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    Doom 3/ Half Life 2 - 8600

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Matt_, Jul 16, 2004.

  1. Matt_

    Matt_ Newbie

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    So, those of us with the 8600s and ATI 9600 Pro Ts, how do you think they will run these upcoming games?
     
    Matt_, Jul 16, 2004
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  2. DaGreek

    DaGreek Notebook Evangelist

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    I think your graphics card is strong enough to run the game I can't tell you for sure on the CPU because its not listed but I think any Dothan will be great and the older PM's will probably work alright too.

    Compaq R3000T (CTO)
    P4 Desktop 3.0GHz w/HT
    1 X 512MB RAM
    Radeon 9600 128MB
    60GB 5,400 RPM HD
    No mods/overclocking: GPU: 310MHz, Memory: 190MHz
    AquaMark: 19,796
    PCMark04: 3955
    3DMark03: 2508
    Over clocked GPU: 378MHz, Memory: 256.5
    Aquamark3: 24,257
    3DMark03: 3,115
     
    DaGreek, Jul 16, 2004
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  3. spets

    spets Notebook Consultant

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    You shouldn't expect them to run HL2/Doom 3 at maxed out settings fluidly, although I would be pleasantly surprised if that turned out to be true.

    but medium/high settings should work fine.
     
    spets, Jul 17, 2004
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