Dimension 4500
2 GHZ Pentium 4 (no HT)
768mb DDR ram
64mb Nvidia Geforce4 MX 420
Samsung DVD/CD-RW combo drive (reads CD's at 32x or 40x?)
Windows XP Home
40GB HD
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August 22nd, 2004, 11:19 PM
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| | Onii-san
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Yes it is definetally your video card.
Is your dell case a small form factor?
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August 22nd, 2004, 11:21 PM
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| | The FNG
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Its your card.
Whats your price range for a new one? | |
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August 22nd, 2004, 11:28 PM
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its your card alright
*waits to hear the budget* | |
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August 22nd, 2004, 11:29 PM
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I have 700 CANADIAN dollars to spare...but that's all in my bank account 
700 CAN = 538.55 US right now.
My Dell case is ATX. | |
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August 22nd, 2004, 11:30 PM
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lets hear how much you want to spend on the video card, not how much is in your bank account (since you want to upgade to a LCD monitor soon)
and also tell us how much detail you want to play the games with, like if you like or want to use AA&AF (which I'm guessing you don't) | |
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August 22nd, 2004, 11:34 PM
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I want it to never be slow, just smooth and nice. I don't want it to ruin the experience like my GeForce4 MX 420 did.. 
I'll spend as much as 600. | |
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August 22nd, 2004, 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Wrincle I want it to never be slow, just smooth and nice. I don't want it to ruin the experience like my GeForce4 MX 420 did..
I'll spend as much as 600. | lol, I'm guessing that the 6800 would be the right card for you  (that's what I have on my new rig which I can't get to work) | |
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August 22nd, 2004, 11:38 PM
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Also need to know how much space there is around AGP slot. | |
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