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    Quake 4 screenshots!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by JackBauer, Jul 27, 2005.

  1. JackBauer

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    JackBauer, Jul 27, 2005
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    yup...me 2...i mite get it wen it comes out..or i mite wait for the prices to go down a little bit
     
    LuckMC11, Jul 27, 2005
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    Hmm, looks interesting. The graphics are certainly pretty nice, but I generally wasn't that impressed with the gameplay in DooM 3. I hope they've been able to dedicate their time to gameplay here.
     
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  4. JackBauer

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    I seem to be one of a very few who really enjoyed Doom 3. It was the only game that ever truly gave me chills. I found it to be far more entertaining than Half-Life 2. I'll definitely be buying Quake 4. What better way to spend the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays? :p
     
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    have u ever played Cold Fear??...i've played it and it was one of the scariest games that i have ever played :eek: ....and for Doom 3...i haven't played it yet...but i've heard a lot of good things about it...and i might get it real soon
     
    LuckMC11, Jul 27, 2005
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    will my X600 run it?? :D
    hopefully i'll find a way to upgrade my vid card on my laptop somehow... hopefully the X600 is a module and not soldered onto the motherboard
     
    makken, Jul 28, 2005
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    Cold Fear PC System Requirements:

    Supported OS: Windows® 2000/XP only
    Processor: 1 GHz processor minimum, (2 GHz recommended)
    RAM: 256MB RAM minimum, (512MB recommended)
    Video Card: DirectX® 9 compliant 64MB (128MB recommended) see supported list*
    Sound Card: DirectX 9 compliant
    DirectX Version: DirectX 9 included on disk
    DVD-ROM: 8X or better
    Hard Drive Space: 2.2 GB
    Peripherals Supported: Mouse, keyboard, Windows compliant game pad.

    Supported video cards at time of release:

    Nvidia® GeForce™ 3/4/FX/6 series (GeForce 4 MX not supported)
    ATI® Radeon® 8500/9000/X series

    and the answer is yes...u will b able to play it on ur X600 :D
     
    LuckMC11, Jul 28, 2005
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  8. JackBauer

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    Never heard of Cold Fear. I'll look it up. Thanx for the tip!
     
    JackBauer, Jul 28, 2005
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    I have started to play cold fear, when i came out. I didnt like the ccontrols, that reminded me too much of those good ol' Resident Evil days. The games were good, but the controls always sucked. I wasn't a huge fan of the game, but if you like resident evil, you will like this game!
     
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    LOL i meant Quake 4 but..

    yah, i'll give that one a try sometime too
     
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    Try running Doom 3 on your notebook. You should be able to tweak your X600 to the point where it'll play D3 pretty well at medium settings. If D3 works, Quake 4 oughtta play about the same.
     
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    no problemo jack :D
     
    LuckMC11, Jul 28, 2005
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    Im getting my ASUS z70v w/ the x600 tonight so Im going to put on doom 3 and see how well I can get it to run.
    (I can get it to run with a ati 9600 128mb card really well on medium settings and pretty good resolution so it should do fine)
     
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    is there a doom3 demo somewhere?
     
    makken, Jul 29, 2005
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    yup..i think at www.download.com ....type in "doom 3"...and i think it should b the 1st 1...it's 400 sumthing MB tho
     
    LuckMC11, Jul 29, 2005
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    sooo???...i think there's a setting 2 turn blood off if u want..but then that makes the game feel soo much different
     
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    Just tried the doom3 demo.
    I can't get it playable at 1024x768 with medium settings.
    800x600 at medium runs fine though
     
    makken, Aug 2, 2005
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  22. Charles P. Jefferies

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    I have an ATi Mobility Radeon X700 in my laptop, and I have no problem playing through the demo at 1024x768 and "High" settings. I get 45-50fps average.

    Yeah, the X700 is a kick-butt card. It has 8 pixel pipes and 6 vertex engines, and they really help in shader intensive games like HALO and Far Cry.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 2, 2005
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