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A First Look at Doom 3 (Doom 3 on sale at midnight tonight)
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| Jul. 15, 2004
| LEV GROSSMAN
Posted on 08/02/2004 6:48:50 AM PDT by Skooz
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To: humblegunner
Where did you have that done and how much did it cost and how long did it take? Did it myself. Got the processor on ebay for about $150, new motherboard from newegg.com for another $100, installation took most of an evening including a full reinstall of Windows, which I prefer to do when changing the motherboard.
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posted on
08/02/2004 9:41:03 AM PDT
by
Bacon Man
(Guns kill people like spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat.)
To: Bacon Man; humblegunner
I share Gunner's issue. Gaming ain't gaming without a very refreshing beverage.
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posted on
08/02/2004 9:46:32 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(And then I says, "Tell me I'm wrong!" and he says, "I can't, baby, 'cause you're NOT!")
To: Xenalyte; humblegunner
I share Gunner's issue. Gaming ain't gaming without a very refreshing beverage. True but one must make sacrifices to play before or during work. I'm sure I'll be doing the former with Doom 3.
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posted on
08/02/2004 10:04:22 AM PDT
by
Bacon Man
(Guns kill people like spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat.)
To: Bacon Man; humblegunner
So starting Wednesday, it would be safe to call you somewhat early, like say before noon?
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posted on
08/02/2004 10:07:14 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(And then I says, "Tell me I'm wrong!" and he says, "I can't, baby, 'cause you're NOT!")
To: Xenalyte; humblegunner
So starting Wednesday, it would be safe to call you somewhat early, like say before noon? It's a distinct possibility.
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posted on
08/02/2004 10:09:39 AM PDT
by
Bacon Man
(Guns kill people like spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat.)
To: Bacon Man
Newegg is the best. I just did the same thing last month. I went to an nforce2 chipset and AMD 2500+, with memory for around 200. We tried an nforce chipset mobo when they came out and we'll never go back to VIA (or others) with the AMD chips.
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posted on
08/02/2004 10:38:16 AM PDT
by
kenth
To: Bacon Man
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posted on
08/02/2004 11:32:10 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(My Biography: Psalm 40:1-3)
To: kenth
Newegg is the best. I just did the same thing last month. I went to an nforce2 chipset and AMD 2500+, with memory for around 200. We tried an nforce chipset mobo when they came out and we'll never go back to VIA (or others) with the AMD chips. Oh yea Nvidia has really done a good job with the nforce2 chipset. I've always been a VIA guy but I went with the nforce2 ultra 400 this time around and it's not disappointing me.
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posted on
08/02/2004 12:01:13 PM PDT
by
Bacon Man
(Guns kill people like spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat.)
To: Xenalyte; humblegunner
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posted on
08/02/2004 12:05:22 PM PDT
by
Bacon Man
(Guns kill people like spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat.)
To: Bacon Man
Xena's Guy says his PC can handle it! Woohoo!!!
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posted on
08/02/2004 12:36:43 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(And then I says, "Tell me I'm wrong!" and he says, "I can't, baby, 'cause you're NOT!")
To: Skooz
I are jealous. About what, the upgrade? Gotta keep the game machine up to snuff. I upgrade either the cpu/motherboard or the video card at least once a year or when I notice game quality start to suffer.
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posted on
08/02/2004 12:40:51 PM PDT
by
Bacon Man
(Guns kill people like spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat.)
To: Xenalyte
Xena's Guy says his PC can handle it! Woohoo!!! Well I hope so! He and I are running the same cpu and video card. :)
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posted on
08/02/2004 12:47:28 PM PDT
by
Bacon Man
(Guns kill people like spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat.)
To: Bacon Man
Poor guy has to go back to Fort Worth tonight . . . his plane doesn't leave until seven.
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posted on
08/02/2004 1:01:11 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(And then I says, "Tell me I'm wrong!" and he says, "I can't, baby, 'cause you're NOT!")
To: Xenalyte
Poor guy has to go back to Fort Worth tonight . . . his plane doesn't leave until seven. Again? Well he told me he wasn't gonna buy it until Friday anyway because he didn't want it distracting him from studying for his certification test.
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posted on
08/02/2004 1:16:43 PM PDT
by
Bacon Man
(Guns kill people like spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat.)
To: Bacon Man
A good point that does not result in the game getting to our house tomorrow.
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posted on
08/02/2004 1:29:31 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(And then I says, "Tell me I'm wrong!" and he says, "I can't, baby, 'cause you're NOT!")
To: Skooz
I need a new computer.
My ancient system features a 5 gig HD, Windows 98, 64 megs of RAM, a Pentium II processor, DOS 6.0, a twisted and mangled modem port, and a DVD-ROM drive that hasn't worked since I punched it in about a year ago.
Good thing I never tire of Axis & Allies and Aces of the Deep... Too bad I didn't keep DOOM on my system before rendering it incapable of installing new games.
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posted on
08/02/2004 1:55:43 PM PDT
by
StoneColdGOP
(Nothing is Bush's fault... Nothing is Bush's fault... Nothing is Bush's fault...)
To: Skooz
The long awaited game is finally here (well, almost here)...and guess what? My computer, my sister's computer, my brother's computer, and my dad's computer will NEVER run it. Yeah. :-(
All well, I could always wait for the Xbox version. But by then, I would probably be playing Halo 2. So many great games coming out, so little time.
At least I'm not waiting for Duke Nukem Forever! Hehehe.
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posted on
08/02/2004 4:23:57 PM PDT
by
Simmy2.5
(The California Democrats are all Girlie Men. Wait, make that ALL Democrats!)
To: Bacon Man
I got the game this evening from GAme Spot. The Best Buy had already sold out by 8 pm. My son has it installed and with a Athalon 1700 and Nvidea Gforce4 5200. The game runs, but my son complains it is jerky. He now says he has to get a better processor. My son is now 14 and he started playin DOOM 1 when he was 2 years old.
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posted on
08/02/2004 7:34:55 PM PDT
by
Rhiannon
To: Skooz
I'm not sure what does it — the highly detailed textures, the fancy colored light and shadow-play, the all-new physics models, the "normal mapping" (whatever that is) Normal mapping is a way to make a 1,000 polygon model look like it has 10,000 polygons. This is definitely the future.
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posted on
08/03/2004 5:36:31 AM PDT
by
Brett66
(http://www.scifiartposters.com)
To: Rhiannon
I got the game this evening from GAme Spot. The Best Buy had already sold out by 8 pm. My son has it installed and with a Athalon 1700 and Nvidea Gforce4 5200. The game runs, but my son complains it is jerky. He now says he has to get a better processor. My son is now 14 and he started playin DOOM 1 when he was 2 years old. I think your son's right about the need for a processor upgrade. 1700 has gotta be too slow for this game. I intend of picking it up after work today assuming they're not sold out already. I'll let you know how it runs on my system (Athlon 3200 with an ATI All-In-Wonder 9800 Pro).
Been playin since he was 2? He's probably one of those kids that kicks my butt in multiplayer online and I've been a game addict for 20 years. :)
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posted on
08/03/2004 8:41:09 AM PDT
by
Bacon Man
(Guns kill people like spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat.)
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