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Wed, Jul 21, 04 @ 12:33
This game would blow my crap pc up by just installing. No surprise there.
D3 looks cool but only way I'll be playing it is on my mates Xbox. Better that than nothing.
D3 looks cool but only way I'll be playing it is on my mates Xbox. Better that than nothing.
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Wed, Jul 21, 04 @ 12:57
Joji wrote:
>D3 looks cool but only way I'll be playing it is
>on my mates Xbox. Better that than nothing.
I'm surprised at how "mild" the min spec is. But then, given that the game was started when I was in short pants, it was probably an uber computer back then.
Of course, the "optimum" spec still requires you to run it on "Deep Thought", but our office boxes should be able to handle it nicely ;-)
The Xbox is a LONG way below min-spec though...
>D3 looks cool but only way I'll be playing it is
>on my mates Xbox. Better that than nothing.
I'm surprised at how "mild" the min spec is. But then, given that the game was started when I was in short pants, it was probably an uber computer back then.
Of course, the "optimum" spec still requires you to run it on "Deep Thought", but our office boxes should be able to handle it nicely ;-)
The Xbox is a LONG way below min-spec though...
Will I still be soiled, when the dirt is off?
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Wed, Jul 21, 04 @ 14:27
"The Xbox is a LONG way below min-spec though... "
Speaking as a developer.. you'd actually be suprised by how wrong that statement is.
Speaking as a developer.. you'd actually be suprised by how wrong that statement is.
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Wed, Jul 21, 04 @ 18:10
Smelly wrote:
>"The Xbox is a LONG way below min-spec though...
>"
>
>Speaking as a developer.. you'd actually be
>suprised by how wrong that statement is.
Please explain... I was going purely on a 733PIII being a half the min processor speed. And 64Mb RAM being a LOT less than the 384 in the min spec. And the 8Mb Memory card not having all that much room for those lush textures. It's far enough below min spec, of course, the fact that it runs a low resolution will even things up a bit... but the Xbox version ain't gonna rock like the PC version does (regardless of how much rocking it does/n't).
>"The Xbox is a LONG way below min-spec though...
>"
>
>Speaking as a developer.. you'd actually be
>suprised by how wrong that statement is.
Please explain... I was going purely on a 733PIII being a half the min processor speed. And 64Mb RAM being a LOT less than the 384 in the min spec. And the 8Mb Memory card not having all that much room for those lush textures. It's far enough below min spec, of course, the fact that it runs a low resolution will even things up a bit... but the Xbox version ain't gonna rock like the PC version does (regardless of how much rocking it does/n't).
Will I still be soiled, when the dirt is off?
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Tue, Aug 3, 04 @ 00:53
Well....yes I can.
I've just been playing it for the last two hours and I can honestly say that I swore with glee more than once.
It plays quite a few new tricks that are going to put a smile on most serious gamers lips. I don't want to ruin the suprise, but when the game first starts and you are given a well presented video intro most PC users find themselves thinking...ok, so what are the REAL graphics gonna look like? And then...you find out. Trust me! The way you find out, rocks.
As for my system specs, I'm running a 2.0 Ghz Athlon with 1 Gig of RAM with a GF FX 5600. No ultra here so I was running in 640x480, but old Carmack was right. It doesn't really matter about resolution. It's the textures baby. Once you stick a bit of antialiasing on, you won't care.
TBH, there has been a bit of VERY chuggy slowdown when the action gets intense, but I am running in medium detail.
At last, a game that makes me want to get a new graphics card.....again.
And as for the "Where did I get it?" questions, well...I'm not telling. :)
I've just been playing it for the last two hours and I can honestly say that I swore with glee more than once.
It plays quite a few new tricks that are going to put a smile on most serious gamers lips. I don't want to ruin the suprise, but when the game first starts and you are given a well presented video intro most PC users find themselves thinking...ok, so what are the REAL graphics gonna look like? And then...you find out. Trust me! The way you find out, rocks.
As for my system specs, I'm running a 2.0 Ghz Athlon with 1 Gig of RAM with a GF FX 5600. No ultra here so I was running in 640x480, but old Carmack was right. It doesn't really matter about resolution. It's the textures baby. Once you stick a bit of antialiasing on, you won't care.
TBH, there has been a bit of VERY chuggy slowdown when the action gets intense, but I am running in medium detail.
At last, a game that makes me want to get a new graphics card.....again.
And as for the "Where did I get it?" questions, well...I'm not telling. :)
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